Counting in Kagayanen

Language overview

Forty-two in Kagayanen Kagayanen (Kinagayanën) is an Austronesian language that belongs to its Malayo-Polynesian branch, and more specifically to the Manobo group. It is spoken by the Kagayanen people in the province of Palawan in the Philippines, and counts about 30,000 speakers.

Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 999,999 in Kagayanen. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.

Kagayanen numbers list

  • 1 – isya
  • 2 – darwa
  • 3 – tallo
  • 4 – appat
  • 5 – limma
  • 6 – annem
  • 7 – pitto
  • 8 – waļļo
  • 9 – isyam
  • 10 – sampuļo
  • 11 – sampuļo daw isya
  • 12 – sampuļo daw darwa
  • 13 – sampuļo daw tallo
  • 14 – sampuļo daw appat
  • 15 – sampuļo daw limma
  • 16 – sampuļo daw annem
  • 17 – sampuļo daw pitto
  • 18 – sampuļo daw waļļo
  • 19 – sampuļo daw isyam
  • 20 – kaļuan
  • 30 – katluan
  • 40 – kappatan
  • 50 – kalim-an
  • 60 – kanneman
  • 70 – kappituan
  • 80 – kawaļļuan
  • 90 – kasyaman
  • 100 – isya gatos
  • 1,000 – isya libo

Kagayanen numbering rules

Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).

  • Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific words, namely isya or isļa [1], darwa [2], tallo [3], appat [4], limma [5], annem [6], pitto [7], waļļo [8], and isyam or syam [9].
  • Compound numbers are formed linking the ten and the unit with the conjunction daw, and (e.g.: sampuļo daw isya [11], kanneman daw tallo [63]).
  • Tens are formed with the prefix ka and a form of the multiplier digit, except for ten itself: sampuļo [10], kaļuan or kuļuan [20], katluan [30], kappatan [40], kalim-an [50], kanneman [60], kappituan [70], kawaļļuan [80], and kasyaman [90].
  • Hundreds are formed starting with the multiplier digit, followed by the word for hundred (gatos): isya gatos [100], darwa gatos [200], tallo gatos [300], appat gatos [400], limma gatos [500], annem gatos [600], pitto gatos [700], waļļo gatos [800], and isyam gatos [900].
  • Thousands are formed starting with the multiplier digit, followed by the word for thousand (libo): libo [1,000], darwa libo [2,000], tallo libo [3,000], appat libo [4,000], limma libo [5,000], annem libo [6,000], pitto libo [7,000], waļļo libo [8,000], and isyam libo [9,000].

Write a number in full in Kagayanen

Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Kagayanen. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.

Books

A grammar of Kagayanen A grammar of Kagayanen
by , editors Language Science Press (2024)
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Source

  • A grammar of Kagayanen, by Carol J. Pebley & Thomas E. Payne (Language Science Press, 2024)

Central Malayo-Polynesian languages

Gilbertese, Kagayanen, Nume, South Efate, and Tukudede.

Other supported languages

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