How to count in Newar (नेपाल भाषा), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in central Nepal, and also in northern India.
Note: In Newar various classfiers are attached after the numbers depending on what is being counted. Classifiers inlude: गू (gū) for objects, म्ह (mha) for living beings, न्हु (nhu) for days, and पा (pa) for long objects, such as roads [more information].
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| Numerals | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| ० (0) | सुन्ना (sunnā) | |
| १ (1) | छि (chi) | न्हाप (nhāpa) |
| २ (2) | नि (ni) | निगूगु (nigūgu) |
| ३ (3) | स्व (sva) | तेस्रो (tesro) |
| ४ (4) | प्यंगू (pyaṅgū) | प्यंगूगु (pyaṅgūgu) |
| ५ (5) | न्या (nyā) | न्यागूगु (nyāgūgu) |
| ६ (6) | खु (khu) [kʰu] | खुगूगु (khugūgu) |
| ७ (7) | न्हय्गू (nhaygū) | न्हय् गूगु (nhaygūgu) |
| ८ (8) | च्यागु (chyāgu) | च्यागूगु (chyāgūgu) |
| ९ (9) | गु (gu), घुगु (gughu) | न्यागूगु (nyāgūgu) |
| १० (10) | झि (jhi), झिग (jhig) | झिगूगु (jhigūgu) |
| ११ (11) | झिन्चगु (jhinchagu) | झिंछगूगु (jhiṅchagūgu) |
| १२ (12) | झिंनि (jhiṅi) | झिंनिगूगु (jhiṅnigūgu) |
| १३ (13) | झिनस्वन (jhinsvan) | झिंस्वंगूगु (jhiṅsvaṅgūgu) |
| १४ (14) | झिङपेर्का (jhinaperka) | झिंप्यंगूगु (jhiṅpyaṅgūgu) |
| १५ (15) | झिंन्यागु (jhiṅnyāgu) | झिंन्यागूगु (jhiṅnyāgūgu) |
| १६ (16) | झिङ्खुगु (jhikhugu) | झिंखुगूगु (jhiṅkhugūgu) |
| १७ (17) | झिन्एगु (jhinhegu) | झिंन्हय्गूगु (jhiṅnhaygūgu) |
| १८ (18) | झिंच्या (jhiṅcyā) | झिंच्यागूगु (jhiṅcyāgūgu) |
| १९ (19) | झिङ्ग्गु (jhiṅggu) | झिंन्यागूगु (jhiṃnyāgūgu) |
| २० (20) | नी (nī) | नीगुगु (nīgugu) |
| २१ (21) | नीछगू (nīnchagū) | |
| २२ (22) | नीनिम्ह (nīnimh) | |
| २३ (23) | नीस्वंगू (nīnsvangū) | |
| २४ (24) | नीप्यम्ह (nīpyamh) | |
| २५ (25) | नीन्यागू (nīnyāgū) | |
| २६ (26) | नीखु (nīkhu) | |
| २७ (27) | नीन्हय् (nīnhay) | |
| २८ (28) | नीच्या (nīcyā) | |
| २९ (29) | नीन्या (nīnyā) | |
| ३० (30) | सुइ (sui) | स्वीगु (svīgu) |
| ४० (40) | पिइ (pii) | पीगूगु (pīgūgu) |
| ५० (50) | न्यय् (nyay) | न्यय् गूगु (nyay gūgu) |
| ६० (60) | खुइ (khui) | खुइगूगु (khuigūgu) |
| ७० (70) | न्हय् (nhay) | सत्तरया (sattarayā) |
| ८० (80) | चय् (cay) | अस्सीगु (assīgu) |
| ९० (90) | गुइ (gui) | गुइगूगु (guigūgu) |
| १०० (100) | सच्छि (sacchi) | सच्छिगूगु (sacchigūgu) |
| १,००० (1,000) | द्वःछि (dvaḥchi) | द्वलंद्वः (dvalaṃdvaḥ) |
Hear some Newar numbers:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Newar_numerals
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Newari-Kathmandu.htm
https://www.nepalbhasa.org/
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Information about Newar | Phrases | Numbers | Ranjana script | Newa script (Prachalit Nepal)
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