Numbers

1. Baako

   One

   Usage

   The number one. Akan numerals are decimal; prices in markets are often said in English

   Grammar Note

   "One (thing or person)". Eleven is dubaako (du is ten).

2. Mmienu

   Two

   Usage

   The number two. Akuapem Bible text writes it abien

   Grammar Note

   The initial mm- is a numeral prefix.

3. Mmiɛnsa

   Three

   Usage

   The number three

   Grammar Note

   The ɛ is U+025B; never use the Greek epsilon.

4. Anan

   Four

   Usage

   The number four

   Grammar Note

   Anan "four" is spelled with a-; ɛnan is a separate word.

5. Anum

   Five

   Usage

   The number five

   Grammar Note

   The number five. Ten is du and fifteen is dunum.

6. Nsia

   Six

   Usage

   The number six

   Grammar Note

   It begins with the cluster ns-; do not write it asia.

7. Nson

   Seven

   Usage

   The number seven

   Grammar Note

   The number seven. Seventeen is dunson.

8. Nwɔtwe

   Eight

   Usage

   The number eight

   Grammar Note

   nw and tw are digraphs for single sounds and are not split.

9. Nkron

   Nine

   Usage

   The number nine

   Grammar Note

   The number nine. Nineteen is dunkron.

10. Du

    Ten

    Usage

    The number ten. Eleven is dubaako and twelve is dumienu

    Grammar Note

    Numbers 11 to 19 are du followed by 1 to 9.

11. Aduonu

    Twenty

    Usage

    The number twenty. Twenty-one is aduonu baako

    Grammar Note

    Compound numbers add the unit after the tens word.

12. Ɔha

    One hundred

    Usage

    The number one hundred. Two hundred is ahanu

    Grammar Note

    The initial ɔ is U+0254.

13. Apem

    One thousand

    Usage

    The number one thousand

    Grammar Note

    The number one thousand. One million is ɔpepem.

14. Hwee

    Zero / nothing

    Usage

    The number zero; also means "nothing"

    Grammar Note

    Be careful not to confuse hwee with hwɛ "to look".

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