How to count from 0 to 1000 (Numerals in Ewe)

Xexlẽmedzesiwo Numerals
0 (nanekeo) Zero
1 (ɖeka) One
2 (eve) Twot
3 (etɔ̃) Three
4 (ene) Four
5 (atɔ̃) Five
6 (ade) Six
7 (adre) Seven
8 (enyi) Eight
9 (asieke) Nine
10 (ewo) Ten
11 (wuiɖekɛ) Eleven
12 (wuieve) Twelve
13 (wuietɔ̃) Thirteen
14 (wuiene) Fourteen
15 (wuiatɔ̃) Fifteen
16 (wuiade) Sixteen
17 (wuiadre) Seventeen
18 (wuienyi) Eighteen
19 (wuiasieke) Nineteen
20 (blaeve) Twenty
Counting from above twenty, we introduce a certain particle, “vɔ” in between the numbers to
signify that the bigger number is more by the smaller number. For instance, when we say blaeve-
vɔ-ɖekɔ, it means, twenty is more by one. This is how it goes.
21 (blaeve-vɔ̃-ɖekɛ) … Twenty-one …
30 (blaetɔ̃) Thirty
31 (blaet- vɔ-ɖekɛ)… Thirty-one …
40 (blaene) Forty
41(blaene-vɔ-ɖekɛ) … Forty-one …
50 (blaatɔ̃) Fifty
51 (blaat-vɔ-ɖekɛ) … Fifty-one
60 (blaade) Sixty
61 (blaade-vɔ-ɖekɛ) … Sixty-one…
70 (blaadre) Seventy
71 (blaadre-vɔ-ɖekɛ) … Seventy-one …
80 (blaenyi) Eighty
81 (blaenyi-vɔ-ɖekɛ) … Eighty-one …
90 (blaasieke) Ninety
91 (blaasieke-vɔ-ɖekɛ) … Ninety-one
100 (alafa ɖeka) One hundred
101 (alafa ɖeka kple ɖeka) … One hundred and one …
1000 (akpe ɖeka) One thousand

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