Appendix:Garo counting

See also: Category:Garo numerals and Category:Garo classifiers

This page gives a description of the process of counting in Garo.

Numbers

Main numbers

English	Garo	Numeral
One	Sa	1
Two	Gni, Gini	2
Three	Gittam	3
Four	Bri	4
Five	Bonga	5
Six	Dok	6
Seven	Sni, Sini	7
Eight	Chet	8
Nine	Sku	9
Ten	Chikung, Chiking	10
Eleven	Chisa	11
Twelve	Chigni, Chigini	12
Thirteen	Chigittam	13
Fourteen	Chibri	14
Fifteen	Chibonga	15
Sixteen	Chidok	16
Seventeen	Chisni, Chisini	17
Eighteen	Chichet	18
Nineteen	Chisku	19
Twenty	Kolgrik	20
Thirty	Kolatchi	30
Fourty	Sotbri	40
Fifty	Sotbonga	50
Sixty	Sotdok	60
Seventy	Sotsni, Sotsini	70
Eighty	Sotchet	80
Ninety	Sotsku	90
Hundred	Ritchasa	100
Two hundred	Ritchagni, Ritchagini	200
Three hundred	Ritchagittam	300
Four hundred	Ritchabri	400
Five hundred	Ritchabonga	500
Six hundred	Ritchadok	600
Seven hundred	Ritchasni, Ritchasini	700
Eight hundred	Ritchachet	800
Nine hundred	Ritchasku	900
One thousand	Hajalsa	1000
Two thousand	Hajalgni, Hajalgini	2000
Three thousand	Hajalgittam	3000
Four thousand	Hajalbri	4000
Five thousand	Hajalbonga	5000
Six thousand	Hajaldok	6000
Seven thousand	Hajalsni, Hajalsini	7000
Eight thousand	Hajalchet	8000
Nine thousand	Hajalsku	9000

Other numbers

Other numbers can be made using the following format:

Thousands place Hundreds place Tens place-Ones place

For example, 4321 would be hajalbri ritchagittam kolgriksa. If there is a zero in a place value, the number can be left out: 4021 would be hajalbri kolgriksa.

Zero

There is not really any equivalent of "zero" in Garo. Instead, a Bengali borrowing, "suino" is used to write 0.

Counting objects

Counting objects in Garo is not akin to counting in English. Garo and its close cousins use a special system with classifiers to tally things.

Garo has a rich variety of classifiers which correspond to specific nouns based on their properties. Sak, for example, is the classifier for humans and human-like beings. It is suffixed with a number to count humans or nouns relating to humans, like "woman" or "teacher".

"mande saksa", or simply "saksa" can mean "one man". "skigipa sakgittam" will mean "three teachers". However, "mandesa", will not mean "one man", rather "the height of one man", as mande is also the classifier for the height of people.