How to count in Bisaya

March 2, 2017 by Bisdak Words

This is how you’re going to count in bisaya.

One might already be familiar with how this reads. It sounds Spanish which is true as you know that the Philippines was once colonized by Spaniards for more than three hundred years.

Bisaya	Bisaya (adapted)	Tagalog	English
usa	uno	isa	one
duha	dos	dalawa	two
tulo	tres	tatlo	three
upat	kwatro	apat	four
lima	singko	lima	five
unom	sais	anim	six
pito	syete	pito	seven
walo	otso	walo	eight
siyam	nuybe	siyam	nine
napulo / napo	dyes	sampu	ten
napulog usa	onse	labing-isa	eleven
napulog duha	dose	labing-dalawa	twelve
napulog tulo	trese	labing-tatlo	thirteen
napulog …	katorse	labing-apat	fourteen
napulog …	kense	labing-lima	fifteen
napulog …	disesyes	labing-anim	sixteen
napulog …	disesyete	labing-pito	seventeen
napulog …	diseotso	labing-walo	eighteen
napulog …	dise nuybe	labing-siyam	nineteen
kawhaan	biente	dalawampo	twenty
…
usa gatos	usa gatos	isang daan	one hundred
dosyentos	dosyentos	dalawang daan	two hundred
tresyentos	tresyentos	tatlong daan	three hundred
kwatrosentos	kwatrosentos	apat na daan	four hundred
kinyentos	kinyentos	limang daan	five hundred
seysentos	seysentos	siyam na daan	six hundred
setisyentos	setisyentos	pitong daan	seven hundred
otsosyentos	otsosyentos	walong daan	eight hundred
nuybesyentos	nuybesyentos	siyam na daan	nine hundred
usa ka libo	usa ka libo	isang libo	one thousand