How to count in Mon (ဘာသာ မန်), a Monic language spoken in parts of Burma/Myanmar and Thailand. Where numbers have two different pronunciations, the first is used in Burma and the second in Thailand.
Mon uses classifiers with numbers when counting specific things.
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| Numeral | Cardinal Number |
|---|---|
| 0 (၀) | သုည [suɲa], သုည္ည [suɲɲa] |
| 1 (၁) | မွဲ [mo̤a / mṳa] |
| 2 (၂) | ၜါ [ɓa / ba(ː)] |
| 3 (၃) | ပိ [pɔeʔ / pɑeʔ] |
| 4 (၄) | ပန် [pɔn] |
| 5 (၅) | မသုန် [məsɔn / pəsɔn] |
| 6 (၆) | တြဴ [kə.rao / ta.ra(ː)o] |
| 7 (၇) | ထပ်ှ [həpɔh / tʰapɔh] |
| 8 (၈) | ဒတံ [həcam / təcam] |
| 9 (၉) | ဒစိတ် [həcit / tɛ̀ʔ.cit] |
| 10 (၁၀) | စှ် [cɔh] |
| 11 (၁၁) | စှ်မွဲ [cɔh.muə] |
| 12 (၁၂) | စှ်ၜါ [cɔh.ɓa)] |
| 13 (၁၃) | စှ်ပိ [cɔh.pɔeʔ] |
| 14 (၁၄) | စှ်ပန် [cɔh.pɔn] |
| 15 (၁၅) | စှ်သုန် [cɔh.sɔn] |
| 16 (၁၆) | စှ်တြဴ [cɔh.Ɂərau] |
| 17 (၁၇) | စှ်ထပှ် [cɔh.həpɔh] |
| 18 (၁၈) | စှ်ဒစာံ [cɔh.həcam] |
| 19 (၁၉) | စှ်ဒစိတ် [cɔh.həcit] |
| 20 (၂၀) | ၜါစှ် [ɓa.cɔh] |
| 21 (၂) | စှ်မွဲ [ɓa.muə] |
| 22 (၂၂) | စှ်ၜါ [ɓa.ɓa] |
| 23 (၂၃) | စှ်ပိ [ɓa.pɔeʔ] |
| 24 (၂၄) | စှ်ပန် [ɓa.pɔn] |
| 25 (၂၅) | စှ်သုန် [ɓa.sɔn] |
| 26 (၂၆) | စှ်တြဴ [ɓa.Ɂərau] |
| 27 (၂၇) | စှ်ထပှ် [ɓa.həpɔh] |
| 28 (၂၈) | စှ်ဒစာံ [ɓa.həcam] |
| 29 (၂၉) | စှ်ဒစိတ် [ɓa.həcit] |
| 30 (၃၀) | ပိစှ် [pɔeʔ.cɔh] |
| 40 (၄၀) | ပန်စှ် [pɔn.cɔh] |
| 50 (၅၀) | သုန်စှ် [sɔn.cɔh] |
| 60 (၆၀) | တြဴ စှ် [Ɂərau.cɔh] |
| 70 (၇၀) | ထပှ်စှ် [həpɔh.cɔh] |
| 80 (၈၀) | ဒစာံစှ် [həcam.cɔh] |
| 90 (၉၀) | ဒစိတ်စှ် [həcit.cɔh] |
| 100 (၁၀၀) | ကၠံ [klɔʔ] |
| 1,000 (၁၀၀၀) | လ္ၚီ [ŋi̤m] |
| 10,000 (၁၀၀၀၀) | မွဲလက် [mo̤alĕəʔ], လက် [lɛk/lak]) |
| 100,000 (၁၀၀၀၀၀) | ကိုတ် (kuit) |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Hear some Mon numbers:
Information about Mon numbers
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Mon_numerals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_language#Classifiers
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