How to count in Kristang, a Portuguese-based creole language spoken by the Kristang, a community of people of mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry, mainly in Malacca in Malaysia, and in Singapore. It is also known as Papia Kristang or Malaccan Creole Portuguese.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ngua | namba ngua |
| 2 | dos | namba dos, sigunda |
| 3 | tres | namba tres, treseru |
| 4 | kuatu | namba kuatu |
| 5 | singku | namba singku |
| 6 | sez | namba sez |
| 7 | seti | namba seti |
| 8 | oitu | namba oitu |
| 9 | novi | namba novi |
| 10 | des | namba des |
| 11 | onzi | |
| 12 | dozi | |
| 13 | trezi | |
| 14 | katorzi | |
| 15 | kinzi | |
| 16 | dises | |
| 17 | diseti | |
| 18 | disoitu | |
| 19 | disnovi | |
| 20 | binti | |
| 21 | binti ngua | |
| 22 | binti dos | |
| 23 | binti tres | |
| 24 | binti kuatu | |
| 25 | binti singku | |
| 26 | binti sez | |
| 27 | binti seti | |
| 28 | binti oitu | |
| 29 | binti novi | |
| 30 | trinta | |
| 40 | korenta | |
| 50 | singkuenta | |
| 60 | sesenta | |
| 70 | satenta | |
| 80 | oitenta | |
| 90 | noventa | |
| 100 | sentu, nsentu | |
| 101 | nsentu ngua | |
| 200 | dos sentu | |
| 300 | tres sentu | |
| 400 | kuatu sentu | |
| 500 | singku sentu | |
| 600 | sez sentu | |
| 700 | seti sentu | |
| 800 | oitu sentu | |
| 900 | novi sentu | |
| 1,000 | mil, ngua mil, m mil | |
| 2,000 | dos mil | |
| 3,000 | tres mil | |
| 4,000 | kuatu mil | |
| 5,000 | singku mil | |
| 6,000 | sez mil | |
| 7,000 | seti mil | |
| 8,000 | oitu mil | |
| 9,000 | novi mil | |
| 10,000 | des mil | |
| 1,000,000 | miliang, ngua miliang, m miliang | |
| once | mbes | |
| twice | dos bes |
Sources:
- Alan N. Baxter: A Grammar of Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese). Pacific Linguistics. The Australian National University, 1988.
- Alan N. Baxter and Patrick D. Silva: A dictionary of Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese) with an English-Kristang finder-list. Pacific Linguistics. The Australian National University, 2004.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Information about Kristang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristang_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/mcm/
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