How to count in Rejang (Baso Hejang / ꤽꥍꤺꥏ), a Bornean language spoken in Sumatra in Indonesian.
Key to abbreviations: LB = Lebong dialect (ꤾꥍꤷꥋꥏ), CP = Curup dialect (ꤸꥈꤼꥆꥇ), KP = Kepahiang dialect (ꤰꥍꤶꥆꥁꥇꥆꥏ), UT = Utara dialect. Numbers without dialect labels are the same in all dialects.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 0 | kosong (LB) nol (CP/KP/UT) |
| 1 (ꤰ) | do / dəlai (LB/CP/UT) do / dikup (KP) |
| 2 (ꤱ) | duai (LB) duəi (CP/UT) dui (KP) |
| 3 (ꤲ) | təlau (LB/UT) tələu (CP/KP) |
| 4 (ꤳ) | əpat / pat |
| 5 (ꤴ) | ləmo |
| 6 (ꤵ) | num |
| 7 (ꤶ) | tujuak (LB) tojoak (CP/UT) tojoah (KP) |
| 8 (ꤷ) | dəlapən |
| 9 (ꤸ) | semilan |
| 10 (ꤹ) | dəpuluak (LB) dəpoloak (CP/UT) dəpoloah (KP) |
| 11 (ꤹꤰ) | səblas |
| 12 (ꤹꤱ) | duai bəlas (LB) duəi bəlas (CP/UT) dui bəlas |
| 13 (ꤹꤲ) | təlau bəlas (LB/UT) tələu bəlas (CP/KP) |
| 19 (ꤹꤸ) | seilan bəlas (LB) semilan bəlas (CP/KP/UT) |
| 20 (ꤺ) | duai puluak (LB) duəi poloak (CP/UT) dui poloah (KP) |
| 21 (ꤺꤰ) | duai puluak satu (LB) duəi poloak satu (CP/UT) dui poloah satu (KP) |
| 50 (ꤽ) | ləmo puluak (LB) ləmo poloak (CP/UT) ləmo poloah (KP) |
| 100 (ꥂ) | sotos |
| 200 (ꥃ) | duai otos (LB) duəi otos (CP/UT) dui otos |
| 1,000 (ꥆꥆ) | səribau (LB/UT) səribeu (CP/KP) |
| 10,000 | dəpuluak ribau (LB) dəpoloak ribəu (CP) dəpoloah ribəu (KP) dəpoloak ribau (UT) |
Rejang letters can be used to represent Rejang numbers, as shown above. Here is another way the Rejang numbers can be written known as angka bejagung: more details (PDF).
Information about Rejang numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejang_language#Numbers
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https://glossographia.com/2021/08/06/the-expanding-universe-of-numerical-systems-rejang-x2/
Information about Rejang | Rejang (Kaganga) script | Numbers
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