How to count in Lisu (ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in parts of China, Burma, Thailand and India.
Note: some numbers change their pronunciation slightly when counting specific things.
Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
---|---|
1 | ꓕꓲꓽ [tʰì] |
2 | ꓠꓬꓲꓽ [ɲì] |
3 | ꓢꓺ [sɑ̱] |
4 | ꓡꓲꓸ [lí] |
5 | ꓥꓪꓽ [ŋwɑ̀] |
6 | ꓛꓳꓽ [ʧʰò] |
7 | ꓫꓵꓼ [ʃɨ̀] |
8 | ꓦꓰꓼ [h̆è̱] |
9 | ꓗꓴꓸ [kú] |
10 | ꓞꓲꓻ [tsʰɨ] |
11 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓔꓲꓸ [tsʰɨ tí] |
12 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓠꓬꓲꓽ [tsʰɨ ɲì] |
13 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓢꓺ [tsʰɨ sɑ̱] |
14 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓡꓲꓸ [tsʰɨ lí] |
15 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓥꓪꓽ [tsʰɨ ŋwɑ̀] |
16 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓛꓳꓽ [tsʰɨ ʧʰò] |
17 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓫꓵꓼ tsʰɨ [ʃɨ̀] |
18 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓦꓰꓼ [tsʰɨ h̆è̱] |
19 | ꓞꓲꓻ ꓗꓴꓸ [tsʰɨ kú] |
20 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ [ɲì tsɨ] |
21 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓕꓲ [ɲì tsɨ tʰì] |
22 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓝꓲꓻ [ɲì tsɨ ɲì] |
23 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓢꓺ [ɲì tsɨ sɑ̱] |
24 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓡꓲꓸ [ɲì tsɨ lí] |
25 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓥꓪꓽ [ɲì tsɨ ŋwɑ̀] |
26 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓛꓳꓽ [ɲì tsɨ ʧʰò] |
27 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓫꓵꓼ [ɲì tsɨ ʃɨ̀] |
28 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓦꓰꓼ [ɲì tsɨ h̆è̱] |
29 | ꓝꓲꓻ ꓞꓲꓻ ꓗꓴꓸ [ɲì tsɨ kú] |
30 | ꓢꓺ ꓞꓲꓻ [sɑ̱ tsʰɨ] |
40 | ꓡꓲꓸ ꓞꓲꓻ [lí tsʰɨ] |
50 | ꓥꓪꓽ ꓞꓲꓻ [ŋwɑ̀ tsʰɨ] |
60 | ꓛꓳꓽ ꓞꓲꓻ [ʧʰò tsʰɨ] |
70 | ꓫꓵꓼ ꓞꓲꓻ [ʃɨ̀ tsʰɨ] |
80 | ꓦꓰꓼ ꓞꓲꓻ [h̆è̱ tsʰɨ] |
90 | ꓗꓴꓸ ꓞꓲꓻ [kú tsʰɨ] |
100 | ꓕꓲ ꓦꓬꓻ [tʰì h̆jɑ) |
1,000 | ꓕꓲ ꓔꓴꓺ [tʰì tu̱] |
10,000 | ꓟꓶꓽ [mɯ̀] |
1 million | ꓝꓹ [tsɑ̌] |
Hear some Lisu numbers:
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Sources:
https://archive.org/details/cu31924022354462/page/n31/mode/2up
https://stedt.berkeley.edu/pubs_and_prods/STEDT_Monograph4_Southern-Lisu-Dict.pdf
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