What is 450 in Yorùbá? You dey squeeze face? Okay, what of 52? One million? If you pose that kain question to many Yorùbás, the answer you get is a head-scratching smile, a dazed look with rolling eyes or a funny 'Saka don port' lip twitch...lol Some will make attempts and try in vain to remember what their Yorùbá class teacher taught them back in the primary school. Well, the numbering is actually very easy and today, we will be taking a look at it together. I hope you have fun with it, you may try out some numbers on your own to see if you are correct.

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Numbering more than 40 million, the Yorùbá people are found mainly in southwestern Nigeria. They are also found in Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) and all over the globe. Yorùbás have a highly-developed language, the Yorùbá language which has been classified under the Niger-Congo family of languages, making it closely related to Itsekiri and Igala (other languages in the family are Igbo, Jukun, Swahili, Wolof and Efik). As it is with other civilizations across the globe, theYorùbás developed a system of naming numerals, said to be based on counting cowries, fingers and toes. The system is quite easy and straightforward.

According to Olu Lounge, the Yorubas have an elaborate vigesimal (base-20) numeral system which makes use of addition, subtraction and multiplication. Other languages using the vigesimal (with 20 as the block unit) numeral system include Dzongkha (national language in Bhutan), Ainu (Japan), French, Mayas, Aztecs, Danish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Georgian and has also found historical use in England where the old British currency system involved 20 shillings and 240 pence or usage in literature e.g three scores and seven.

As outlined in the book, The History of the Yorubas (From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate) by Reverend Samuel Johnson (1897), the numerals are Cardinal and Ordinal or Serial and based on the system, we can have three groupings: Simple Enumeration, Quantitative (or Numeral Adjectives) and Numismatics (for money and currencies). Now, let's take a stroll through the simple enumeration but before then, please note:

'Di' means 'less than' or 'subtracted from'. For example, if ogota is 60, 55, will be 'five (arun) subtracted from 60'. Thus, 55 will be 'arunDIlogota.' On the other hand, 'le' means 'more than' or 'added to'. For instance, 54 will be 50 (adọta) + (le) merin (four) using the quantitative or numeral adjectives or in simple enumeration (Ẹrinleladọta). 'Lona or ona' is used for multiplication. Summary: ‘ó lé’ for addition,‘ó dín’for subtraction and ‘onà’ for multiplication.

To use the quantitative or numeral adjectives, all you need to do is to add 'm' to the number. For example, arun (five) will become 'marun' while okanla (11) becomes 'mokanla'. Some special numbers like 1, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 etc in that order are exceptions as they remain unchanged without the 'm'. And 'Lá' e.g in mejila is a contraction of 'lé mẹ̀wá' meaning 'and ten'.

OUTLINE:
1-100
200-900
1,000-20,000
FOR HIGHER NUMBERS: 20,000 and above
200,000- 10 MILLION
100 MILLION TO ONE TRILLION
ORDINALS (Ordinal Numbers)
ADVERBS OF NUMBER
ADVERBS OF TIME
REFERENCES

Now, let's roll!

1-100

NB: The other names are alternative spellings.

