| 1 | = pa khat | 5 | = pa nga | 9 | = pa kua | ||
| 2 | = pa hnih | 6 | = pa ruk | 10 | = shom | ||
| 3 | = pa thum | 7 | = pa sari | ||||
| 4 | = pa li | 8 | = pa riat |
11 = “shom leh pa khat,” 12 = “shom leh pa hnih,” and so on to 20 = “shom hnih”; then “shom hnih leh pa khat” &c., to “shom thum” = 30, “shom li” = 40, “shom nga” = 50, and so on to “za” = 100, “za leh pa khat” = 101, and so on to “shang” = 1000.
“Shing” = 10,000 and “nuai” for 1,000,000 are hardly ever used; 8,975 = “shang riat, leh za kua leh shom sari leh pa nga.”
It will be seen that the real numerals are “khat,” “hnih,” “thum,” &c., pa being equivalent to unit. It is usually omitted when animals or things are mentioned, but retained when speaking of human beings.
| Lal pa sari = | seven chiefs. |
| Sebong nga = | five cows. |
With numbers above ten the name of the thing enumerated if a monosyllable, is often repeated. Thus:—
Ni Days shom hnih twenty leh and ni days nga. five.
Ordinals are formed by adding “na” to the cardinals, thus:—
In Enter shom the na tenth lutrawh. house.
But—