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====Cardinal numbers==== The Wolof numeral system is based on the numbers 5 ([[quinary]]) and 10 ([[decimal]]). It is extremely regular in formation, comparable to [[Chinese numerals#Reading and transcribing numbers|Chinese]]. Example: '''benn''' "''one''", '''jur贸om''' "''five''", '''jur贸om-benn''' "''six''" (literally, "five-one"), '''fukk''' "''ten''", '''fukk ak jur贸om benn''' "''sixteen''" (literally, "ten and five one"), '''帽ent-fukk''' "''forty''" (literally, "four-ten"). Alternatively, "thirty" is '''fanweer''', which is roughly the number of days in a lunar month (literally "fan" is day and "weer" is moon.) {| class="wikitable" |- |0 |'''tus''' / '''neen''' / '''z茅ro''' [French] / '''sero''' / '''dara''' ["nothing"] |- |1 |'''benn''' |- |2 |'''帽aar''' / '''yaar''' |- |3 |'''帽ett''' / '''帽att''' / '''yett''' / '''yatt''' |- |4 |'''帽eent''' / '''帽enent''' |- |5 |'''jur贸om''' |- |6 |'''jur贸om-benn''' |- |7 |'''jur贸om-帽aar''' |- |8 |'''jur贸om-帽ett''' |- |9 |'''jur贸om-帽eent''' |- |10 |'''fukk''' |- |11 |'''fukk ak benn''' |- |12 |'''fukk ak 帽aar''' |- |13 |'''fukk ak 帽ett''' |- |14 |'''fukk ak 帽eent''' |- |15 |'''fukk ak jur贸om''' |- |16 |'''fukk ak jur贸om-benn''' |- |17 |'''fukk ak jur贸om-帽aar''' |- |18 |'''fukk ak jur贸om-帽ett''' |- |19 |'''fukk ak jur贸om-帽eent''' |- |20 |'''帽aar-fukk''' |- |26 |'''帽aar-fukk ak jur贸om-benn''' |- |30 |'''帽ett-fukk''' / '''fanweer''' |- |40 |'''帽eent-fukk''' |- |50 |'''jur贸om-fukk''' |- |60 |'''jur贸om-benn-fukk''' |- |66 |'''jur贸om-benn-fukk ak jur贸om-benn''' |- |70 |'''jur贸om-帽aar-fukk''' |- |80 |'''jur贸om-帽ett-fukk''' |- |90 |'''jur贸om-帽eent-fukk''' |- |100 |'''t茅em茅er''' |- |101 |'''t茅em茅er ak benn''' |- |106 |'''t茅em茅er ak jur贸om-benn''' |- |110 |'''t茅em茅er ak fukk''' |- |200 |'''帽aari t茅em茅er''' |- |300 |'''帽etti t茅em茅er''' |- |400 |'''帽eenti t茅em茅er''' |- |500 |'''jur贸omi t茅em茅er''' |- |600 |'''jur贸om-benni t茅em茅er''' |- |700 |'''jur贸om-帽aari t茅em茅er''' |- |800 |'''jur贸om-帽etti t茅em茅er''' |- |900 |'''jur贸om-帽eenti t茅em茅er''' |- |1000 |'''junni''' / '''junne''' |- |1100 |'''junni ak t茅em茅er''' |- |1600 |'''junni ak jur贸om-benni t茅em茅er''' |- |1945 |'''junni ak jur贸om-帽eenti t茅em茅er ak 帽eent-fukk ak jur贸om''' |- |1969 |'''junni ak jur贸om-帽eenti t茅em茅er ak jur贸om-benn-fukk ak jur贸om-帽eent''' |- |2000 |'''帽aari junni''' |- |3000 |'''帽etti junni''' |- |4000 |'''帽eenti junni''' |- |5000 |'''jur贸omi junni''' |- |6000 |'''jur贸om-benni junni''' |- |7000 |'''jur贸om-帽aari junni''' |- |8000 |'''jur贸om-帽etti junni''' |- |9000 |'''jur贸om-帽eenti junni''' |- |10000 |'''fukki junni''' |- |100000 |'''t茅em茅eri junni''' |- |1000000 |'''tamndareet''' / '''million''' |}
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