How to count in Ewe (Èʋegbe), a Volta-Niger language spoken in Ghana, Togo and Benin.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | nadeke, nanekeo | |
| 1 | ɖeka [ˈdɛ.kɑː] | gbãtɔ [ɡ͡bãtɔ] |
| 2 | eve [ˈeve] | evelia [ˈevelɪɑː] |
| 3 | etɔ̃ | etɔ̃lia |
| 4 | ene | enelia [ˈenelɪɑː] |
| 5 | atɔ̃ | atɔ̃lia |
| 6 | ade | adelia |
| 7 | adrɛ | adrɛlia |
| 8 | enyi | enyilia |
| 9 | asieke | asiekelia [ˈəsɪeɪkeɪljɑː] |
| 10 | ewo | ewolia [ˈewəʊlɪɑː] |
| 11 | wuiɖekɛ | |
| 12 | wuieve | |
| 13 | wuietɔ̃ | |
| 14 | wuiene | |
| 15 | wuiatɔ̃ | |
| 16 | wuiade | |
| 17 | wuiadre | |
| 18 | wuienyi | |
| 19 | wuiasieke | |
| 20 | blaeve | |
| 21 | blaeve-vɔ̃-ɖekɛ | |
| 22 | blaeve-vɔ̃-eve | |
| 23 | blaeve-vɔ̃-etɔ̃ | |
| 24 | blaeve-vɔ̃-ene | |
| 25 | blaeve-vɔ̃-atɔ̃ | |
| 26 | blaeve-vɔ̃-ade | |
| 27 | blaeve-vɔ̃-adrɛ | |
| 28 | blaeve-vɔ̃-enyi | |
| 29 | blaeve-vɔ̃-asieke | |
| 30 | blaetɔ̃ | |
| 40 | blaene | |
| 50 | blaatɔ̃ | |
| 60 | blaade | |
| 70 | blaadre | |
| 80 | blaenyi | |
| 90 | blaasieke | |
| 100 | alafa ɖeka [əlæfɑː ɖɛkɑː] | |
| 101 | alafa ɖeka kple ɖeka | |
| 1,000 | akpe ɖeka [ək͡pɛ ɖɛkɑː] | |
| 10,000 | akpe ewo | |
| 1,000,000 | miliɔn ɖeka |
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Ewe_numerals
http://www.afropedea.org/ewe-numeration-number
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Information about numbers in Ewe
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