The Yorùbá numeral system is quite elaborate. Majority of the numerals within the system are derived. In actuality, with the exception of one to ten and isolated numbers such as
all others are derived. These exceptions in fact serve as the ‘building blocks’ for the formation of the other numerals in Yorùbá.
This is most obvious in the formation of numerals within the range of eleven to one hundred and ninety-nine. Numbers one to ten: ọ̀kan , èjì , ẹ̀ta , ẹ̀rin , àrún , ẹ̀fà , èje , ẹ̀jọ , ẹ̀sán , and ẹ̀wá serve as the core counting forms in the system. There are various types of reckoning for these numbers, they are done in slightly different tongues such as ookan, eeji, eeta, eerin, aarun-un, eefa, eeje, eejo, eesan-an, and eewa.
Beyond counting, Yorùbá numbers serve as numeral qualifiers and they come in the forms of ordinals and cardinals which are adjective forms in the language. There are also numbers that serve a larger than numeral role in Yorùbá mythology, religion and world view. Numbers such as seven, fifteen (also used in its reduced form ẹ́ẹdógún ), twenty ( ogún also known as okoo), forty( ogójì ) and two hundred ( igba also known as ogowa) are significant in various renditions about Yorùbá beliefs and lifestyle.
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