Countings or Numbers in Apatani – 1

The Basic Form of Number in Apatani

Numbers are pronounced differently for counting [number name (noun)] and for expressing the quantity (adjective). For example, for two (man)- the noun form is anyi and the adjective form is anye he.

The basic form of counting or number in Apatani is the one that is used for the man. The other forms are derived from this basic form with certain specific prefixes (dor, bar, per, gar etc.), based on the shape and size or the nature of a thing.

Object used for	to count (noun form)	to express quantity (adj. form)
man and also for animals or things when one is not very specific	kong [one]	ako or kone
	anyi [two]	anye he
	hing [three]	hing he
	piilyi [four]	piilye he
	yango [five]	yango he
	khii [six]	khii he
	kanu [seven]	kanu he
	pinyi [eight]	pinye he
	kowa [nine]	kowa he
	alyan [ten]	alyan he
	lekun [eleven]	alyan he la kone/ako
	lenyi [twelve]	alyan he la anye he
	lehing [thirteen]	alyan he la hing he
	lepi [fourteen]	alyan he la piilye he
	lengo [fifteen]	alyan he la yango he
	lekhii [sixteen]	alyan he la khii he
	kanu [seventeen]	alyan he la kanu he
	pinyi [eight (after ten)]	alyan he la pinye he [eighteen]
	kowa [nine (after ten)]	alyan he la kowa he [nineteen]
	nyikhan [twenty]	nyikhan he
	kong [one (after twenty)]	nyikhan he la kone/ ako [twenty one]
	**anyi, hing etc	nyikhan he la anye he, nyikhan he la hing he etc.
	hinkhan [thirty]	hinkhan he
	alyan piilyi [forty]	alyan piilye he
	alyan yango [fifty]	alyan yango he
	alyan khii [sixty]	alyan khii he
	kanu khang nge [seventy]	kanu khang nge
	pinyi khang nge [eighty]	pinyi khang nge
	kowa khang nge [ninety]	kowa khang nge
	langn he la hinge nge / lan kun [one hundred]	lan nge
	lan nyi [two hundred]	lan nye he
	lan hing [three hundred]	lan hing he
	lan pi [four hundred]	lan pe he
	lan ngo [five hundred]	lan ngo he
	lan khii [six hundred]	lan khii he
	lan kanu [seven hundred]	lan kanu he
	lan pinyi [eight hundred]	lan pinyi he
	lan kowa [nine hundred]	lan kowa he
	zare/ zarkun [one thousand]	zare

Note:

1. **From twenty onwards, for counting purpose, one to nine are repeated after tens without mentioning the name of the tens.

2. From ten onwards, for expressing the quantity, the numbers are in form of tens and ones e.g., alyan he la kone [eleven (ten and one)], nyikhan he la yango he [twenty five], alyan piilye he la hinge he [forty three] etc.