Mossi numbers

How to count in Mossi (Mòoré), a Gur language spoken in Burkina-Faso, Mali and Togo.

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Numeral	Cardinal
0	zero, zaalim
1	a ye
2	yembo, yiibu
3	tã, tãabo
4	naase
5	nu
6	yoobe
7	yopoe
8	nii
9	wɛ, wae
10	piiga
11	piig la a ye
12	piig la a yiibu
13	piig la a tãabo
14	piig la a nasse
15	piig la a nu
16	piig la a yoobe
17	piig la a yopoe
18	piig la a nii
19	piig la a wɛ
20	pisi
21	pisi la a ye
22	pisi la a yi
23	pisi la a tãabo
24	pisi la a nasse
25	pisi la a nu
26	pisi la a yoobe
27	pisi la a yopoe
28	pisi la a nii
29	pisi la a wɛ
30	pis-tã
40	pis-nasse
50	pis-nu
60	pis-yoobe
70	pis-yopoe
80	pis-nii
90	pis-wae
100	koabga
200	kobessi, kobsi
300	kobs-tã
400	kobs-nasse
500	kobs-nu
600	kobs-yoobe
700	kobs-yopoe
800	kobs-nii
900	kobs-wɛ
1,000	tusri
10,000	tus-piiga
1,000,000	million a ye

If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.

Sources
https://wikitravel.org/en/Moor%C3%A9_phrasebook
http://www.afropedea.org/mossi-numeration-number-system
https://mos.kasahorow.org/node/1241215
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mooré_phrasebook
https://www.webonary.org/moore/

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