Los numerales para diferentes lenguas bantúes meridionales son:[2]
| GLOSA |
Chopi |
Nguni |
Ronga |
Venda |
PROTO-
BANTÚ S. |
| Chopi | Gitonga |
Swati | Xhosa | Zulú |
Tswa | Tsonga |
| '1' | -mué | mwéyò | ɲɛ́ | ɲɛ̀ | dwa | -nʼwè | ŋwè | tʰiɦi | *mwe |
| '2' | -mbiri | mbìlì | -ɓilí | mbìní | ɓiːli | -mbirhí | ᵐbìr̤í | mbiɾi | *(m-)bɛɾi |
| '3' | -ràrú | tʰárù | -ʦʼâtfʼu | ntʼátʰù | tʰaːtʰu | -nhárhù | n̤árù | tʰaru | *(m-)tʰaru |
| '4' | mùné | dzìná | -nɛ | nɛ̀ | ne | -múnè | mùnè | nn̪a | *(mu-)nɛ |
| '5' | nʼtʃànú | lìvbàndré | siɬánu | ntɬʼànù | ɬe | ntlhánù | ⁿtlʰánù | t̪ʰanu | *cʰanu |
| '6' | 5+1 | 5+1 | -sipʰóɬôŋo/
sitfʼûpʰa | ntʼándátʰù | isitʰuːpʰa | 5+1 | ʦèβú | 5+1 | *5+1
*ʦi-pu |
| '7' | 5+2 | 5+2 | sikʰombisa | síǁʰɛ̀ŋǁɛ̀ | isikʰombiːsa | 5+2 | ⁿkómbó | 5+2 | *5+2
*(ʦi)-kʰomb- |
| '8' | 5+3 | 5+3 | sipʰɔɬɔŋɔ | síb̤ɔ̀zɔ́ | 10-2 | 5+2 | ⁿh̤ùŋgú | 5+3 | *5+3 |
| '9' | 5+4 | 5+4 | lifiǀa | lítʰɔ̀ɓá | 10-1 | 5+2 | ᵑkájé | 5+4 | *5+4 |
| '10' | gúmí | likʰúmì | liʃumi | lîʃûmì | iʃuːmi | khúmè | kʰúmè | fumi | *kumi |
| GLOSA |
Sotho-Tswana |
| Birwa | Kgalagadi | Lozi | Ndebele
merid. | Sotho
septent. | Sotho
merid. | Tswana | PROTO-
ST |
| '1' | -tèè /
nŋwè | -ːŋwɪ | ɲwì | -ɲɛ | tʼeé | ŋoe | ǹŋwɛ́ | *ŋwe |
| '2' | -bèdí | -bɪrɪ́ | -βelí | -ɓili | pʼɛɹí | pedi | pɛ́dí | *-bedi |
| '3' | -rárò | -ráːrʊ | -tálù | -tʰatʰu | tʰáro | tʰɑʀo | ráró | *tʰaru |
| '4' | -nnè | -ːnɛ | -nè | -nɛ | ńnɛ | nɛ | ńnɛ́ | *(n)nɛ |
| '5' | -tʰánò | -tʰáːnʊ | kètálìzóɦò | -ɬanu | ɬáno | ɬɑno | tɬʰánʊ́ | *tɬʰanu |
| '6' | -ʦʰélélà /
rátárò | -kʲikʲáːnɪ | sìlèlà | -tʰandatʰu | ʦʰélá | ʦɛlɑ | rátárʊ̄ | *ra-tʰaru
*-ʦʰelela |
| '7' | -sùpá | -suːpá | sùpà | -kʰɔmba | ʃupʼa | supɑ | sùpá | *-supa |
| '8' | -ròbèdí
(10-2) | -bútámɪbeːrí
(10-2) | 5+3 | -ɓunanɛ | seswái | ʀobedi
(10-2) | ròbɛ́dí
(10-2) | *10-2 |
| '9' | -ròbónŋwè
(10-1) | -bútámowóːnʷɛ
(10-1) | 5+4 | -tʰɔɓa | seɲáne | ʀoboʀoŋ
(10-1) | rɔ̀bʊ̄n̄ŋwɛ́
(10-1) | *10-1 |
| '10' | -sòmè | lɪʃʊ́ːmɪ | lìʃúmì | -ʧʰumi | lesóme | leʃomɛ | lɪ̀sʊ́mɛ̄ | *li-ʃumi |
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