Countng in kiswahili language is very simple
One(Moja),two (mbili),three(Tatu),four(nne),tano(five)
Sita(six)seven(Saba)eight (nane),nine(Tisa),Ten(kumi)
Then tens Will follow for examples”kumi”means ten,
“Ishirini”means twenty,”thelathini”means thirty,”Arubaini”
Means fouty,”hamsini”means fifty”,sitini”means sixty
“Sabini”means seventy,”themanini”means eighty, “tisini”
means nighnty,”mia Moja”means one hundred.
Then you will go on counting by adding the normal
numbers as two hundred to nine hundred like mia mbili
for two hundred”mia tatu” for three hundred”mia nne”
for four hundred”mia tano”for five hundred”mia sita”
for six hundred”mia Saba”for seven hundred”mia nane”for
eighty hundred”mia tisa”for nine hundred then you go on as the same way as how you used to count hundreds
and thousand using numbers.
A million is also called”milioni”,then you have to tell the numbers
as usual to differentiate how many millions are you talking about?
It is one million? or two millions etc. Just as how you did in counting hundreds and thousands.
The following is a kiswahili numbers system with it’s equal valence in numerical.
Kiswahili Numericals Moja
1
Moja
2
Mbili
3
Tatu
4
Nne
5
tano
6
Sita
7
Saba
8
nane
9
Tisa
10
Kumi
11
Kumi na Moja
12
Kumi na mbili
13
Kumi na Tatu
14
Kumi na nne
15
Kumi na tano
16
Kumi na sita
17
Kumi na Saba
18
Kumi na nane
19
Kumi na Tisa
20
Ishirini
30
Therty
40
Forty
50
Fifty
60
Sixty
70
Seventy
80
Eighty
90
Nighty
100
Hundred
