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Lesson 4 of 10
Counting to ten in Igbo
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Igbo words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Igbo phrases in this lesson
- OtuOH-too
- One
- Abuoah-BOO-oh
- Two
- AtoAH-to
- Three
- AnoAH-no
- Four
- IseEE-seh
- Five
- Isiiee-SEE
- Six
- Asaaah-SAH
- Seven
- Asatọah-SAH-toh
- Eight
- Itooluee-TOH-loo
- Nine
- IriEE-ree
- Ten
Numbers change with noun class in Igbo: "otu nwa" (one child), "otu nnukwu" (one big one). When counting alone, otu works. Igbo counts in base ten.
Simple count word; no note needed.
Twenty is iri abuo, thirty iri ato, following the pattern. Igbo numbers scale easily; learning one through ten unlocks the whole system.