Information about counting in Bena (Kibena), a Bantu language spoken in the Iringa Region in the south of Tanzania.
Note: The numbers 1 to 5 are prefixed with class prefixes which depend on the type of noun they are used with. Other numbers are not inflected.
If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.
| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | -mwiinga, -mwi | wumwiinga, wumwi |
| 2 | -vili | wuvili |
| 3 | -datu | wudatu |
| 4 | -taaya | wutaaya |
| 5 | -haanu/-haano | wuhaanu/wuhaano |
| 6 | mutaanda | mutaanda |
| 7 | mufang’ati | mufang’ati |
| 8 | munaana | munaana |
| 9 | mugoondza | mugoondza |
| 10 | nyikyumi | nyikyumi |
| 11 | nyikyumi na -mwiinga | |
| 12 | nyikyumi na -vili | |
| 13 | nyikyumi na -datu | |
| 14 | nyikyumi na -taaye | |
| 15 | nyikyumi na -haanu | |
| 16 | nyikyumi na mutaanda | |
| 17 | nyikyumi na mufung’ati | |
| 18 | nyikyumi na manuunu | |
| 19 | nyikyumi na mugoondza | |
| 20 | makyumi -vili | |
| 30 | makyumi -datu | |
| 40 | makyumi -taaye | |
| 50 | makyumi -haanu | |
| 60 | makyumi mutaanda | |
| 70 | makyumi mufung’ati | |
| 80 | makyumi manuunu | |
| 90 | makyumi mugoondza | |
| 100 | ligana | |
| 1,000 | mbilima |
Information about Bena numbers
https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/70359
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Information about Bena | Numbers
Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Benga, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Comorian, Duala, Ewondo, Fang, Gusii, Gwere, Herero, Ibinda, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kogo, Kongo, Kunda, Lingala, Lozi, Luba-Katanga (Kiluba), Luganda, Luvale, Makhuwa, Maore, Mbunda, Mwani, Ndebele (Northern), Ndebele (Southern), Ngoni, Nkore, Nyole, Nyungwe, Oshiwambo, Punu, Sengele, Shona, Soga, Sotho (Northern), Sotho (Southern), Swahili, Swati, Taita, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Xhosa, Yao, Zulu
Alphabetical index | Language family index
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