Overview

• Writing System
• ISO-15924
• Numeral Digit System
• Latin
• LATN
• Western

Numbers

• ¼
• ½
• 1
• -mwe
• 2
• -biri
• 3
• -tatu
• 4
• -ne
• 5
• -tanu
• 6
• -tandatu
• 7
• indwi
• 8
• umunani
• 9
• icenda
• 10
• icumi
• 20
• mirong'ibiri
• 25
• mirong'ibiri n'atanu
• 50
• mirongo itanu
• 100
• ijana
• 200
• amajan'abiri
• 500
• amajan'atanu
• 1000
• igihumbi
• 2000
• ibihumbi bibiri
• 5000
• ibihumbi bitanu

Grammar of Counting

• Adaptation of the Number to the Counted Noun
• Numbers 1-6 adopt the word class of the noun, e.g. for class 5/6: "rimwe, abiri, atatu, ane, atanu, atandatu". Note that in compound numbers like 50, 500, the correlation is between the within the number and not with the counted noun.
• Adaptation of the Counted Noun to the Number
• Number 1 is followed by the noun in the singular word class, 2 and higher by the noun in the corresponding plural word class.
• Comments on the Grammar
• Flexion is done by prefixes. For reasons of phonetic harmony (euphony) the prefix may be preceded by an additional vowel, like in "i-gihumbi" and "i-bihumbi".

Flexion of the Monetary Unit Names

• Name
• Singular (Word Class 5)
• Plural (Word Class 6)
• Cent
• isente
• amasente
• Franc
• ifaranga
• amafaranga