- Kokborok Counting
Counting in
Kokborok is called "lekhamung".Numbers
The basic numbers are:
1. sa
2. nwi
3. tham
4. brwi
5. ba
6. dok
7. sni
8. char
9. chuku
10. chi
20. nwichi
100. ra
101. sara sa
200. nwira
1000. sai
1001. sa sai
2000. nwi sai
10,000. chisai
20,000. nwichi sai
100,000. rasai
200,000. nwi rasai
1,000,000. chirasai
2,000,000. nwichi rasai
10,000,000. rwjak
20,000,000. nwi rwjak
1,000,000,000. rarwjak
1,000,000,000,000. Sai rarwjak
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 rasaisai rarwjak
Numerical Counting
The counting of things and animals is very different in this language unlike the Indo-Euorpean languages. It is similar to the counting methodology in
Japanese language . Generally the word "kai" is used for anything when not being particular.e.g. "kaisa tok" - "one bird", "kaisa buphang" - "one tree".But when being particular, specific words are used for counting according to th etype of the specified thing.e.g. "toksa" - "one bird", "phangsa" - "one tree".
Many more of the quantifiers are listed below:
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