Numbers in Southern Oromo

Information about counting in Southern Oromo (Borana), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya.

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Numeral Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers
1 tokko, tokkoca k'araa, kwansaa
2 lamma lammeeso
3 sadii sadeesoo
4 afuri afreesoo
5 shani shaneesoo
6 jaa jaeesoo
7 torba torbeesoo
8 saddeeti saddeesoo, saddeeteesoo
9 sagali sagaleesoo, kud'a(a)neesoo
10 kud'aani kurneesoo, kud'a(a)neesoo
20 diddamii kaa diddamaa
21 kaa diddamii tokkoo
30 soddomii
40 afurtama
50 shantama
60 jaatama
70 torbaatama
80 saddeetama
90 sagaltama
100 d'ibba (tokko)
200 d'ibba (lamma)
300 d'ibba (sadii)
400 d'ibba (afuri)

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Links

Information about Southern Oromo numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Oromo_language#Numerals

Information about Southern Oromo | Numbers | Tower of Babel

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