I.  Numerals like 1, 2, 319, .... that are used in simple counting and
      answers the question " how many " are as follows :

       0        sfr   ( adapted from Arabic)
       1        Hate
       2        kl'e  
       3        seles
       4        arbaE
       5        Hams
       6        ss
       7        seboE
       8        seman
       9        seE
      10        Asr

      Hate (1)  and kl'e (2) are the feminine form. 

       The masculine form is :
                    
     " woro "  or "worot"  for the number 1 , and 
     " kl'ot"  for the number 2.

       Examples 34.1
 
       So we say ---------->   "Hate welet" , but never "woro welet". 
                                one girl      
       Like wise we say --->   "woro enas " or "worot enas" 
                                one man
                                but never " Hate enas".
      
       Similarly for the number 2 we say:
      
       "kl'e  welet"  but never "kl'ot welet"  
        two girls       
       "kl'ot enas"   but we CAN say kl'e enas. Yes this is we Can say.
        two men                      two men    

  II.  Number above 10 are made as follows:

       for the numbers 11 to 19 , the unit numeral is placed immediately
       after the invariable element Asr (10) and "we" (i.e. and ) can or
       can not be used. It is optional. This last statement is only true
       for numbers 11 - 19.

      11     Asr Hate      or   Asr we Hate
      12     Asr kl'e      or   Asr we kl'e
      13     Asr seles     or   Ast we seles
      14     Asr arbaE     or   Asr we ArbaE
      15     Asr Hams      or   Asr we Hams
      16     Asr ss        or   Asr we ss
      17     Asr seboE     or   Asr we seboE
      18     Asr seman     or   Asr we seman
      19     Asr seE       or   Asr we seE
      20     Esra

   III. For numbers greater than 20 the "we" is no more optional, but it
        must be used. So
 
      21       Esra we Hate . ( Esra Hate is NOT correct).
      22       Esra we kl'e
      23       Esra we seles
      24       Esra we arbaE
      25       Esra we Hams
      26       Esra we ss
      27       Esra we seboE
      28       Esra we seman
      29       Esra we seE
  
      30       selasa
      40       arbaA
      50       Hmsa
      60       ssa
      70       sebA
      80       semanya
      90       seA
     100       m't

     200       kl'e  m't    300  seles m't  400  arbaE m't  500 Hams m't
     600       ss m't       700  seboE m't  800  seman m't  900 seE m't

     1000    alf       
     2000    kl'e alf .... and so on.

     1 000 000   melyun   ( adaptation from Arabic)

       100 000   m't alf

       121 832   m't we Esra we Hate alf we seman m't we selasa we kl'e

          1991   alf we seE m't we seA we Hate.

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