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Unlike most other Sinosphere languages but similar to Vietnamese, Town Speech/Urban Basanawa tends to use native numerals rather than Sino-Xenic numerals, Sino-Xenic numerals are used in compounds involving Sino-Xenic morphemes and large numerals.

The numerals in Town Speech/Urban Basanawa are listed below:
- 0 - 〇 /nɪçt/ (romanization: nicht) or /kɹi:t/(romanization: kreet)
- 1 - 一 /i:n/ (romanization: een)
- 2 - 二 /twi:/ (romanization: twee)
- 3 - 三 /dɹi:/ (romanization: dree)
- 4 - 四 /fi:ɹ/ (romanization: fier)
- 5 - 五 /faɪf/ (romanization: five)
- 6 - 六 /sɛks/ (romanization: sex)
- 7 - 七 /se:vən/ (romanization: seven)
- 8 - 八 /axt/ (romanization: acht)
- 9 - 九 /ne:gən/ (romanization: negen)
- 10 - 十 /tɛn/ (romanization: ten)
- 11 - 十一 /ɛɫvən/ (romanization: elven)
- 12 - 十二 /twɛɫf/ (romanization: twelf)
- 13 - 十三 /dɹaɪtɪn/ (romanization: drytin)
- 14 - 十四 /fi:ɹtɪn/ (romanization: fiertin)
- 15 - 十五 /faɪftɪn/ (romanization: fyftin)
- 16 - 十六 /sɛkstɪn/ (romanization: sextin)
- 17 - 十七 /se:vəntɪn/ (romanization: seventin)
- 18 - 十八 /axtɪn/ (romanization: achtin)
- 19 - 十九 /ne:gəntɪn/ (romanization: negentin)
- 20 - 二十 /twɛntɪç/ (romanization: twentig)
- 30 - 三十 /dɹi:tɪç/ (romanization: dreetig)
- 40 - 四十 /fi:ɹtɪç/ (romanization: fiertig)
- 50 - 五十 /faɪftɪç/ (romanization: fyftig)
- 60 - 六十 /sɛkstɪç/ (romanization: sextig)
- 70 - 七十 /se:vəntɪç/ (romanization: seventig)
- 80 - 八十 /axtɪç/ (romanization: achtig)
- 90 - 九十 /ne:gəntɪç/ (romanization: negentig)
- 100 - 百 /hʊndəɹt/ (romanization: hunderd)
- 1,000 - 千 /daʊzənt/ (romanization: dausend)

There are also Sino-Xenic readings for numerals, however, in Town Speech/Urban Basanawa, they are only used with other Sino-Xenic morphemes in compounds and numerals larger than 10,000, and in reporting times of a day:

- 0 - 〇 /ɹe:/
- 1 - 一 /ɪt͡ʃɪ̥/
- 2 - 二 /nɪ/
- 3 - 三 /san/
- 4 - 四 /ʃɪ/
- 5 - 五 /gɔ/
- 6 - 六 /ɹɔkʊ̥/
- 7 - 七 /ʃɪ̥t͡ʃɪ/
- 8 - 八 /hatʃɪ̥/
- 9 - 九 /kʊ/(go-on) / /kɪju:/(kan-on)
- 10 - 十 /d͡ʒu:/
- 100 - 百 /hɪjakʊ̥/
- 1,000 - 千 /sɛn/

Note: besides the native /nɪçt/ and /kɹi:t/ and the Sino-Xenic /ɹe:/, one may also use the English derived pronunciation /zɛɹɔ/ for 0, and some people might also use the Arabic-derived pronunciation /sɪfəɹ/, but the /sɪfəɹ/ pronunciation is now rarely used.

The actual pattern is somewhat complex: for numbers smaller than 10,000, native readings are used exclusively; for numbers larger than 10,000, one applies Sino-Xenic readings, for and the parts smaller than 10,000, one applies native readings.

for example:

36/三十六 - /draɪtɪç sɛks/(older style: /sɛks ʊn draɪtɪç/)

188/一百八十八 - /i:n hʊndərt axtɪç axt/(old style: /i:n hʊndərt axt ʊn axtɪç/)

2,341/二千三百四十一 - /twi: daʊzənt dri: hʊndərt fi:rtɪç i:n/(old style: /twi: daʊzənt dri: hʊndərt i:n ʊn fi:rtɪç/)

131,072/十三万一千七十二 - /dʒu:samman i:n daʊzənt se:vəntɪç twi:/(the part in red is the part following the Sino-Xenic reading of numerals.

