Lingala numbers

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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