Information about counting in Kirundi (Ikirundi), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Burundi.
Numbers take prefixes according to the class of the noun they are attached to. For example, one person = umuntu umwe, two people = abantu babiri, two things = ibintu bibiri.
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 | zero | |
| 1 | rimwe | uwa mbere |
| 2 | kabiri | uwa kabiri |
| 3 | gatatu | uwa gatatu |
| 4 | kane | uwa kane |
| 5 | gatanu | uwa gatanu |
| 6 | gatandatu | uwa gatandatu |
| 7 | indwi | uwa indwi |
| 8 | umunani | uwa umunani |
| 9 | icenda | uwa icenda |
| 10 | icumi | uwa icumi |
| 11 | icumi n'umwe | |
| 12 | icumi na babiri | |
| 13 | icumi na batatu | |
| 14 | icumi na bane | |
| 15 | icumi na batanu | |
| 16 | icumi na batandatu | |
| 17 | icumi n'indwi | |
| 18 | icumi n'umunani | |
| 19 | icumi n'icenda | |
| 20 | mirongo ibiri | |
| 21 | mirongo ibiri na rimwe | |
| 22 | mirongo ibiri na kabiri | |
| 23 | mirongo ibiri na gatatu | |
| 24 | mirongo ibiri na kane | |
| 25 | mirongo ibiri na gatanu | |
| 26 | mirongo ibiri na gatandatu | |
| 27 | mirongo ibiri n'indwi | |
| 28 | mirongo ibiri n'umunani | |
| 29 | mirongo ibiri n'icenda | |
| 30 | mirongo itatu | |
| 40 | mirongo ine | |
| 50 | mirong itanu | |
| 60 | mirong itandatu | |
| 70 | mirong irindwi | |
| 80 | mirong umunani | |
| 90 | mirong icenda | |
| 100 | ijana | |
| 200 | amajana abiri | |
| 300 | amajana atatu | |
| 400 | amajana ane | |
| 500 | amajana atanu | |
| 600 | amajana atandatu | |
| 700 | amajana indwi | |
| 800 | amajana umunani | |
| 900 | amajana umunani | |
| 1,000 | igihumbi | |
| 2,000 | ibihumbi bibiri | |
| 3,000 | ibihumbi bitatu | |
| 4,000 | ibihumbi bine | |
| 1,000,000 | umuriyoni |
The ordinal numbers shown are used when referring to people. other prefixes are used when talking about other things.
Information about counting in Kirundi
http://cecilia.ls.fi.upm.es/~jmartinez/wiki/index.php/Learning_Kirundi#N.C3.BAmeros
https://www.matana.de/kirundi%20I.pdf
Hear some Kirundi numbers
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Information about Kirundi | Numbers | Tower of Babel
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
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