Numbers in Dangme

Information about counting in Dangme, a Kwa language spoken in the southeast of Ghana.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers	Ordinal numbers
1	kake	kekle
2	enyɔ	enyɔne
3	etɛ	etɛne
4	ewyiɛ	ewyiɛne
5	enuɔ	enuɔne
6	ekpa	ekpane
7	kpaago	kpaagone
8	kpaanyɔ	kpaanyɔne
9	nɛɛ	nɛɛne
10	nyɔngma	nyɔngmane
11	nyɔngma kɛ kake	nyɔngma kɛ kakene
12	nyɔngma kɛ enyɔ	nyɔngma kɛ enyɔne
13	nyɔngma kɛ etɛ	nyɔngma kɛ etɛne
14	nyɔngma kɛ ewyiɛ	nyɔngma kɛ ewyiɛne
15	nyɔngma kɛ enuɔ	nyɔngma kɛ enuɔne
16	nyɔngma kɛ ekpa	nyɔngma kɛ ekpane
17	nyɔngma kɛ kpaago	nyɔngma kɛ kpaagone
18	nyɔngma kɛ kpaanyɔ	nyɔngma kɛ kpaanyɔne
19	nyɔngma kɛ nɛɛ	nyɔngma kɛ nɛɛne
20	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔne
21	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ kake	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ kakene
22	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ enyɔ	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ enyɔne
23	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ etɛ	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ etɛne
24	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ ewyiɛ	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ ewyiɛne
25	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ enuɔ	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ enuɔne
26	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ ekpa	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ ekpane
27	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ kpaago	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ kpaagone
28	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔa kɛ kpaanyɔ	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔa kɛ kpaanyɔne
29	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ nɛɛ	nyungmɛlɛ enyɔ kɛ nɛɛne
30	nyungmɛlɛ etɛ	nyungmɛlɛ etɛne
40	nyungmɛlɛ ewiɛ	nyungmɛlɛ ewiɛne
50	nyungmɛlɛ enuɔ	nyungmɛlɛ enuɔne
60	nyungmɛlɛ ekpa	nyungmɛlɛ ekpane
70	nyungmɛlɛ kpaago	nyungmɛlɛ kpaagone
80	nyungmɛlɛ kpaanyɔ	nyungmɛlɛ kpaanyɔne
90	nyungmɛlɛ nɛɛ	nyungmɛlɛ nɛɛne
100	lafa	lafane
200	lafa enyɔ	lafa enyɔne
300	lafa etɛ	lafa etɛne
400	lafa ewyiɛ	lafa ewyiɛne
500	lafa enuɔ	lafa enuɔne
600	lafa ekpa	lafa ekpane
700	lafa kpaago	lafa kpaagone
800	lafa kpaanyɔ	lafa kpaanyɔne
900	lafa nɛɛ	lafa nɛɛne
1,000	akpe	akpene

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