Tumbuka numbers

How to count in Tumbuka (chiTumbuka), a Bantu language spoken in northern Malawi and eastern Zambia. Tumbuka speakers often use English numbers when counting over 20.

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Information about Tumbuka numbers
http://chitumbukalanguage.blogspot.com/2008/02/numbers.html
https://wikitravel.org/en/Tumbuka_phrasebook

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Information about Tumbuka |Phrases |Numbers |Tower of Babel

Numbers in Bantu languages

Baba,Basaa,Bemba,Bena,Benga,Central Teke,Chichewa,Chokwe,Comorian,Duala,Ewondo,Fang,Gungu,Gusii,Gwere,Herero,Ibinda,Kabwa,Kamba,Kanyok,Kikuyu,Kimbundu,Kinyarwanda,Kirundi,Kogo,Kongo,Kunda,Kwangali,Lingala,Lomwe,Lozi,Luba-Katanga (Kiluba),Luchazi,Luganda,Luvale,Makhuwa,Maore,Mbunda,Mwani,Ndebele (Northern),Ndebele (Southern),Ndonga,Ngoni,Njebi,Nkore,Nyole,Nyungwe,Oshiwambo,Punu,Sengele,Shona,Soga,Sotho (Northern),Sotho (Southern),Suba,Swahili,Swati,Taita,Tsonga,Tswana,Tumbuka,Umbundu,Venda,Xhosa,Yao,Zigula,Zinza,Zulu

Numbers in other languages

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