Perhaps one of the vastest number names belong to Nepali. Unlike in English, each number till 100 has a unique name. Most young people cannot even count beyond 40! For now, let’s just learn till 30. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 are written १, २, ३, ४, ५, ६, ७, ८, ९ and ० respectively. For example, 1, 12, 53, 79 and 42 will be १, १२, ५३, ७९ and ४२ respectively when we write it in Devanagari Script.
1 = एक (ek)
2 = दुई (dui)
3 = तीन (teen)
4 = चार (char)
5 = पाँच (pach)
6 = छ (cha)
7 = सात (sat)
8 = आठ (ath)
9 = नौ (nau)
10 = दश (dash)
11 = एघार (eghara)
12 = बाह्र (bahra)
13 = तेह्र (tehra)
14 = चौध (chaudha)
15 = पन्ध्र (pandhra)
16 = सोह्र (sohra)
17 = सत्र (satra)
18 = अठार (athara)
19 = उन्नाईस (unnais)
20 = बीस (bis)
21 = एक्काईस (ekkais)
22 = बाईस (bais)
23 = तेईस (teis)
24 = चौबीस (chaubis)
25 = पच्चीस (pacchis)
26 = छब्बीस (chabbis)
27 = सत्ताईस (sattais)
28 = अट्ठाईस (athais)
29 = उन्तीस (untis)
30 = तीस (tis)
And that’s till 30. 30 onwards in other chapters which you can access in the vocabulary page.
EXAMPLES
उन्नाईसवटा कलमहरु (unnais wata kalam haru)
=Nineteen Pens
सात र बीस (sat ra biis)
= Seven and Twenty
६ महिना (cha mahina)
= 6th Month