Information about counting in Southern Sotho (seSotho), a Bantu language spoken in Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Zambia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ngwe | pele |
| 2 | pedi | bobedi |
| 3 | tharo | boraro |
| 4 | nne | bone |
| 5 | hlano | bohlano |
| 6 | tshelela | botshelela |
| 7 | supa | bosupa |
| 8 | robedi | borobedi |
| 9 | robong | borobong |
| 10 | leshome | ea leshome |
| 11 | leshome le motso o mong | |
| 12 | leshome le metso e mmedi | |
| 13 | leshome le metso e meraro | |
| 14 | leshome le metso e mene | |
| 15 | leshome le metso e mehlano | |
| 16 | leshome le metso e tsheletseng | |
| 17 | leshome le metso e supileng | |
| 18 | leshome le metso e robedi | |
| 19 | leshome le metso e robong | |
| 20 | mashome a mabedi | |
| 21 | mashome a mabedi a motso o le mong | |
| 22 | mashome a mabedi a metso e mmedi | |
| 23 | mashome a mabeli a metso e meraro | |
| 24 | mashome a mabeli le metso e mene | |
| 25 | mashome a mabeli a metso e mehlano | |
| 26 | mashome a mabeli a metso e tšeletseng | |
| 27 | mashome a mabeli a metso e supileng | |
| 28 | mashome a mabeli a metso e robeli | |
| 29 | mashome a mabeli a metso e robong | |
| 30 | mashome a mararo | |
| 40 | mashome a mane | |
| 50 | mashome a mahlano | |
| 60 | mashome a tsheletseng | |
| 70 | mashome a supileng | |
| 80 | mashome a robedi | |
| 90 | mashome a robong | |
| 100 | lekgolo | |
| 1,000 | sekete | |
| 10,000 | likete tse leshome | |
| 100,000 | makgolo a sekete | |
| 1,000,000 | milione |
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Hear some Southern Sotho numbers:
Information about Southern Sotho numbers
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Sotho_numerals
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