Sranan numbers

How to count in Sranan, an English-based creole language spoken mainly in Suriname.

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Numeral Cardinal Ordinal
1 wan fosi
2 tu di fu tu
3 dri di fu dri
4 fo di fu fo
5 feifi di fu feifi
6 siksi di fu siksi
7 seibi di fu seibi
8 aiti di fu aiti
9 neigi di fu neigi
10 tin di fu tin
11 erfu di fu erfu
12 twarfu di fu twarfu
13 tin-na-dri di fu tin-na-dri
14 tin-na-fo di fu tin-na-fo
15 tin-na-feifi di fu tin-na-feifi
16 tin-na-siksi di fu tin-na-siksi
17 tin-na-seibi di fu tin-na-seibi
18 tin-na-aiti di fu tin-na-aiti
19 tin-na-neigi di fu tin-na-neigi
20 tutenti, twenti di fu tutenti
21 tutenti-na-wan di fu tutenti-na-wan
22 tutenti-na-tu di fu tutenti-na-tu
23 tutenti-na-dri di fu tutenti-na-dri
24 tutenti-na-fo di fu tutenti-na-fo
25 tutenti-na-feifi di fu tutenti-na-feifi
26 tutenti-na-siksi di fu tutenti-na-siksi
27 tutenti-na-seibi di fu tutenti-na-seibi
28 tutenti-na-aiti di fu tutenti-na-aiti
29 tutenti-na-neigi di fu tutenti-na-neigi
30 dritenti di fu dritenti
40 fotenti di fu fotenti
50 feifitenti di fu feifitenti
60 siksitenti di fu siksitenti
70 seibitenti di fu seibitenti
80 aititenti di fu aititenti
90 neigitenti di fu neigitenti
100 hondro di fu hondro
101 wan hondro nanga wan  
102 wan hondro nanga tu  
110 wan hondro nanga tin  
111 wan hondro nanga erfu  
112 wan hondro nanga twarfu  
113 wan hondro nanga tin-na-tri  
114 wan hondro nanga tin-na-fo  
200 tu hondro  
300 dri hondro  
400 fo hondro  
500 feifi hondro  
600 siksi hondro  
700 seibi hondro  
800 aiti hondro  
900 neigi hondro  
1,000 dusun  
2,000 tu dusun  
3,000 dri dusun  
4,000 fo dusun  
5,000 feifi dusun  
6,000 siksi dusun  
7,000 seibi dusun  
8,000 aiti dusun  
9,000 neigi dusun  
10,000 tin dusun  
1,000,000 wan milyun  

Sources:
- Rafael da Silva Oliveira, José Paulo Ribeiro: Wortubuku Sranantongo para Brasileiros. Brasília 2011.
- John Wilner: Wortubuku fu Sranan Tongo, SIL 2007.
- http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-sranan-tongo/en/srn/

Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl

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