How to count in Minangkabau, a Malayic language spoken in Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, Bengkulu and Aceh in Indonesia, and in Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia.
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Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
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0 | nol | |
1 | ciek | kaciek, kaaso, kasatu, paratamo |
2 | duo | kaduo |
3 | tigo | katigo |
4 | ampek, (ompek) | kaampek |
5 | limo | kalimo |
6 | anam, (onam) | kaanam |
7 | tujuah | katujuah |
8 | salapan, lapan | kasalapan |
9 | sambilan | kasambilan |
10 | sapuluah | kasapuluah |
11 | sabaleh, (saboleh) | kasabaleh |
12 | duo baleh, (duo boleh) | kaduo baleh |
13 | tigo baleh, (tigo boleh) | katigo baleh |
14 | ampek baleh, (ompek boleh) | kaampek baleh |
15 | limo baleh, (limo boleh) | kalimo baleh |
16 | anam baleh, (onam boleh) | kaanam baleh |
17 | tujuah baleh, (tujuah boleh) | katujuah baleh |
18 | salapan baleh, (salapan boleh) | kasalapan baleh |
19 | sambilan baleh, (sambilan boleh) | kasambilan baleh |
20 | duo puluah | kaduo puluah |
21 | duo puluah satu | kaduo puluah satu |
22 | duo puluah duo | kaduo puluah duo |
23 | duo puluah tigo | kaduo puluah tigo |
24 | duo puluah ampek | kaduo puluah ampek |
25 | duo puluah limo | kaduo puluah limo |
26 | duo puluah anam | kaduo puluah anam |
27 | duo puluah tujuah | kaduo puluah tujuah |
28 | duo puluah salapan | kaduo puluah salapan |
29 | duo puluah sambilan | kaduo puluah sambilan |
30 | tigo puluah | katigo puluah |
31 | tigo puluah satu | katigo puluah satu |
40 | ampek puluah | kaampek puluah |
41 | ampek puluah satu | kaampek puluah satu |
50 | limo puluah | kalimo puluah |
60 | anam puluah | kaanam puluah |
70 | tujuah puluah | katujuah puluah |
80 | salapan puluah | kasalapan puluah |
90 | sambilan puluah | kasambilan puluah |
100 | saratuih, (satuih) | kasaratuih satu |
101 | saratuih satu, (satuih satu) | kasaratuih satu |
105 | saratuih limo, (satuih limo) | kasaratuih limo |
110 | saratuih sapuluah | kasaratuih sapuluah |
120 | saratuih duo puluah | kasaratuih duo puluah |
130 | saratuih tigo puluah | kasaratuih tigo puluah |
140 | saratuih ampek puluah | kasaratuih ampek puluah |
150 | saratuih limo puluah | kasaratuih limo puluah |
160 | saratuih anam puluah | kasaratuih anam puluah |
170 | saratuih tujuab puluah | kasaratuih tujuah puluah |
180 | saratuih salapan puluah | kasaratuih salapan puluah |
190 | saratuih sambilan puluah | kasaratuih sambilan puluah |
200 | duo ratuih, (duo atuih) | kaduo ratuih |
202 | duo ratuih duo, (duo atuih duo) | kaduo ratuih duo |
300 | tigo ratuih, (tigo atuih) | katigo ratuih |
400 | ampek ratuih, (ampek atuih) | kaampek ratuih |
500 | limo ratuih, (limo atuih) | kalimo ratuih |
600 | anam ratuih, (anam atuih) | kaanam ratuih |
700 | tujuah ratuih, (tujuah atuih) | katujuah ratuih |
800 | salapan ratuih, (sapalan atuih) | kasalapan ratuih |
900 | sambilan ratuih, (sambilan atuih) | kasambilan ratuih |
1,000 | saribu | kasaribu |
2,000 | duo ribu | kaduo ribu |
3,000 | tigo ribu | katigo ribu |
4,000 | ampek ribu | kaampek ribu |
5,000 | limo ribu | kalimo ribu |
6,000 | anam ribu | kaanam ribu |
7,000 | tujuah ribu | katujuah ribu |
8,000 | salapan ribu | kasalapan ribu |
9,000 | sambilan ribu | kasambilan ribu |
10,000 | sapuluah ribu, laso | kasapuluah ribu |
100,000 | saratuih ribu, saratuih laso | kasaratuih ribu |
1,000,000 | sajuta, juta, juto | kasajuta |
1,000,000,000 | samilyar | kasamilyar |
2,000,000,000 | duo milyar | kaduo milyar |
1/2 | sapaduo, satangah, saparo | |
1/3 | sapatigo | |
2/3 | duo patigo | |
1/4 | saparampek | |
2/3 | duo patigo | |
3/5 | tigo palimo | |
5/6 | limo paranam |
More information about Minangkabau numbers (PDF)
Sources:
Rusmidar Reibaud: Parlons Minangkabau. Langue, littérature et culture de la société matrilinéaire de Sumatra – Indonésie, 2004.
Х.М. Зарбалиев: Язык Минангкабау. Языки народов Азии и Африки. Академия наук СССР. Москва – 1987.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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