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Numbers in Sherpa language
Sherpa - English
Compiled by Lhakpa Doma Salaka-Binasa Sherpa,
Chhiri Tendi Salaka Sherpa and Karl-Heinz Krämer-Tsak


number

Sherpa

Sherpa in Devanagari

English

1

chik

lrs

one

2

nyi

ªL

two

3

sum

;'d

three

4

zhi

hL

four

5

nga

ª

five

6

tuk

7's

six

7

din

lbg

seven

8

ge

u]

eight

9

gu

u'

nine

10

chitamba

lryDaf

ten

11

chuchik

Ro"rLs

eleven

12

chirnyi

lrªªL

twelve

13

chupsum

Ro'K;'d

thirteen

14

chupji

Ro'KhL

fourteen

15

chenga

Rofªf

fifteen

16

churuk

Ro'¿s

sixteen

17

chuptin

Ro'lKbg

seventeen

18

chapke

RoKs]

eighteen

19

churku

Ro'/s'

nineteen

20

nyishu / khalzhik

lª:o' ÷ vNhLs

twenty

21

khalzhik tang chik

vNhLs tª rLs

twenty-one

22

khalzhik tang nyi

vNhLs tª ªL

twenty-two

23

khalzhik tang sum

vNhLs tª ;'d

twenty-three

24

khalzhik tang zhi

vNhLs tª hL

twenty-four

25

khalzhik tang nga

vNhLs tª ª

twenty-five

26

khalzhik tang thuk

vNhLs tª 7's

twenty-six

27

khalzhik tang din

vNhLs tª lbg

twenty-seven

28

khalzhik tang ge

vNhLs tª u]

twenty-eight

29

khalzhik tang gu

vNhLs tª u'

twenty-nine

30

khalsum

vN;'d

thirty

31

khalsum tang chik

vN;'d tª rLs

thirty-one

40

khalzhi

vNhL

forty

50

khalnga

vNª

fifty

60

khalthuk

vN7's

sixty

70

khaldin

vNlbg

seventy

80

khalge

vnu]

eighty

90

khalgu

vNu'

ninety

100

saichik

;Olrs

one hundred

121

saichik tang khalzhik tang chik

;Olrs tª vNhLs tª rLs

one hundred and twenty-one

200

sainyi

;OªL

two hundred

1000

hajarchik

xhf/rLs

one thousand

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