Tiv numbers

How to count in Tiv (dzwa Tiv), a Southern Bantoid language spoken mainly in Benue State in southeast Nigeria.

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Numeral	Cardinal
1	mom
2	uhar
3	utar
4	unyiin
5	utaan
6	ateratar
7	utaan-kar-uhar
8	anigheni
9	utan-kar-unyiin
10	pue
11	pue kar mom
12	pue-kar-uhar
13	pue-kar-utar
14	pue-kar-unyiin
15	pue-kar-utaan
16	pue-kar-ateratar
17	pue-kar-utaan-kar-uhar
18	pue-kar-anigheni
19	pue-kar-utan-kar-unyiin
20	ikundu
21	ikundu-kar-mom
22	ikundu-kar-uhar
23	ikundu-kar-utar
24	ikundu-kar-unyiin
25	ikundu-kar-utaan
26	ikundu-kar-ateratar
27	ikundu-kar-utaan-kar-uhar
28	ikundu-kar-anigheni
29	ikundu-kar-utan-kar-unyiin
30	ikundu-gber
40	akundu-ahar
50	akundu-ahar-gber
60	akundu-atar
70	akundu-atar-gber
80	akundu-anyiin
90	akundu-anyiin-gber
100	deri-mom
1,000	dubu-mom
100,000	dubu-deri-mom

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Information about counting in Tiv
https://tivpeople.com/language

Information about Tiv | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Numbers in Bantoid languages

Bafanji, Bamum, Bamunka, Bekwarra, Ghomalaʼ, Kemezung, Kenyang, Mmen, Ndoola, Nizaa, Tiv, Yemba

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