How to count in Chingli Ao (Chùnglì Ahw), a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in Nagaland in the northeast of India.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ka | tamaba |
| 2 | ana | tanabuba |
| 3 | asem | asembuba |
| 4 | pezü | |
| 5 | pungu | |
| 6 | terok | |
| 7 | tenet | |
| 8 | ti | |
| 9 | teku | |
| 10 | ter | |
| 11 | terka | |
| 12 | ter ana | |
| 13 | ter asem | |
| 14 | ter pezü | |
| 15 | ter pongu | |
| 16 | ter terok | |
| 17 | ter tenet | |
| 18 | ter ti | |
| 19 | ter teku | |
| 20 | metsü | |
| 21 | metsür ka | |
| 22 | metsür ana | |
| 23 | metsür asem | |
| 24 | metsür pezü | |
| 25 | metsür pongu | |
| 26 | metsür terok | |
| 27 | metsür tenet | |
| 28 | metsür ti | |
| 29 | metsür teku | |
| 30 | semer | |
| 40 | lir | |
| 50 | tenem | |
| 60 | roker | |
| 70 | neter | |
| 80 | tir | |
| 90 | tokor | |
| 100 | noklang ka | |
| 200 | noklang ana | |
| 300 | noklang asem | |
| 400 | noklang pezü | |
| 500 | noklang pongu | |
| 600 | noklang terok | |
| 700 | noklang tenet | |
| 800 | noklang ti | |
| 900 | noklang teku | |
| 1,000 | meyirijang | |
| 100,000 | lak | |
| 10,000,000 | kror |
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl, with corrections by Jaremdi Wati Longchar
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Information about Chungli Ao | Numbers | Tower of Babel
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