BASIC IJAW IZON (IJO) COUNT – ONE TO TWENTY Learn how to count in Ijaw language (Izon), the numbers One to Twenty and the basics up to One Hundred
1 ONE KENI (KENE)
2 TWO MAMU
3 THREE TARU
4 FOUR NEIN
5 FIVE SONO (SORON)
6 SIX SONDIE (SONDIA)
7 SEVEN SONOMA
8 EIGHT NINGINA
9 NINE ISE
10 TEN OYI
11 ELEVEN OYI-KENI-FINI
12 TWELVE OYI-MAMU-FINI
13 THIRTEEN OYI-TARU-FINI
14 FOURTEEN OYI-NEIN- FINI
15 FIFTEEN OYI-SONO-FINI
16 SIXTEEN OYI-SONDIE-FINI
17 SEVENTEEN OYI-SONOMA-FINI
18 EIGHTEEN OYI-NINGINA-FINI
19 NINETEEN OYI-ISE-FINI
20 TWENTY SI (MA-OYI) base 10
21 TWENTY ONE SI-KENI-FINI Then count up likewise
30 THIRTY SI-OYI twenty & ten TRA-OYI decimal system base 10
40 FORTY MA-SI two twenties NEIN-OYI decimal system-base 10
50 FIFTY MA-SI-OYI two twenties & ten SONO-OYI decimal base 10
60 SIXTY TRA-SI three twenties SONDIE-OYI decimal base 10
70 SEVENTY TRA-SI-OYI three twenties & ten SONOMA-OYI
80 EIGHTY NEIN-SI four twenties NINGINA-OYI base 10
90 NINETY NEIN-SI-OYI four twenties & ten ISENA-OYI base 10
100 ONE HUNDRED SONO-SI five twenties OR KENI-ANDE (ONDE)