How to count in Tumbuka (chiTumbuka), a Bantu language spoken in northern Malawi and eastern Zambia. Tumbuka speakers often use English numbers when counting over 20.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | chi moza |
| 2 | vibili |
| 3 | vitatu |
| 4 | vinayi |
| 5 | vikhondi |
| 6 | vikhondi na kamoza |
| 7 | vikhondi na tubili |
| 8 | vikhondi na tutatu |
| 9 | vikhondi na vinayi |
| 10 | khumi |
| 11 | khumi na kamoza |
| 12 | khumi na tubili |
| 13 | khumi na tutatu |
| 14 | khumi na vinay |
| 15 | khumi na vikhondi |
| 16 | khumi na vikhondi na kamoza |
| 17 | khumi na vikhondi na tubili |
| 18 | khumi na vikhondi na vitutatu |
| 19 | khumi na vikhondi na vinayi |
| 20 | ma khumi na tubili |
| 30 | ma khumi na vitatu |
| 40 | ma khumi na vinayi |
| 50 | ma khumi na vikhondi |
Information about Tumbuka numbers
http://chitumbukalanguage.blogspot.com/2008/02/numbers.html
https://wikitravel.org/en/Tumbuka_phrasebook
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Information about Tumbuka | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Baba, Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Benga, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Comorian, Duala, Ewondo, Fang, Gungu, Gusii, Gwere, Herero, Ibinda, Kabwa, Kamba, Kanyok, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kogo, Kongo, Kunda, Kwangali, Lingala, Lomwe, Lozi, Luba-Katanga (Kiluba), Luchazi, Luganda, Luvale, Makhuwa, Maore, Mbunda, Mwani, Ndebele (Northern), Ndebele (Southern), Ndonga, Ngoni, Njebi, Nkore, Nyole, Nyungwe, Oshiwambo, Punu, Sengele, Shona, Soga, Sotho (Northern), Sotho (Southern), Suba, Swahili, Swati, Taita, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Xhosa, Yao, Zigula, Zinza, Zulu
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