Numbers in Kei

How to count in Kei, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Moluccas (Maluku) islands in Indonesia.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers
1	sa
2	ru
3	tel
4	faak
5	lim
6	nean
7	fit
8	wau
9	siuw
10	vut
11	vut ensa
12	vut enru
13	vut entel
14	vut enfaak
15	vut enlim
16	vut ennean
17	vut enfit
18	vut enwau
19	vut ensiuw
20	vutru
21	vutru ensa
22	vutru enru
23	vutru entel
24	vutru enfaak
25	vutru enlim
26	vutru ennean
27	vutru enfit
28	vutru enwau
29	vutru ensiuw
30	vuttel
40	vutfaak
50	vutlim
60	vutnean
70	vutfit
80	vutwau
90	vutsiuw
100	ratut
101	ratut ensa
102	ratut enru
120	ratut vutru
121	ratut vutru ensa
200	ratru
300	rattel
400	ratfaak
500	ratlim
600	ratnean
700	ratfit
800	ratwau
900	ratsiuw
1,000	rivun
1,001	rivun ensa
1,002	rivun enru
1,010	rivun envut
1,011	rivun vut ensa
1,020	rivun vutru
1,021	rivun vutru ensa
1,500	rivun ratlim
1,520	rivun ratlim vutru
1,521	rivun ratlim vutru enru
2,000	rivunru
3,000	rivuntel
4,000	rivunfaak
5,000	rivunlim
6,000	rivunnean
7,000	rivunfit
8,000	rivunwau
9,000	rivunsiuw
10,000	rivunvut
99,999	rivunvutsiu rivunsiu ratsiu vutsiu ensiu

Source: Bahasa Kei. Bilangan dalam bahasa Kei, pages 17-18

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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Information about Kei
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_language
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Kei
http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/kei
http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/54811

Numbers in Malayo-Polynesian languages

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