Numbers in Madurese (Madhura / Basa Mathura)

How to count in Madurese, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken mainly in Madura Island and Java in Indonesia,

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	settong, sittung, tong, sa' 1)	kapeng settong, ka settong 2)
2	dhuwa', wa'	kapeng dhuwa', ka dhuwa'
3	tello', lo'	kapeng tello', ka tello'
4	empa', pa'	kapeng empa', ka empa'
5	lema', ma'	kapeng lema', ka lema'
6	ennem, nem	kapeng ennem, ka ennem
7	petto', to'	kapeng petto', ka petto'
8	ballu', lu'	kapeng ballu', ka ballu'
9	sanga', nga'	kapeng sanga', ka sanga'
10	sapolo	kapeng sapolo, ka sapolo
11	sabellas
12	dhubellas
13	tello bellas
14	pa' bellas
15	lema bellas
16	nem bellas
17	pettong bellas
18	ballung bellas
19	sanggang bellas
20	dhupolo
21	salekor
22	dhulekor
23	tello lekor
24	pa'lekor
25	sagame' 3)
26	ennem lekor
27	pettong lekor
28	ballung lekor
29	sangang lekor
30	tello polo
31	tello polo settong
32	tello polo huwa'
33	tello polo tello'
34	tello polo empa'
35	tello polo lema'
36	tello polo ennem
37	tello polo petto'
38	tello polo ballu'
39	tello polo sanga'
40	pa' polo
50	sa'iket 3)
60	sabidak 3)
70	pettong polo
80	ballung polo
90	sanggang polo
100	sa'atos
200	dhu atus
300	tello ratos
400	pa' atos
500	lema ratos
600	ennem atos
700	pettong atos
800	ballung atos
900	sanggang atos
1,000	sa'ebu
2,000	dhu ebu
3,000	tello ebu
4,000	pa'ebu
5,000	lema ebu
6,000	ennem ebu
7,000	pettong ebu
8,000	ballung ebu
9,000	sanggang ebu
10,000	sapolo ebu
100,000	saratos ebu, saketthe
1,000,000	sajuta

Notes

Numbers in italics: A short form generally used for counting.
To form ordinal numbers, the morpheme kapeng or its abbreviated form ka, occurs before the numeral.
Madurese has dedicated numbers for 25, 50, and 60. In addition, while 20 takes a predictable form dhupolo (literally two tens), the numbers 21-24 and 26-29 take the ending lekor (20s). Thereafter the general case is to use the citation form following the 10s designation.

Madurese numbers supplied by Wolfgang Kuhl

Source: William D. Davies: A Grammar of Madurese. Berlin/New York, 2010.

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