Numbers in Bajaw

How to count in Bajaw (Bajo), a Sama-Bajaw language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. These numbers are specifically in Indonesian Bajau, a dialect of Bajaw spoken in the Indonesian provinces of North Maluku, South Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Southeast Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

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Numeral Cardinal Ordinal
1 essaq, da-, dakau bungas
2 dua kadua
3 tellu katellu
4 empaq kaqempaq
5 lima kalima
6 ennang kaqennang
7 pitu kapitu
8 walu kawalu
9 sanga kasanga
10 pulu kapulu
11 sapulu dakau
12 sapulu dua
13 sapulu tellu
14 sapulu empaq
15 sapulu lima
16 sapulu ennang
17 sapulu pitu
18 sapulu walu
19 sapulu sanga
20 duampulu
21 duampulu dakau
22 duampulu dua
23 duampulu tellu
24 duampulu empaq
25 duampulu lima
26 duampulu enang
27 duampulu pitu
28 duampulu walu
29 duampulu sanga
30 tellumpulu
40 empaq pulu
50 limampulu
60 ennampulu
70 pitumpulu
80 walumpulu
90 sangampulu
100 atus, daqatus
200 dua atus
300 tellu atus
400 empaq atus
500 lima atus
600 ennang atus
700 pitu atus
800 walu atus
900 sanga atus
1,000 sabbu, dasabbu
10,000 laksa

Source: Jilis A.J. Verheijen. The Sama / Bajau language in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Pacific Linguistics, 1986.

Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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