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Cardinal Numbers in Selected Philippine Languages

Cardinal Numbers in Selected Philippine Languages

**TABLE 1** LANGUAGE SET 1
	TAG	CEB	BKL (1)	BKL (2)	PNG	WAR	ILK	IBG	ITB
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
1	ISA	USA	USAD	SARO	METUNG	USA	MAYSA	TADDAY	WA’SA
2	DALAWA	DUHA	DUWA	DUWA	ADWA	DUHA	DUA	DWA	DOH(A)
3	TATLO	TULO	TULO	TULO	ATLU	TULO	TALLO	TALLU	(A)TLO
4	APAT	UPAT	UPUT	APAT	APAT	UPAT	UPPAT	APPA?	(A?)PAT
5	LIMA	LIMA	LIMA	LIMA	LIMA	LIMA	LIMA	LIMA	LIM(A)
6	ANIM	UNOM	UNUM	ANUM	ANAM	UNOM	INNEM	ANNAM	(A?)NEM
7	PITO	PITO	PITO	PITO	PITU	PITO	PITO	PITU	PIT(O)
8	WALO	WALO	WALU	WALO	WALU	WALO	WALO	WALU	WAX(O)
9	SIYAM	SIYAM	SIYAM	SIYAM	SIYAM	SIYAM	SIAM	SYAM	SIYAM/ SIH
10	SAMPU	NAPULO	SAMPULO	SAMPULO	APULO	NAPULO	MAFULU	SANGA-PULO	POX(O)

**TABLE 2** NUMBERS 11 TO -19 ROR LANGUAGE SET 1
1) TAG(ALOG) ~ LABING + BASIC NUM > LABING-ISA ....
2) CEB(UANO) ~ NAPULO + LINKER ( UG ~ G) + BASIC NUM.> NAPULOG USA . . .
3) BKL 1 ~ BIKOL ALBAY ~ ADOPTS THE SPANISH TERMS
4) BKL 2 ~ BIKOL NAGA ~ SAMPULO + MAY + BASIC NUM > SAMPULO MAY SARO
5) PNG ~ PANGASINENSE: LABING + BASIC NUM > LABING-METUNG
6) WAR (AY) ~ NAPULO + KAG + BASIC NUM
7) ILK ~ ILOKANO ~ SANGPU:LO KET + BASIC NUM > SANGPULO KET MAYSA
8) IBG ~ IBANAG ~ KARA + REDUP OF C1 OF THE BASIC NUM. OR KARA + BASIC NUM W/HYPHEN 9) ITB ~ ITBAYAT (11-19) ~ A"SASCARWA ...BASIC NUM +ASCARWA

**TABLE 3** NUMBERS 20 TO 90 FOR LANGUAGE SET 1
1) BASIC NUM + LINKER + PU - num ending in V take linker -m >dalawampu; in C, take "na" >apat na pu
2) KAWHAAN, KATLOAN, KAP-ATAN, KALIM-AN, KAN-UMAN, KAPITOAN, KAWALOHAN, KASIYAMAN
3) TAKE SPANISH TERMS
4) BASIC NUM + LINKER + PULO --num ending in V, take -ng; in C, take -a-
5) BASIC NUM + LINKER + PULO -- num ending in V, take "ng"; in C, take "na" > tulong pulo, apat na pulo
6) KARUHAAN, KATLUAN, KAP-ATAN, KALIM-AN, KAUNMAN, KAPITUAN, KAWALUAN, KASIYAMAN
7) BASIC NUM + LINKER + PULO
8) BASIC NUM + PULO -- num ending in C doubles final C (except in appatafulu)
9) BASIC NUM + LINKER "A" + POXO

