Information about counting in Guaraní (Avañe'ẽ), a Tupí-Guaraní language spoken mainly in Paraguay, and also in Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | mba'eve (‘nothing’) | |
| 1 | peteĩ | peteĩha |
| 2 | mokõi | mokõiha |
| 3 | mbohapy | mbohapyha |
| 4 | irundy | irundyha |
| 5 | po | poha |
| 6 | poteĩ | poteĩha |
| 7 | pokõi | pokõiha |
| 8 | poapy | poapyha |
| 9 | porundy | poapyha |
| 10 | pa | paha |
| 11 | pateĩ | |
| 12 | pakõi | |
| 13 | pa'apy | |
| 14 | parundy | |
| 15 | papo | |
| 16 | papoteĩ | |
| 17 | papokõi | |
| 18 | papoapy | |
| 19 | paporundy | |
| 20 | mokõipa | |
| 21 | mokõipa peteĩ | |
| 22 | mokõipa mokõi | |
| 23 | mokõipa mbohapy | |
| 24 | mokõipa irundy | |
| 25 | mokõipa po | |
| 26 | mokõipa poteĩ | |
| 27 | mokõipa pokõi | |
| 28 | mokõipa poapy | |
| 29 | mokõipa porundy | |
| 30 | mbohapypa | |
| 40 | irundypa | |
| 50 | popa | |
| 60 | poteĩpa | |
| 70 | pokõipa | |
| 80 | poapypa | |
| 90 | porundypa | |
| 100 | sa | |
| 200 | mokõisa | |
| 300 | mbohapysa | |
| 400 | irundysa | |
| 500 | posa | |
| 600 | poteĩsa | |
| 700 | pokõisa | |
| 800 | poapysa | |
| 900 | porundysa | |
| 1,000 | su | |
| 1,000,000 | sua | |
| 10.000,000 | pasua | |
| 100,000,000 | sasua |
Nowadays most of these numbers are only used in academic contexts. In colloquial language Spanish numerals are used after 4.
Hear some Guaraní numbers:
Source: Estigarribia, Bruno: A Grammar of Paraguayan Guarani. London, UCL Press, 2020.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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