What is 900 in Yorùbá?

900 in Yorùbá

ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rún

Built as 1,000 − 100

How 900 is built in Yorùbá

900 is built downwards: 100 taken away from 1,000 (ẹgbẹ̀rún).

Modern base-10 form

ọgọ́rùn-ún mẹ́sàn-án

In school maths, prices and phone numbers, the modern system only adds: "ó lé" means "and more", so the parts are simply summed.

900 in the other Nigerian languages

900 in Igbonarị itoolu 900 in Hausaɗari tara

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

600ẹgbẹ̀ta 700ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀rin 800ẹgbẹ̀rin 1,000ẹgbẹ̀rún 2,000ẹgbẹ̀rún méjì 5,000ẹgbẹ̀rún márùn-ún

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These forms are generated from the counting rules of each language and are still awaiting native-speaker review. Numeral words vary by region and by source.