How to count in Lingala, a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in the Republic of Congo.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | libungutulu | |
| 1 | mókó | ya libosó, yambo |
| 2 | míbalé | ya míbalé |
| 3 | mísató | ya mísató |
| 4 | mínei | ya mínei |
| 5 | mítáno | ya mítáno |
| 6 | motóba | ya motóba |
| 7 | sámbó, nsámbó | ya sámbó, ya nsámbó |
| 8 | mwámbe | ya mwámbe |
| 9 | libwá | ya libwá |
| 10 | zómi | ya zómi |
| 11 | zómi na mókó | |
| 12 | zómi na míbalé | |
| 13 | zómi na mísató | |
| 14 | zómi na mínei | |
| 15 | zómi na mítáno | |
| 16 | zómi na motóba | |
| 17 | zómi na sámbó, zómi na nsámbó | |
| 18 | zómi na mwámbe | |
| 19 | zómi na libwá | |
| 20 | ntúkú míbalé | |
| 21 | ntúkú míbalé na mókó | |
| 22 | ntúkú míbalé na míbalé | |
| 23 | ntúkú míbalé na mísató | |
| 24 | ntúkú míbalé na mínei | |
| 25 | ntúkú míbalé na mítáno | |
| 26 | ntúkú míbalé na motóba | |
| 27 | ntúkú míbalé na sámbó, ntúkú míbalé na nsámbó | |
| 28 | ntúkú míbalé na mwámbe | |
| 29 | ntúkú míbalé na libwá | |
| 30 | ntúkú mísató | |
| 40 | ntúkú mínei | |
| 50 | ntúkú mítáno | |
| 60 | ntúkú motóba | |
| 70 | ntúkú sámbó, ntúkú nsámbó | |
| 80 | ntúkú mwámbe | |
| 90 | ntúkú libwá | |
| 100 | nkámá (mókó), monkámá | |
| 200 | nkámá míbalé | |
| 300 | nkámá mísató | |
| 400 | nkámá mínei | |
| 500 | nkámá mítáno | |
| 600 | nkámá motóba | |
| 700 | nkámá sámbó, nkámá nsámbó | |
| 800 | nkámá mwámbe | |
| 900 | nkámá libwá | |
| 1,000 | nkóto (mókó) | |
| 2,000 | nkóto míbalé | |
| 3,000 | nkóto mísató | |
| 4,000 | nkóto mínei | |
| 5,000 | nkóto mítáno | |
| 6,000 | nkóto motóba | |
| 7,000 | nkóto sámbó, nkóto nsámbó | |
| 8,000 | nkóto mwámbe | |
| 9,000 | nkóto libwá | |
| 10,000 | nkóto (mókó) | |
| 100,000 | elúndu (mókó) | |
| 1,000,000 | efúku (mókó) | |
| once | mbala mókó | |
| twice | mbala míbalé |
Sources:
- Adolphe Dzokanga: Dictionnaire Lingala-Français. VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie Leipzig, 1979.
- И.Н. Топорова: Лингала-Русский Словарь. Dictionnaire Lingala-Russ. Москва – 1983.
- Thomas Yocum: Loba Lingala! An English guide to the language of Kinshasa, 2014.
Hear some Lingala numbers:
Information about Lingala numerals
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-lingala/en/lin/
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl. Corrections by Djuna de Lannoy
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Information about Lingala | Phrases | Numbers
Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Benga, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Comorian, Duala, Ewondo, Fang, Gusii, Gwere, Herero, Ibinda, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kongo, Kunda, Lingala, Lozi, Luba-Katanga (Kiluba), Luganda, Luvale, Makhuwa, Maore, Mbunda, Mwani, Ndebele (Northern), Ndebele (Southern), 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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