How to count in Khiamniungan, a variety of Tangsa, a Brahmaputran language spoken in Nagaland in northeast India, and in northwestern Burma (Myanmar).
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | akeng, waioli | |
| 1 | tsak | ayateng nai |
| 2 | nimeh | mücham nai |
| 3 | sümeh | samcham nai |
| 4 | püle | püle nai |
| 5 | pungo | |
| 6 | lok | |
| 7 | chinyat | |
| 8 | püchei | |
| 9 | lükao | |
| 10 | chhe | |
| 11 | chhekütsak | |
| 12 | chhekünime | |
| 13 | chheküsümeh | |
| 14 | chheküpüle | |
| 15 | chheküpungo | |
| 16 | chhekülok | |
| 17 | chheküchenyat | |
| 18 | chheküpüchei | |
| 19 | chhekülükao | |
| 20 | eknimeh | |
| 30 | aosam | |
| 40 | aopüle | |
| 50 | aopungo | |
| 60 | aolok | |
| 70 | aochinyat | |
| 80 | aopüchei | |
| 90 | aolükao | |
| 100 | tsomtsak | |
| 120 | tsomtsakkhi | |
| 200 | tsomnimeh | |
| 300 | tsomsümeh | |
| 400 | tsompüle | |
| 500 | tsompungo | |
| 600 | tsomlok | |
| 700 | tsomchinyat | |
| 800 | tsompüchei | |
| 900 | tsomlükao | |
| 1,000 | tsoom | |
| 100,000 (lakh) | tsoom chhe | |
| ten million (crore) | lakh chhe | |
| once | tsakcham | |
| twice | nimeh cham | |
| thrice | sümeh cham | |
| four times | püle cham | |
| 1/4 | achanpüle no tsak | |
| 3/4 | achan sümeh | |
| 1/2 | apai |
Source: Kumāra, Braja Bihārī. हिन्दी-खियमङ्न अंग्रेजी शब्द-सूची = Hindi Khiamngan English vocabulary. Hindī-Khiyamaṅna Aṅgrejī śabda-sūcī. कोहिमा : नागालैण्ड भाषा परिषद, 1974. Kohimā : Nāgālaiṇḍa Bhāshā Parishada, 1974.
Information about Khiamniungan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khiamniungan_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/kix
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5645
Khiamniungan numbers | Tower of Babel
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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