Bowili numbers

How to count in Bowili, a Kwa language spoken in the Volta Region in southeastern Ghana. It is also known as Tuwuli or Bowiri.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	mɔa, kédì	ka-tᴐ-nya-de
2	nviã, kɛ́ɛ́yá	ka-ya-de
3	kààlɛ̀	ka-lalɛ-de
4	kɛ́ɛ́ná	lɛ-na-de
5	kùùló	a-lo-de
6	kévũ̀
7	kɛ́kɔ̀nɔ̀
8	kɛ̀ɛ̀lɛ̃̀
9	kàvèdí
10	kùwà
11	èwùa-ódĩ̀
12	èwùa-ǹviã́
13	èwùa-àlàlɛ̀
14	èwùa-ánà
15	èwùa-àló
16	èwùa-ávũ̀
17	èwùa-ávũ̀kɔ́nɔ́
18	èwùa-álɛ̃́
19	èwùa-àvèdí
20	tɛ́ɛ́yá
21	tɛ́ɛ́yá-ònwíì
22	tɛ́ɛ́yá-ǹviã́
23	tɛ́ɛ́yá-àlàlɛ̀
24	tɛ́ɛ́yá-ánà
25	tɛ́ɛ́yá-àló
26	tɛ́ɛ́yá-ávũ̀
27	tɛ́ɛ́yá-ávũ̀kɔ́nɔ́
28	tɛ́ɛ́yá-álɛ̃́
29	tɛ́ɛ́yá-àvèdí
30	tààlɛ̀
40	tɛ́ɛ́ná, taalɛ
50	tààló, aduenum
60	táávũ̀, aduesĩã
70	táávṹkɔ̀nɔ̀
80	tààvèdí, taalɛ͂
90	aduekron
100	ɔ̀hà
1,000	m̀pím ǹvi, apim (mɔa)
3,000	mpim ɛlalɛ

Source: Matthew W. Harley. A Descriptive Grammar Of Tuwuli, A Kwa Language Of Ghana. Department of Africa School of Oriental and African Studies, July 2005.

Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

Information about Bowili numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Tuwuli.htm

Information about Bowili
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowili_language
https://languagelearnershub.com/blog/tuwuli/

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Numbers in Kwa languages

Adele, Ahanta, Akan, Akuapem, Anii, Baoulé, Bowili, Chumburung, Dangme, Ga, Kebu, Kyode, Logba, Twi

Numbers in other languages

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