Numbers in Oromo

Information about counting in Oromo (Afaan Oromo / ኦሮምኛ), a Cushitic language

spoken in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Egypt.
Key abbreviation: m = masculine, f = feminine.

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Numeral Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers

0 duwwa

1 tokko tokkoffaa

2 lama lammaffaa

3 sadi sadaffaa

4 afur arfaffaa

5 shan shanaffaa

6 jaya, jaa'a, jaha jaa'affaa

7 torba torbaffaa

8 saddeet saddeetaffaa

9 sagal saglaffaa

10 khudan kurnaffaa

11 khuda-tokko kudhatokkoffaa

12 khuda-lama kudhalammaffaa

13 khuda-sadi kudhasadaffaa

14 khuda-afur kudharfaffaa

15 khuda-shan kudhashanaffaa
16 khuda-jaya kudhajaa'affaa

17 khuda-torba kudhatorbaffaa

18 khuda-saddeet kudhasaddeetaffaa

19 khuda-sagal kudhasaglaffaa

20 digdama digdamaffaa

21 digdamii-tokko

22 digdamii-lama

23 digdamii-sadi

24 digdamii-afur

25 digdamii-shan

26 digdamii-jaa'a

27 digdamii-torba

28 digdamii-saddeet

29 digdamii-sagal

30 soddoma

40 afurtama

50 shantama

60 jaatama

70 torbatama

80 saddeetama

90 sagaltama

100 dhibba
200 lama dhibba

300 sadi dhibba

400 afur dhibba

500 shan dhibba

600 jaa'a dhibba

700 torba dhibba

800 saddeet dhibba

900 sagal dhibba

1,000 kuma

2,000 lama kuma

3,000 sadi kuma

1 million milliyoonii, kontomadhibba

once al-tokko

twice al-lama

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Links
Information about Oromo numbers
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-oromo/en/orm/
http://mylanguages.org/oromo_numbers.php
http://learn101.org/oromo_numbers.php
https://www.metaappz.com/Oromiffa_Numbers_Converter/Default.aspx
https://quizlet.com/145545075/afaan-oromo-numbers-flash-cards/

Information about Oromo | Numbers

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