Malagasy numbers

Malagasy numbers

Malagasy numbers, The Malagasy language belongs to the Austronesian family. And more specifically to the East Barito group. Malagasy is divided in two dialectal groups counting eleven dialects. Standard Malagasy is the Merina dialect. And spoken natively by about a quarter of the population of Madagascar. The Official national language of the island is also spoken in the French department of Mayotte . Here below Malagasy with cardinal and ordinal numbers.

Malagasy numbers

Cardinal	Ordinal	Malagasy Numbers
1	Voanjo	iray
2	Roa	roa
3	Telo	telo
4	Efatra	efatra
5	Dimy	dimy
6	Enina	enina
7	Fitam	fito
8	Valo	valo
9	Sivy	sivy
10	Folo	folo
11	Folo sy iray	iray ambin’ny folo
12	Folo sy roa	roa ambin’ny folo
13	Folo sy telo	telo ambin’ny folo
14	Folo sy efatra	efatra ambin’ny folo
15	Folo sy dimy	dimy ambin’ny folo
16	Folo sy enina	enina ambin’ny folo
17	Folo sy fitam	fito ambin’ny folo
18	Folo sy valo	valo ambin’ny folo
19	Folo sy sivy	sivy ambin’ny folo
20	Roapolo	roapolo
21	Roapolo sy iray	iray ambin’ny roapolo
22	Roapolo sy roa	roa ambin’ny roapolo
23	Roapolo sy telo	telo ambin’ny roapolo
24	Roapolo sy efatra	efatra ambin’ny roapolo
25	Roapolo sy dimy	dimy ambin’ny roapolo
26	Roapolo sy enina	enina ambin’ny roapolo
27	Roapolo sy fitam	fito ambin’ny roapolo
28	Roapolo sy valo	valo ambin’ny roapolo
29	Roapolo sy sivy	sivy ambin’ny roapolo
30	Telopolo	telopolo
…	…	…
100	Zato	zato
200	Roa zato	roa zato
…	…	…
300	Telo zato	telo zato
…	…	…
1000	Arivo	arivo

Please note that there might be variations in spelling and pronunciation of numbers in Malagasy, and the ordinal forms are constructed by adding “ambin’ny” before the cardinal form, which means “in the order of.” Also, for numbers above 100, you can follow a similar pattern by combining the hundreds and tens with “amby” to indicate “and” (e.g., “fito amby folo” for 170).

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