Counting in Fiji Hindi
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Counting in Fiji Hindi, though based on Hindi has undergone a number of changes in the past 125 years. It has been gratly influenced by English and for larger numbers the Hindi has been adapted to the English counting system.
For numbers less than ten, the Hindi words are used with slight changes in pronunciation and for numbers larger than 10, English words are used. Most older Fiji Indians, and those living in rural areas, are able to count up to 20 in Hindi, which has two differences from Fiji Hindi: the number six in standard Hindi is chhah (छह) while in Fiji Hindi it is chhe (छे), while the number two in standard Hindi is do (दो), while in Fiji Hindi it is dui (दुइ). The first twenty numbers are shown below:
| Number in English | Number in Standard Hindi Devanagri Script | Number in Standard Hindi Roman Script | Number in Fiji Hindi Roman Script |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | एक | ek | ek |
| two | दो | do | dui |
| three | तीन | teen | teen |
| four | चार | chaar | chaar |
| five | पांच | paanch | paanch |
| six | छ | chah | che |
| seven | सात | saat | saat |
| eight | आठ | aath | aath |
| nine | नौ | nau | nau |
| ten | थस | das | das |
| eleven | ग्यरह | gyarah | gyarah |
| twelve | बारह | baarah | baarah |
| thirteen | तेह्रह | tehrah | tehrah |
| fourteen | चौदह | chaodah | chaodah |
| fifteen | पन्द्रह | pandhrah | pandhrah |
| sixteen | सोलह | solah | solah |
| seventeen | सत्रह | satrah | satrah |
| eighteen | आठारा | atharah | atharah |
| nineteen | ऊन्निस | unnis | unnis |
| twenty | बिस | bis | bis |
| thirty | तिस | tiis | tiis |
| forty | चालिस | chaalis | chaalis |
| fifty | पाचास | pachchas | pachchas |
| sixty | साठ | saath | saath |
| seventy | सत्तर | satthar | satthar |
| eighty | आस्सि | assi | assi |
| ninety | नब्ब्य | nabbay | nabbay |
| hundred | सौ | sau | sau |
| thousand | हज़ार | hazaar | hazaar |
| million | दस लाख | das lakh | million |
Numbers greater than 20 are made up of a combination of the Hindi multiple of ten plus the Hindi number between one and nine. For example, the number twenty-one in Fiji Hindi is a translation of "twenty and one". Thus in Fiji Hindi twenty-one in biis aur ek ( बिस और एक) and thirty - seven is tiis aur saat ( तिस और सात). Hindi numbers lakh (100,000) and karor(10 million) are not used.
