How to count in Khasi, an Austroasiatic language spoken mainly in Maghalaya in India.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | shi, wei (com), uwei (m), kawei (f) | nyngkong, ba nyngkong |
| 2 | ár | ba ár |
| 3 | lái | ba lái |
| 4 | sáw | ba sáw |
| 5 | san | ba san |
| 6 | hinriw | ba hinriw |
| 7 | hinniew | ba hinniew |
| 8 | phrá | ba phrá |
| 9 | khyndái | ba khyndái |
| 10 | shi-phew | ba shi-phew |
| 11 | khad-wei | |
| 12 | khad-ár | |
| 13 | khad-lái | |
| 14 | khad-sáw | |
| 15 | khad-san | |
| 16 | khad-hinriw | |
| 17 | khad-hinniew | |
| 18 | khad-phrá, ár-phew-‘nar, ár-phew-dúna-ár (lit. two tens less two) | |
| 19 | khad-khyndái, ár-phew-‘nawei, ár-phew-dúna-wei (lit. two tens less one) | |
| 20 | ár-phew | |
| 21 | ár-phew-wei | |
| 22 | ár-phew-ár | |
| 23 | ár-phew-lái | |
| 24 | ár-phew-sáw | |
| 25 | ár-phew-san | |
| 26 | ár-phew-hinriw | |
| 27 | ár-phew-hinniew | |
| 28 | ár-phew-phrá, lái-phew-’nar, lái-phew-dúna-ár (lit. three tens less two) | |
| 29 | ár-phew-khyndái, lái-phew-’nawei, lái-phew-dúna-wei (lit. three tens less one) | |
| 30 | lái-phew | |
| 40 | sáw-phew | |
| 50 | san-phew | |
| 58 | san-phew-phrá, hinriw-phew-‘nar (lit. six tens less two) | |
| 59 | san-phew-khyndái, hinriw-phew-‘nawei (lit. six tens less one) | |
| 60 | hinriw-phew | |
| 70 | hinniew-phew | |
| 80 | phrá-phew | |
| 90 | khyndái-phew | |
| 100 | shi-spah | |
| 101 | shi-spah wei | |
| 105 | shi-spah san | |
| 109 | shi-spah khyndái | |
| 122 | shi-spah ár-phew ár | |
| 199 | shi-spah khyndái-phew khyndái | |
| 200 | ár-spah | |
| 300 | lái-spah | |
| 400 | sáw-spah | |
| 500 | san-spah | |
| 555 | san-spah san-phew san | |
| 600 | hinriw-spa | |
| 700 | hinniew-spah | |
| 800 | phrá-spah | |
| 900 | khyndái-spah | |
| 999 | khyndái-spah khyndái-phew khyndái | |
| 1,000 | shi-hajár, shi-phew spah | |
| 2,000 | ár-hajár | |
| 3,000 | lái-hajár | |
| 4,000 | sáw-hajár | |
| 5,000 | san-hajár | |
| 5,555 | san-hajár san-spah san-phew san | |
| 6,000 | hinriw-hajár | |
| 7,000 | hinniew-hajár | |
| 8,000 | phrá-hajár | |
| 9,000 | khyndái-hajár | |
| 10,000 | shi-phew-hajár | |
| 100,000 | shi lak | |
| 1,000,000 | shi-phew lak, shi-phew spah hajár | |
| 1,000,000, 000,000 |
shi-spah hajár klur | |
| 1 trillion | shi trillian, (ka jingkhein kaba khadkhyndai tylli ki dak jingkhein) | |
| once | shi-wád | |
| twice | ár-wad | |
| thrice | lái-wad | |
| four times | sáw-wad, sáw-sin |
Sources:
Re, H, Roberts: A Grammar of the Khassi Language. London – 1891.
U. Nissor Singh: English-Khasi Dictionary. New Delhi – 1988.
Khasi-English Dictionary. Shillong – 1906.
K.S. Nagaraja: Khasi. A Descriptive Analysis. 1985.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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