How to count in Tigrinya (ትግርኛ), a South Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Note: the Ge'ez numerals (፩, ፪, ፫, etc) are only used in the Orthodox and Catholic churches. The numerals 1, 2, 3 etc are used elsewhere.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ባዶ (bado), ዜሮ (zeero) | ||
| 1 | ፩ | ሓደ (hade) | ቀዳማይ (qedamay) |
| 2 | ፪ | ክልተ (kelete) | ካልኣይ (kele) |
| 3 | ፫ | ሰለስተ (seleste) | ሳልሳይ (selesay) |
| 4 | ፬ | ኣርባዕተ (arbaete) | ራብዓይ (arbaeay) |
| 5 | ፭ | ሓሙሽት (hamushte) | ሓሙሻይ (hamushay) |
| 6 | ፮ | ሽድሽተ (shudushte) | ሽድሽይ (shudshay) |
| 7 | ፯ | ሸውዓተ (shewa’ate) | ሸውዓይ (shewa’ay) |
| 8 | ፰ | ሸሞንተ (shemonte) | ሸሞንይ (shemonay) |
| 9 | ፱ | ትሽዓተ (tishe’ate) | ታሽዓይ (tish’ay) |
| 10 | ፲ | ዓሰርተ (‘äserte) | ዓሰርይ (‘äseray) |
| 11 | ፲፩ | ዓሰርተ ሓደ (‘äserte hade) | |
| 12 | ፲፪ | ዓሰርተ ክልተ (‘äserte kelete) | |
| 13 | ፲፫ | ዓሰርተ ሰለስተ (‘äserte seleste) | |
| 14 | ፲፬ | ዓሰርተ ኣርባዕተ (‘äserte arbaete) | |
| 15 | ፲፭ | ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽት (‘äserte hamushte) | |
| 16 | ፲፮ | ዓሰርተ ሽድሽተ (‘äserte shudushte) | |
| 17 | ፲፯ | ዓሰርተ ሸውዓተ (‘äserte shewa’ate) | |
| 18 | ፲፰ | ዓሰርተ ስምንት (‘äserte shemonte) | |
| 19 | ፲፱ | ዓሰርተ ዘጠኝ (‘äserte tishe’ate) | |
| 20 | ፳ | ዕስራ (‘äsra) | |
| 30 | ፴ | ሰላሳ (selasa) | |
| 40 | ፵ | ኣርብዓ (’ärb‘ä) | |
| 50 | ፶ | ሓምሳ (hamsa) | |
| 60 | ፷ | ስሳ (susa) | |
| 70 | ፸ | ሰብዓ (seb‘ä) | |
| 80 | ፹ | ሰማንያ (semanya) | |
| 90 | ፺ | ቴስዓ (ties‘ä) | |
| 100 | ፻ | ሚእቲ (mie’äti) | |
| 1,000 | ፲፻ | ሽሕ (sheh) እልፊ (’älfi) |
|
| 1 million | ሚልዮን (milyon) | ||
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Information about numbers and counting in Tigrinya
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/atlas/tigrinya/numbers.html
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/language/number/tigrinya.html
https://www.geezexperience.com/index.php
Information about Tigrinya | Phrases | Numbers
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