How to count in Lomwe (Elomwe / Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | emoha, mmoha |
| 2 | piili |
| 3 | chaaru, raru |
| 4 | sese, sheshe |
| 5 | thanu |
| 6 | thanu na mmoha |
| 7 | thanu na piili |
| 8 | thanu na raru |
| 9 | thanu na sheshe |
| 10 | khumi |
| 11 | khumi na mmoha |
| 12 | khumi na piili |
| 13 | khumi na raru |
| 14 | khumi na sese, khumi na sheshe |
| 15 | khumi na thanu |
| 16 | khumi na thanu na mmoha |
| 17 | khumi na thanu na piili |
| 18 | khumi na thanu na raru |
| 19 | khumi na thanu na sheshe |
| 20 | makhumi meeli |
| 21 | makhumi meeli ni echu emoha |
| 22 | makhumi meeli ni ichu piili |
| 30 | makhumi mararu |
| 40 | makhumi masheshe |
| 50 | makhumi mathanu |
| 60 | makhumi mathanu na mmoha |
| 70 | makhumi mathanu na pili |
| 80 | makhumi mathanu na mararu |
| 90 | makhumi mathanu na sheshe |
| 100 | nsana |
| 200 | masana meeli |
| 500 | masana mathanu |
| 1,000 | miile, masana khumi |
Information about counting in Lomwe
https://www.webonary.org/lomwe/overview/
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Information about Lomwe | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Baba, Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Benga, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Comorian, Duala, Ewondo, Fang, Gungu, Gusii, Gwere, Herero, Ibinda, Kabwa, Kamba, Kanyok, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kogo, Kongo, Kunda, Kwangali, Lingala, Lomwe, Lozi, Luba-Katanga (Kiluba), Luchazi, Luganda, Luvale, Makhuwa, Maore, Mbunda, Mwani, Ndebele (Northern), Ndebele (Southern), Ndonga, Ngoni, Njebi, Nkore, Nyole, Nyungwe, Oshiwambo, Punu, Sengele, Shona, Soga, Sotho (Northern), Sotho (Southern), Suba, Swahili, Swati, Taita, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Xhosa, Yao, Zinza, Zulu
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