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१०५ सते पँचो#र /sʌte pʌcoʈʈʌr/ 'sevens are a hundred and five'
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१२० अठे बीसा /ʌʈʰe bisɑ/ 'eights are a hundred and twenty'

१३५ नौ पoितसा /nɔ pɛtisɑ/ 'nines are a hundred and thirty-five'
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१५० झमर झुमCरआ डेढ़ सय /ȷ ̈ ʌmʌr ȷ ̈ umʌriɑ ɖeɽ ̊ sɛ/ 'tens are a half and a hundred'
The numerals in सै /sɛ/ 'hundred' are counted up to nine and then in हजार

/ɦʌjɑr/ 'thousand'. The thousands are counted up to िननानबे /ninɑnbe/ 'ninety-nine' and

then turn to लाख /lɑkʰ/ 'hundred thousands', the order stepping in करोड़ /kʌroɽ/ 'ten

millions', अरब /ʌrʌb/ 'billion' and so on.

(ii) Ordinals
As Grierson (1884a:11, Tiwari 1954:434-5 and 1960:121-2, Nirbhik 1975:60,
Tripathy 1987:108, Shrivastava 1999:67, Singh 2009:69 and 2013:66 and Thakur

2011:74) also display, Bhojpuri has ordinals upto 'sixth' as following:

(53) a. पिहल /pʌɦil/ or पिहलका /pʌɦilkɑ/, पिहला /pʌɦilɑ/ 'first'
b. दोसर /dosʌr/ or दूसर /dusʌr/ or दोसरका /dosʌrkɑ/ or दूसरका /dusʌrkɑ/, दूसरा

/dusʌrɑ/ 'second'

c. ितसर /tisʌr/ or ितसरका /tisʌrkɑ/, ितसरा /tisʌrɑ/ 'third'
d. चउठ /cʌuʈʰ/ or चउथ /cʌutʰ/ or चउथका /cʌutʰkɑ/, चउथा /cʌutʰɑ/ 'fourth'

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e. पाँचवा /pɑcwɑ/ or पंचा /pʌncɑ/ 'fifth'
f. छठा /cʰʌʈʰɑ/ 'sixth'

The ordinals above 'sixth' are all formed by suffixing the numeral with -वाँ /-wɑ/ as:
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दसवाँ /dʌsʌwɑ/ 'tenth', पचीसवाँ /pʌciswɑ/ 'twenty-fifth' and so on. The ordinals in Bhojpuri
are similar to that of Awadhi (Saksena 1937/1971:152-3) and Hindi (Koul 2008:90).
(iii) Fractions
As in its close neighnours Maithili (Yadav 1996:146-7), Awadhi (Saksena

1937/1971:155), Hindi (Koul 2008:91-2) and Nepali (Adhikari 2016:71); Bhojpuri
has a number of fractions in practice (Grierson 1884a:11, Tiwari 1954:438 and

1960:124, Nirbhik 1975:60, Shrivastava 1999:68, Singh 2009:69 and 2013:66 and
Thakur 2011:74), as shown in (54).
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(54) a. पा /pɑ/ or पाव /pɑo/ or पउआ /pʌuɑ/ 'one-fourth or '
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b. ितहाई /tiɦɑi/ 'one-third or '
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