Information about counting in Bugis or Buginese, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken mainly in South Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
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0 | nol |
1 | seddi (ᨔᨙᨉᨗ) |
2 | dua (ᨉᨘᨓ), duwa |
3 | təllu (ᨈᨛᨒᨘ), tɨllu |
4 | əppa’ (ᨕᨛᨄ), ʔɨppaʔ, pata |
5 | lima (ᨒᨗᨆ) |
6 | ənnəŋ (ᨕᨛᨊᨛ), ɨnniŋ |
7 | pitu (ᨄᨗᨈᨘ) |
8 | aruá (ᨕᨑᨘᨓ), ařwa |
9 | aserá (ᨕᨙᨔᨑ), aseřa |
10 | səppulo (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ), sɨppulo |
11 | səppulo seddi (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨔᨙᨉᨗ), sɨppulo seddi |
12 | səppulo dua (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨉᨘᨓ), sɨppulo duwa |
13 | səppulo təllu (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨈᨛᨒᨘ), sɨppulo tɨllu |
14 | səppulo əppa’ (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨕᨛᨄ), sɨppulo ʔɨppaʔ |
15 | səppulo lima (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨒᨗᨆ), sɨppulo lima |
16 | səppulo ənnəŋ (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨕᨛᨊᨛ), sɨppulo ɨnniŋ |
17 | səppulo pitu (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨄᨗᨈᨘ), sɨppulo pitu |
18 | səppulo aruá (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨕᨑᨘᨓ), sɨppulo ařwa |
19 | səppulo aserá (ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨕᨙᨔᨑ), sɨppulo aseřa |
20 | duappulo (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ) |
21 | duappulo seddi (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨔᨙᨉᨗ) |
22 | duappulo dua (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨉᨘᨓ) |
23 | duappulo təllu (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨈᨛᨒᨘ) |
24 | duappulo əppa’ (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨕᨛᨄ) |
25 | duappulo lima (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨒᨗᨆ) |
26 | duappulo ənnəŋ (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨕᨛᨊᨛ) |
27 | duappulo pitu (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨄᨗᨈᨘ) |
28 | duappulo aruá (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨕᨑᨘᨓ~) |
29 | duappulo aserá (ᨉᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨕᨙᨔᨑ) |
30 | təlluppulo (ᨈᨛᨒᨘᨄᨘᨒᨚ) |
40 | patappulo (ᨄᨈᨄᨘᨒᨚ) |
50 | limappulo (ᨒᨗᨆᨄᨘᨒᨚ) |
60 | ənnəppulona (ᨕᨛᨊᨛᨄᨘᨒᨚᨊ) |
70 | pituppulo (ᨄᨗᨈᨘᨄᨘᨒᨚ) |
80 | aruá pulona (ᨕᨑᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚᨊ) |
90 | aserá pulona (ᨕᨙᨔᨑᨄᨘᨒᨚᨊ) |
100 | siratu’ (ᨔᨗᨑᨈᨘ) |
200 | duařahus, duaratu |
1,000 | sebbu, sisɨbu, sisɨbbu |
2,000 | duasɨbu, duasɨbbu |
10,000 | silasa |
100,000 | sikɨti |
1,000,000 | juta |
100,000,000 | milliyar, milliyare |
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Information about numbers in Bugis
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Bugis.htm
http://southsulawesiarticles.blogspot.de/2012/10/easy-way-to-learn-bugis-language.html
https://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-buginese/en/bug/
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