How to count in Punu

Enter a number and read it spelled out in Punu.

Language overview

Punu, also known as Yipunu, is a Bantu language from the Niger-Congo family. Spoken in the Tchibanga area of Gabon by the Bapunu people, it counts about 130,000 speakers.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 9,999 in Punu. Please contact us if you can help us counting up from that limit.

Punu numbering rules

  • Numbers from one to nine are specific words, namely imossi [1], bidédji [2], birriéwou [3], bine [4], biranou [5], bissiaamounou [6], issambouali [7], inane [8], and ifou [9].
  • The tens are formed by putting mawouma before their multiplier digit, with some exceptions: diwouni [10], mawouma bédji [20], mawouma riérwou [30], mawoumane [40], mawoumaranou [50], mawoumassiamounou [60], doussambouali doumawoumi [70], innane imawoumi [80], and ifou mawoumi [90].
  • Compound numbers are formed by saying the ten, then the coordinator na, and the unit (e.g.: diwouni na inane [18], mawoumaranou na bine [54]).
  • Hundreds are formed by setting the multiplier digit after the word for hundred (kame), except for one hundred itself, unless composed: kame [100], kame bidédji [200], kame birriéwou [300], kame bine [400]…
  • Thousands are formed the same way as hundreds, i.e. by setting the multiplier digit after the word for thousand (ivévi), except for one thousand itself, unless composed: ivévi [1,000], ivévi bidédji [2,000], ivévi birriéwou [3,000], ivévi bine [4,000]…
  • Each group of numbers is linked to the others with na (and), tens and units, but also hundreds and tens, thousands and hundreds… (e.g.: mawouma bédji na birriéwou [23], kame imossi na mawoumaranou [150], ivévi imossi na kame bidédji na mawouma riérwou na bine [1,234]).

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Numbers list

1 – imossi
2 – bidédji
3 – birriéwou
4 – bine
5 – biranou
6 – bissiaamounou
7 – issambouali
8 – inane
9 – ifou
10 – diwouni
11 – diwouni na imossi
12 – diwouni na bidédji
13 – diwouni na birriéwou
14 – diwouni na bine
15 – diwouni na biranou
16 – diwouni na bissiaamounou
17 – diwouni na issambouali
18 – diwouni na inane
19 – diwouni na ifou
20 – mawouma bédji
30 – mawouma riérwou
40 – mawoumane
50 – mawoumaranou
60 – mawoumassiamounou
70 – doussambouali doumawoumi
80 – innane imawoumi
90 – ifou mawoumi
100 – kame
1,000 – ivévi

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