Language/Afar/Vocabulary/Numbers

Learn How to Count in Afar

🤗 Assalaamu qaleykum! Afar learners,

➡ In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary related to "Numbers and Counting" in Afar, the language of Afar people mainly living in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

Happy learning!

Once you've mastered this lesson, take a look at these related pages: Days of the Week, Family, Vegetables & How to say Good Bye?.

íɖɖu - cardinal numbers

Number	Cardinal numbers
0	foyyá
1	iníki / inkí
2	nammáya / nammá
3	sidóħu / sidiiħá
4	faréyi / affará
5	konóyu / kooná
6	laħéyi / liħá
7	malħíini / malħiná
8	baħaará / baħrá
9	sagaalá / saglá
10	tabaná / tabná
11	tabán kee ti
12	tabán kee nammay
13	tabán kee sidoh
14	tabán kee ferey
15	tabán kee kooná
16	tabán kee lehey
17	tabán kee malhin
18	tabán kee bahar
19	tabán kee sagal
20	labaatánna / labaatanní
30	soddómu / soddóm
40	morootómu / morootóm
50	kontómu / kontóm
60	laħtáma / laħtám
70	malħina-tabaná / malħina-tabaní
80	baħra-tabaná / baħra-tabaní
90	sagla-tabaná / sagla-tabaní
100	bóolu / bóol
1 000	alfí [Arab.], kuum
1 000 000	malyúunu / malyúun
1 000 000 000	milyáara / milyáar

Ordinal numbers

Masculine formed by "[numeral]+yé" [N] or "[numeral]+háytu" [S]. Feminine formed by "[numeral]+tá" [N] or "[numeral]+haytó" [S].

Numeral	Ordinal numbers
	masculine	feminine
1st	inikyé / inikháytu	iniktá / inikhaytó
2nd	nammeyyé / nammeyháytu	nammeytá / nammeyhaytó
3rd	sidoyé / sidoħáytu	sidotá / sidoħaytó
4th	fareyyé / fareyháytu	fareytá / fareyhaytó
5th	konoyyé / konoyháytu	konoytá / konoyhaytó

digloytá - fractions

Numeral	Fractions
1/2	gárab, nússi
1/3	inkí sidoħtá
1/4	rubqi

Sources

• https://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/afar.htm
• http://djibouti.afar.free.fr/index_uk.php

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