How to count in Giryama, a variety of Mijikenda, a Northeast Coast Bantu language spoken mainly in Kilifi County in the southeast of Kenya.
Numbers can change depending on the class of the noun you are counting.
If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.
| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | -mwenga |
| 2 | hiri |
| 3 | hahu |
| 4 | inne |
| 5 | tsano |
| 6 | handahu |
| 7 | fungahe |
| 8 | nane |
| 9 | chenda |
| 10 | kumi |
| 11 | kumi na mwenga |
| 12 | kumi na hiri |
| 13 | kumi na hahu |
| 14 | kumi na (n)-ne |
| 15 | kumi na tsano |
| 16 | kumi na handahu |
| 17 | kumi na fungahe |
| 18 | kumi na nane |
| 19 | kumi na chenda |
| 20 | mirongo miiri |
| 30 | mirongo mihahu, makumi mahahu |
| 40 | mirongo mine, makumi mane |
| 50 | mirongo mitsano, makumi matsano |
| 60 | mirongo mihandahu |
| 70 | mirongo mifungahe, makumi mafungahe |
| 80 | mirongo minane, maku' mi manane |
| 90 | mirongo chenda |
| 100 | gana |
| 1000 | magana kumi |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Information about Giryama numbers
https://teachyourselfgiriama.blogspot.com/p/vocabulary.html
https://teachyourselfgiriama.blogspot.com/2015/07/counting-2-ordinal-numbers.html
https://archive.org/stream/giryamavocabula01taylgoog/giryamavocabula01taylgoog_djvu.txt
Information about Giryama | Numbers
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