This is a guide to learning and practising the Ekegusii language online, focusing on numbers.

By the end of this article, you should be able to comfortably say one to one thousand in the Ekegusii (Kisii) language.

Numbers (English) Cardinal Numbers (Ekegusii) Ordinal Numbers (EKegusii)
One Eyemo  
Two Ibere  
Three Isato  
Four Inye  
Five Isano  
Six Isano nemo  
Seven Isano na ibere  
Eight Isano na isato/ isano isato  
Nine Kianda  
Ten Ikomi  
Eleven Ikomi nemo  
Twelve Ikomi na ibere   
Thirteen Ikomi na isato  
Fourteen Ikomi na inye  
Fifteen Ikomi na isano  
Sixteen Ikomi na isanemo  
Seventeen Ikomi na isano na ibere  
Eighteen Ikomi na isano na isato   
Nineteen Ikomi na Kianda  
Twenty Emerongo ebere  
Thirty Emerongo etato  
Forty Emerongo ene  
Fifty Emerongo etano  
Sixty Emerongo etano nomo  
Seventy Emerongo etano nebere  
Eighty Emerongo etano netato   
Ninety Emerongo kianda   
One hundred Rigana erimo  
Two hundred Amagana abere  
Three hundred Amagana atato  
Four hundred Amagana ane  
Five hundred Amagana atano  
Six hundred Amagana atano na rimo  
Seven hundred Amagana atano na rimo  
Eight hundred Amagana atano na abere  
Nine hundred Amagana atano na atato  
One thousand Amagana kianda  
Five hundred thousand Chiribu amagana atano   
One Million Emirioni eyemo  
Two Billion Chibirioni ibere   
Eight Trillion Chitririoni isano isato  

If you enjoyed this, then you'll enjoy learning the commonly used words in the Ekegusii language

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