Swahili

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Swahili numbers (edit)
 ←  10 11 12  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: kumi na moja, edashara
    Ordinal: -a kumi na moja, -a edashara

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (ʔaḥada ʕašara).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Numeral

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edashara (invariable)

  1. eleven
    Synonym: kumi na moja

Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208 Nr. 1867