**TABLE 4** HUNDREDS . . . ONE THOUSAND FOR LANGUAGE SET 1
1) BASIC NUM + LINKER + DAAN -- num ending in V take linker -ng; in C, take "na" > isangdaan, apat na raan . . . ISANLIBO
2) BASIC NUM + LINKER "KA" + GATOS > USA KA GATOS . . . USA KA LIBO
3) . . . SANRIBO
4) SANGGATOS . . . RIBO
5) DINALAN, ADWANG DALAN, ATLUNG DALAN/ APAT-A-RALAN . . . LIBO
6) GATOS . . . YUKOT . . . (USA KA RIBO ~ ONE MILLION)
7) SANGAGASUT, DUAGASUT, TALLO NGA GASUT, UPPAT NGA GASUT . . . MAYSA NGA RIBO
8) MAGATU, DWAGATU, TALLUGATU, APPATAGATU . . . MARIVU
9) BASIC NUM + LINKER "A" + YATOS > WA?SAAYATOS (also, OMYATOS) . . . HOMRIVO

Note: ITB, IBG, PNG, ILK are spoken in the North; TAG in the National Capital and Southern Tagalog regions; BKL bridges the North and the South; WAR in the Leyte-Samar regions in the Visayas; and CEB in Visayas and Mindanao. The national lingua franca is Filipino while ILK and CEB are the lingua franca of Northern Phils. and Visayas and Mindanao respectively. Tagalog is the lingua franca of the Southern Tagalog and the National capital regions.

**TABLE 5** LANGUAGE SET 2
	B.IFU	KAL 1	BAH	ISI	BTK	IGT	KAP	IBA	AGU
	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)
1	oha	isa	subu?u	?osa	sit	siit	isâ	?a?asá	tata
2	duwa	chuwa	daduwa	dwá	duwa	devá	?adwá	lúwa	durwá
3	tulu	teyu	tatúyu	tiyú	tulú	tegu	?atlu	tulú	tulû
4	a/opat	opat	uppat	?opát	âpat	âpat	ápat	âpat	?apât
5	lema	lima	lima	lima	lima	gema	lima	lima	limâ
6	onom	olom	?unum	?onóm	?unum	?anim	ânam	?anum	?anum
7	pitu	pitu	pito	pitu	pito	pitu	pitu	pitú	pitú
8	walu	wayu	wáyu	weyú	walú	waw	walú	walú	walú
9	hiyam	siyam	si?am	siyam	syam	?isam	siyam	siyam	syam
10	himpulu	simpuyo	sampúyu	simpiyu	pú?u	támpu	púlu	púlu	tampuluk

Languages 10 ~ Batad Ifugao; 11 ~ Lubuagan Kalinga; 13 ~Isinai; 14 ~ Bontoc;

15 ~ Ilongot; 16 ~ Kapampangan; 17 ~ Iba; 18 ~ Agutaynen

**TABLE 6** LANGUAGE SET 3
	AKL	TGB	BUH	MAR	TAU	BAG	BLA	SUB
	(19)	(20)	(21)	(22)	(23)	(24)	(25)	(26)
1	?isága	?ása	sadi	?isa	?isa	betu	satu	?isá
2	dáywa	dwa	duwá	dwa	dúa	?úwa	?alwú	dwâ
3	tátlu	túlo	tulú	túlo	túlu	túllu	tlu	t^hlu
4	âp?at	âpat	?ufát	pat	?úpat	appet	fat	p^hat
5	lima	alima	lima	lima	lima	lima	lima	dilima
6	?ánum	?anum	?unúm	num	?unum	unnum	nam	gunum
7	pitu	pitu	fitu	pito	pitu	pitto	fitu	p^hitu
8	wagó	walú	walú	walú	walú	wólu	walú	gwálu
9	siyam	syam	siyam	siyao	syam	siyaw	siyam	syam
10	púgu	pulú	safúlu	sapúlu	puû	púllu?	falú	sapúlu

Languages 19 ~ Aklanon; 20 ~ Tagbanwa; 21 ~ Buhi; 22 ~ Maranao;

23 ~ Tausug; 24 ~ Bagobo; 25 ~ Blaan; 26 ~ Subanen.

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