Overview
- Writing System
- ISO-15924
- Numeral Digit System
- Latin
- LATN
- Western
Numbers
- ¼
- ½
- 1
- -nye [kunye]
- 2
- -bili [mabili]
- 3
- -tsatfu [kutsatfu]
- 4
- -ne
- 5
- -hlanu [sihlanu]
- 6
- sitfupha
- 7
- sikhombisa
- 8
- siphohlongo
- 9
- imfica
- 10
- lishumi
- 20
- emashumi lamabili
- 25
- emashumi lamabili nasihlanu
- 50
- emashumi lasihlanu
- 100
- likhulu
- 200
- emakhulu lamabili
- 500
- emakhulu lasihlanu
- 1000
- nkhulungwane
- 2000
- tinkhulungwane nemabili
- 5000
- tinkhulungwane nesihlanu
Grammar of Counting
- Adaptation of the Number to the Counted Noun
- Numbers 1-5 adopt the word class of the noun. There is also a substantive form (in square brackets) for abstract numbers.
- 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. Number and noun are connected by a word class dependent particle which may fuse with the number.
- Comments on the Grammar
- Flexion is done by prefixes.
Flexion of the Monetary Unit Names
- Name
- Singular (Word Class 5)
- Plural (Word Class 6)
- Cent
- lisenti
- emasenti
- Lilangeni
- lilangeni
- emalangeni
- Rand
- lirandi
- emarandi