The Balinese language has an elaborate decimal numeral system.

Basic numerals

The numerals 1–10 have basic, combining, and independent forms, many of which are formed through reduplication. The combining forms are used to form higher numbers. In some cases there is more than one word for a numeral, reflecting the Balinese

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system; ''halus'' (high-register) forms are listed in italics. Final orthographic ''-a'' is a schwa � * A less productive combining form of ''a-'' 1 is ''sa-'', as can be seen in many of the numbers below. It, ''ulung-'', and ''sangang-'' are from Javanese. ''Tiga'' 3 is from Sanskrit ''trika''. ''Dasa'' 10 is from Sanskrit ''daśa''.

Teens, tweens, and tens

Like English, Balinese has compound forms for the teens and tens; however, it also has a series of compound 'tweens', 21–29. The teens are based on a root ''*-welas'', the tweens on ''-likur'', and the tens are formed by the combining forms above. Hyphens are not used in the orthography, but have been added to the table below to clarify their derivation. The high-register combining forms ''kalih-'' 2 and ''tigang-'' 3 are used with ''-likur, -dasa,'' and higher numerals (below), but not for the teens. The teens are from Javanese, where the ''-olas'' forms are regular, apart from ''pele-kutus'' 18, which is

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Higher numbers

The unit combining forms are combined with ''atus'' 100, ''atak'' 200, ''amas'' 400, ''tali'' 1000, ''laksa'' 10,000, ''keti'' 100,000, and ''yuta'' 1,000,000 as they do with ''dasa'' 10: {, class=wikitable , - , 100, , s-atus , - , 200, , s-atak , - , 300, , telung-atus ''(tigang-atus)'' , - , 400, , s-amas , - , 500, , limang-atus , - , 600, , telung-atak ''(tigang-atak)'' , - , 700, , pitung-atus , - , 800, , domas ( ← *dua-amas or *ro-amas) , - , 900, , sanga , - , 1000, , siu , - , 1200, , (e)nem-bangsit , - , 2000, , duang-tali ''(kalih-tali)'' , - , 1,000,000, , a-yuta ''Atak'' is a 'bundle' (of 200 coins) and ''amas'' is 'gold' (a gold coin being worth 400 copper coins). In addition, there is ''karobelah'' 150, ''lebak'' 175, and ''sepa'' (one ''pa''?) for 1600. At least ''karobelah'' has a cognate in Javanese, ''ro-bəlah'', where ''ro-'' is the short form for two (as in ''rolas'' 12).

Basic numerals

Teens, tweens, and tens

Higher numbers

See also

Further reading