How to count in Luvale (Chiluvale), a Bantu language spoken in southern Angola and northern Zambia.
The forms of numbers change depending on what you're counting.
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 | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | kamwe, chimwe | chakavanga, chatete |
| 2 | tuvali, vivali | chamuchivali |
| 3 | tutatu, vitatu | chamuchitatu |
| 4 | tuwana, viwana | chamuchiwana |
| 5 | tutanu, vitanu | chamuchitanu |
| 6 | tutanu nakamwe vitanu na chimwe |
chamuchitanu na chimwe |
| 7 | tunanu natuvali vitanu na vivali |
chamuchitanu na tuvali |
| 8 | tutanu natutatu vitanu na vitatu |
chamuchitanu na tutatu |
| 9 | tunanu natuwana vitanu na viwana |
chamuchitanu na tuwana |
| 10 | likumi | cha mulikumi |
| 11 | likumi nakamwe | |
| 12 | likumi natuvali | |
| 13 | likumi natutatu | |
| 14 | likumi natuwana | |
| 15 | likumi natutanu | |
| 16 | likumi natutanu nakamwe | |
| 17 | likumi natutanu natuvali | |
| 18 | likumi natutanu natutatu | |
| 19 | likumi natutanu natuwana | |
| 20 | makumi avali | |
| 21 | makumi avali nakamwe | |
| 22 | makumi avali natuvali | |
| 23 | makumi avali natutatu | |
| 24 | makumi avali natuwana | |
| 25 | makumi avali natutanu | |
| 26 | makumi avali natutanu nakamwe | |
| 27 | makumi avali natutanu natuvali | |
| 28 | makumi avali natutanu natutatu | |
| 29 | makumi avali natutanu natuwana | |
| 30 | makumi atatu | |
| 40 | makumi awana | |
| 50 | makumi atanu | |
| 60 | makumi-atanu nalimwe | |
| 70 | makumi-atanu na-vali | |
| 80 | makumi-atanu na-atatu | |
| 90 | makumi-atanu na-awana | |
| 100 | khulukaji | |
| 1,000 | likombakaji | |
| 1,000,000 | kanunu |
Hear some numbers in Luvale:
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Information about Luvale | 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
Alphabetical index | Language family index
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