1-Ení or ọ̀kan (for numismatics or currencies like cowries or coins).
2-È jì or Eéji (for numismatics or currencies like cowries or coins).
3-Ẹta or ẹẹ́ta (for numismatics or currencies like cowries or coins, same pattern till 19).
4-Ẹrin, ẹ̀rin or ẹẹ́rin
5-Àrún or aárùn
6-Ẹfà or ẹẹ́fà
7-Èje or eéje
8-Ẹjọ, ẹ̀jọ or ẹẹ́jọ
9-Ẹsan, ẹ̀sán or ẹẹ́sàn
10-Ẹwa,ẹ̀wá or ẹẹ́wà
11-Ọkanla, ọ̀kanlá, oókànlá
12-Ejila, èjìlá, eéjìlá
13-Ẹtala, ẹ̀talá, ẹẹ́talá
14-Ẹrinla, ẹ̀rinlá, ẹẹ́rìnlá
15-Ẹdogun (Ẹedogun, ẹ́ẹdógún)
16-Ẹrindinlogun, ẹẹ́rìndílógún
17-Ẹtadinlogun, eétàdílógún
18-Ejindinlogun, eéjìdílógún
19-Ọkandinlogun, oókàndílógún
20-Ogun, ogún, okòó or Okowo (ọkẹ owo for numismatics or currencies like cowries or coins).
21-Ọkanlelogun
22-Ejilelogun
23-Ẹtalelogun
24-Ẹrinlelogun
25-Ẹdọgbọn, ẹ́ẹdọ́gbọ̀n
26-Ẹrindinlọgbọn
27-Ẹtadinlọgbọn
28-Ejidinlọgbọn
29-Ọkandinlọgbọn
30-Ọgbọn, ọgbọ̀n, ọɡbọ̀n ǒ or Ọgbọnwo (Ọgbọn owo for numismatics or currencies like cowries or coins )
31-Ọkanlelọgbọn
32-Ejilelọgbọn
33-Ẹtalelọgbọn
34-Ẹrinlelọgbọn
35-Arundinlogoji, aárùndílogójì
36-Ẹrindinlogoji
37-Ẹtadinlogoji
38-Ejidinlogoji
39-Ọkandinlogoji
40-Ogoji, ogójì, ojì (Ooji, Ogun meji, two twenties)
41-Ọkanlelogoji
42-Ejilelogoji
43-Ẹtalelogoji
44-Ẹrinlelogoji
45-Arundinladọta
46-Ẹrindinladọta
47-Ẹtadinladọta
48-Ejidinladọta
49-Ọkandinladọta
50-Adọta (aadọta), àádọ́ta
51-Ọkanleladọta
52-Ejileladọta
53-Ẹtaleladọta
54-Ẹrinleladọta
55-Arundinlọgọta
56-Ẹrindinlọgọta
57-Ẹtadinlọgọta
58-Ejidinlọgọta
59-Ọkandinlọgọta
60-Ọgọta, ọgọ́ta, ọta (ogun mẹta, three twenties)
61-Ọkanlelọgọta
62-Ejilelọgọta
63-Ẹtalelọgọta
64-Ẹrinlelọgọta
65-Arundiladọrin
70-Adọrin (Aadọrin), àádọ́rin
71-Ọkanleladọrin
72-Ejileladọrin
73-Ẹtaleladọrin
74-Ẹrinleladọrin
75-Arundilọgọrin
76-Ẹrindilọgọrin
77-Ẹtadilọgọrin
78-Ejidilọgọrin
79-Ọkandilọgọrin
80-Ọgọrin (Ogun mẹrin, four twenties), ọgọ́rin, ọrin
81-Ọkanlelọgọrin
82-Ejilelọgọrin
83-Ẹtalelọgọrin
84-Ẹrinlelọgọrin
85-Arundiladọrun
86-Ẹrindiladọrun
87-Ẹtadiladọrun
88-Ejidiladọrun
89-Ọkandiladọrun
90-Adọrun (Aadọrun), àádọ́rùn
91-Ọkanleladọrun
92-Ejileladọrun
93-Ẹtaleladọrun
94-Ẹrinleladọrun
95-Arundilọgọrun
96-Ẹrindilọgọrun
97-Ẹtadilọgọrun
98-Ejidilọgọrun
99-Ọkandilọgọrun
100-Ọgọrun (ogun marun, five twenties), ọgọ́rùn, ọrún

KINDLY FOLLOW THE LINK ABOVE FOR THE REST (200-900, 1,000-20,000, 20,000 and above, 200,000- 10 MILLION, 100 MILLION TO ONE TRILLION, ORDINALS (Ordinal Numbers), ADVERBS OF NUMBER and ADVERBS OF TIME).

THANK YOU.
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This is beautiful. Good job!

How can I learn yoruba pls?

There are countless websites offering free Yoruba lessons, you may want to check them out.

Emusan: How can I learn yoruba pls?

Wow, Proudly Oodua !!!

e seun ooo !!!

#Thumbs up Da Don!

donroxy: Wow, Proudly Oodua !!!

e seun ooo !!!

101-1000 please

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it is photoshopped

o ku ise takun takun.

Esheun gidi gan o, modupe lopolopo

warlei: o ku ise takun takun.

This a good work. Am happy am an Egba boy

You all should check this site out YorubaNumeral.com

You can translate any number from 0 to 25 billion to Yoruba, with explanation for every number.

Saves you a lot effort especially if you need to do this frequently

Kọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ nípa Onka Yorùbá , mọ ìtumò si èyíkéyìí nọ́mbà.

Translate English Numerals (numbers) to Yoruba Numerals (onka ni ede yoruba),

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Work with figures in Yoruba Language...

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Nice post.
Is Obama and Michelle picture photoshopped?

Anyway, check out my recent post: https://www.nairaland.com/7125503/economic-financial-implications-using-tools