How to count in Aari (አፋን፡ኣሪ፡ / Áfan ārí), a South Omotic language spoken in the North Omo zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' region of southern Ethiopia.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
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1 | ዎሌቀ, woleqa [wɔlɛχa] | ቢሬነ, birena [birɛna] |
2 | ከሥኬን, kasken [kaskɛn] | ኬሥቲምሲ, kestimsi [kɛstimsi] |
3 | ሜከን, mekan [mɛkan] | mekinsi [mɛkinsi] |
4 | oyidi [ɔjidi] | oyitsi [ɔjitsi] |
5 | don [dɔŋ] | donsi [dɔŋsi] |
6 | lā [laː] | lāsi [laːsi] |
7 | tebaz [tɛbaz] | tepsi [tɛpsi] |
8 | kasken temars [kaskɛn tɛmars] | kasken temarsi [kaskɛn tɛmarsi] |
9 | wolqan temars [wɔlχan tɛmars] | wolqan temersi [wɔlχɛn tɛmɛrsi] |
10 | tema [tɛma] | temsi [tɛmsi] |
11 | tema woleqo [tɛma wolɛχo] | tema wolqek [tɛma wolχɛk] |
12 | tɛma kɛstɛn | |
13 | tɛma mɛkɛn | |
14 | tɛma ojidi | |
15 | tɛma doŋ | |
16 | tɛma laa | |
17 | tɛma tɛbaz | |
18 | tɛma kaskɛn-tɛmɛrs | |
19 | tɛma olχan-tɛmɛrs | |
20 | boonda | bonda |
21 | boonda-k wolɛχ | |
22 | boonda-k kɛstɛn | |
23 | boonda-k mɛkɛn | |
24 | boonda-k ojidi | |
25 | boonda-k doŋ | |
26 | boonda-k laa | |
27 | boonda-k tɛbaz | |
28 | boonda-k kaskɛn-tɛmɛ-rs | |
29 | boonda-k wolχan-tɛmɛ-rs | |
30 | e-wolɛχ bab-its-ke afɛ-tɛma | |
40 | e-χɛstɛn bab-its | |
50 | e-χɛstɛn bab-its-ke afa-tɛma | |
60 | e-mɛrkɛn bab-its | |
70 | e-mɛrkɛn bab-its-ke afa-tɛma | |
80 | (ed) ojidi bab-its | |
90 | ojidi bab-itsi-ke afa-tɛma-k | |
100 | doŋ bab-its | |
1000 | ʃije |
Hear some numbers in Aari:
Information about counting in Aari
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Aari_cardinal_numbers
https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/ejssls/article/view/688
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Information about Aari | Numbers
Alphabetical index | Language family index
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