Numbers in Fanagalo
How to count in Fanagalo (Fanakalo), a Zulu-based Pidgin with
some vocabulary from English, Afrikaans, spoken in mainly among
miners in South Africa.
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| Numeral |
Cardinal numbers |
| 1 |
wan |
| 2 |
tu |
| 3 |
tri |
| 4 |
fo |
| 5 |
fayif |
| 6 |
sikis |
| 7 |
seven |
| 8 |
eyit |
| 9 |
nayin |
| 10 |
ten |
| 11 |
leven |
| 12 |
twelf |
| 13 |
tetin |
| 14 |
fotin |
| 15 |
fiftin |
| 16 |
sikistin |
| 17 |
seventin |
| 18 |
eyetin |
| 19 |
nayintin |
| 20 |
twenti |
| 21 |
twenti-wan |
| 22 |
twenti-tu |
| 23 |
twenti-tri |
| 24 |
twenti-fo |
| 25 |
twenti-fayif |
| 26 |
twenti-sikis |
| 27 |
twenti-seven |
| 28 |
twenti-eyit |
| 29 |
twenti-nayin |
| 30 |
teti |
| 40 |
foti |
| 50 |
fifti |
| 60 |
sikisti |
| 70 |
seventi |
| 80 |
eyeti |
| 90 |
nayinti |
| 100 |
handred |
| 105 |
handred-n-fayif |
| 200 |
tu handred |
| 300 |
tri handred |
| 400 |
fo handred |
| 500 |
fayif handred |
| 600 |
sikis handred |
| 700 |
seven handred |
| 800 |
eyit handred |
| 900 |
nayn handred |
| 1,000 |
tausand |
| 2,000 |
tu tausand |
| 3,000 |
tri tausand |
| 4,000 |
fo tausand |
| 5,000 |
fayif tausand |
| 6,000 |
sikis tausand |
| 7,000 |
seven tausand |
| 8,000 |
eyit tausand |
| 9,000 |
nayin tausand |
| 10,000 |
ten tausand |
| 1,000,000 |
milyoni |
Source: J.D. Bold: Dictionary and Phrase-Book of Fanagalo (Kitchen Kafir), South Africa 1953.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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