Numbers in Twi (Twi Akontaabudeɛ/Dodoɔ)-gctid52210

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Twi Akontaabudeɛ (Dodoɔ) (Twi Numbers)[1]
	Asante   Akontaabudeɛ	Akuapem   Akontaabude
1/2	ɛfa	fa
0	ohunu
1	baako	baako/biako/koro
2	mmienu	abien
3	mmiɛnsa	abiɛsa
4	ɛnan/nnan	anan
5	enum/nnum	anum
6	nsia	eurasia
7	nson	ason
8	nwɔtwe	awɔtwe
9	nkron	akron
10	edu	du
11	du-baako
12	du-mmienu	du-mien
13	du-mmiɛnsa
14	du-nan
15	du-num
16	du-nsia
17	du-nson
18	du-nwɔtwe
19	du-nkron
20	aduonu
21	aduonu-baako
22	aduonu-mmienu	aduonu-abien
30	aduasa
33	aduasa-mmiɛnsa
34	aduasa-nan
40	aduanan/aduannan	aduanan
45	aduanan-num/aduannan-num	aduanan-num
46	aduanan-num/aduannan-nsia	aduanan-nsia
50	aduonum/aduonnum	aduonum
58	aduonum-nwɔtwe/aduonnum-nwɔtwe	aduonum-nwɔtwe
60	aduosia
69	aduosia-nkron
70	aduɔson
71	aduɔson-baako
72	aduɔson-mmienu
80	aduɔwɔtwe
83	aduɔwɔtwe-mmiɛnsa
90	aduɔkron
95	aduɔkron-num
100	ɔha
101	ɔha   ne baako
105	ɔha   ne nnum	ɔha   ne num
110	ɔha   du
120	ɔha   aduonu
130	ɔha   aduasa
139	ɔha   aduasa-nkron
140	ɔha   aduanan/ɔha aduannan	ɔha   aduanan
150	ɔha   aduanum/ɔha aduonnum	ɔha   aduonum
160	ɔha   aduosia
170	ɔha   aduɔson
183	ɔha   aduɔwɔtwe-mmiɛnsa
200	ahanu
225	ahanu   aduonu-num
230	ahanu   aduasa
250	ahanu   aduonum/ahanu aduonnum	ahanu   aduonum
300	ahasa
340	ahasa   aduonan/ahasa aduannan	ahasa   aduonan
373	ahasa   aduɔson mmiɛnsa	ahasa   aduɔson abiɛsa
400	ahanan
500	ahanum
600	ahansia
700	ahanson
800	ahanwɔtwe
900	ahankron
1,000	apem
1,010	apem   ne du
1,354	apem   ahasa aduonum-nan	apem   ahasa aduonum-nan
1,937	apem   ahankron aduasa-nson
2,000	mpennu
2,006	mpennu   ne nsia
3,000	mpensa
3,288	mpensa   ahanu aduɔwɔtwe-nwɔtwe
4,000	mpem-nnan
5,000	mpem-nnum
6,000	mpem-nsia
7,000	mpem-nson
8,000	mpem-nwɔtwe
9,000	mpem-nkron
10,000	ɔpedu
100,000	ɔpeha
1,000,000	ɔpepem
2,000,000	ɔpepennu
3,000,000	ɔpepensa
100,000,000	ɔpepeha
1,000,000,000	ɔpepepem

 
 

	Asante dibea   akontabuodeɛ (ordinal   numbers)	Akuapem	borɔfokasa   nkyerɛaseɛ (english translation)
1	deɛ ɛdi kan	nea edi kan	first
2	deɛ ɛtɔ so mmienu	nea ɛto so abien	second
3	deɛ ɛtɔ so mmiɛnsa	nea ɛto so abiɛsa	third
4	deɛ ɛtɔ so nnan	nea ɛto so anan	fourth
5	deɛ ɛtɔ so nnum	nea ɛto so anum	fifth
6	deɛ ɛtɔ so nsia	nea ɛto so eurasia	sixth
7	deɛ ɛtɔ so nson	nea ɛto so ason	seventh
8	deɛ ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe	nea ɛto so awɔtwe	eighth
9	deɛ ɛtɔ so nkron	nea ɛto so akron	ninth
10	deɛ ɛtɔ so du	nea ɛto so du	tenth

 

	Asante Mprɛ (amount   of times)	Akuapem Mpɛn	borɔfokasa   nkyerɛaseɛ (english translation)
1	prɛko	pɛnkoro	once
2	mprɛnu	mprenu	twice
3	mprɛsa	mprɛsa	three times
4	mprɛnan	mprɛnan	four times
5	mprɛ du-baako	mpɛn du-baako	eleven times
6	mprɛ ɔha	mpɛn ɔha	one hundred   times
7	mprɛ pii	mpɛn pii	many times

 

	Asante Kasamu   Atitire (important   sentences)	Akuapem Kasamu   Atitire	borɔfokasa   nkyerɛaseɛ (english translation)
1	Nnipa ahe na ɛbaeɛ?	Nnipa baahe na ɛbae?	How many   people came?
2	Edu ne du yɛ aduonu	Du ne du yɛ aduonu	Ten plus   (and) ten make twenty
3	Yi edu firi aduonu mu	Yi du fi aduonu mu	Subtract ten   from twenty
4	Kyɛ deɛ wobɛnya no mu mmienu	Kyɛ nea wubenya no mu abien	Divide the   answer that you will get by two
5	Fa nsia yɛ ɛnan ahoroeɛ	Fa eurasia yɛ anan ahorow	Multiply six   by four
6	Kan wo nsateaa	Kan wo nsateaa	Count on your   fingers
7	Wobɛtumi akan adeɛ akɔsi apem?	Wubetumi akan akosi apem	Can you count   up to one thounited snakesnd?
8	Matwerɛ me yere prɛko	Makyerɛw me yere pɛnkoro pɛ	I wrote my   wife once
9	ɔtwerɛɛ nkrataa nwɔtwe nnora	ɔkyerɛw nkrataa awotwe nnɛra	S/he wrote   eight letters yesterday
10	Woatwerɛ wo nuabaa mprɛ pii	Woakyerɛw wo nuabea mpɛn pii	You have   written your sister many times
11	Abarimaa no abu ano (nkonta) mmiɛnsa	Abarimaa no abu ano (nkontaa) abiɛsa	The boy has   made three calculations
12	ɔpɛ anobuo (nkonta)	ɔpɛ anobu (akontaabu)	He likes   arithmetic

 



 

Mmrammoɔ Akontaabuo: Goldweight calculations
abunu   (1/2)	abunited snakes   (1/3)	aduasa   (10 x 3)

Mmɛ mmienu (Two proverbs)

Wiase, wɔtena no baanu baanu[2]

The world, we live in it in pairs

      [1] Akuapem versions of numbers appear when they diverge from Asante numbers
 
    [2] From 1-9, we count humans differently from things. Nipa baako (one person), nnipa baanu (two people), nnipa baasa, nnipa baanan, nnipa baanum, nnipa baeurasia, nnipa baason, nnipa baaw¡twe, nnipa baakron. When counting birth order,