In colloquial speech, however, there's a tendency to replace all Sino-Xenic readings in numerals except for the units, so the 131,072/十三万一千七十二 example might be read as /dɹaɪtɪn man i:n daʊzənt se:vəntɪç twi:/ instead.

Larger numerals are listed below, Note that Town Speech/Urban Basanawa follows the myriads as most East Asian languages rather than the Western thousands; however, most of them(those larger than 億 or 兆) are rarely used in practice and are unknown to most speakers:

- 104 - 万 /man/
- 108 - 億 /ɔkʊ̥/
- 1012 - 兆 /t͡ʃo:/
- 1016 - 京 /ke:/
- 1020 - 垓 /gaɪ/
- 1024 - 𥝱 /d͡ʒɔ/ or 秭 /ʃɪ/
- 1028 - 穣 /d͡ʒo:/
- 1032 - 溝 /ko:/
- 1036 - 澗 /kan/
- 1040 - 正 /se:/
- 1044 - 載 /saɪ/
- 1048 - 極 /gɔkʊ̥/
- 1052(or 1056) - 恒河沙 /go:gaʃa/
- 1056(or 1064) - 阿僧祇 /aso:gɪ/
- 1060(or 1072) - 那由他 /najʊta/(also written as 那由多)
- 1064(or 1080) - 不可思議 /fʊkaʃɪgɪ/
- 1068(or 1088) - 無量大数 /mʊɹɪjo:taɪsu:/

Ordinal numbers are formed by "numeral + -番"(-番 is pronunced as /t/(as /d/ when preceding a vowel within a word) for numerals smaller than 20, pronunced as /st/ for numerals larger than 20):

- 5th - 五番 /faɪft/ (romanization: fived)
- 9th - 九番 /ne:gənt/ (romanization: negend)
- 15th - 十五番 /faɪftɪnt/ (romanization: fyftind)
- 20th - 二十番 /twɛntɪgəst/(or /twɛntɪçt/) (romanization: twentigest or twentigt)
- 36th - 三十六番 /dɹi:tɪç sɛkst/(romanization: dreetig sext) (older style: /sɛks ʊn draɪtɪgəst/)
- 100th - 一百番 /i:n hʊndəɹdəst/(romanization: een hunderdest)

The forms of 1st is irregualar:

- 1st - 一番 /ɛɹst/(romanization: erst)

In older formations, 二番 and 三番 also have irregular formations and were once pronunced as /ɔdəɹ/ and /dɹɪt/ respectively.

The suffixes for ordinal numbers can also be used to indicate fractions, in this case, it is written as -ど(pronunced as /t/, as /d/ when preceding a vowel within a word) for numerals smaller than 20, as -すと(pronunced as /st/) for numerals larger than 20. This formation is more common in colloquial speech than in writing. For example:

- 2/3 - 二三ど /twi: dɹi:t/
- 1/5 - 一五ど /i:n faɪft/
- 13/30 - 十三三十すと /dɹaɪtɪn dɹaɪtɪgəst/

it is also possible to use the possessive pronoun 之 /sə/ and put the denominator before the numerator, In this case, the word 分 is used with the denominator and is read as /di:ɫ/ regardless of the preceding number. This formation is more common in writing than in colloquial speech. For example:

- 2/3 - 三分之二 /dɹi: di:ɫ sə twi:/
- 1/5 - 五分之一 /faɪf di:ɫ sə i:n/
- 3/10 - 十分之三 /tɛn di:ɫ sə dɹi:/
- 13/30 - 三十分之十三 /dɹaɪtɪç di:ɫ sə dɹaɪtɪn/

The unit for "tenth" is special, it is written as 割 and pronunced as /te:gət/, and this usage is quite common in colloquial speech:

- 3/10 - 三割 /dɹi: te:gət/

Besides the unit for "tenth", there are also units for other decimal fractions, but they are not commonly used:

- 10-2 - 分 /bʊn/
- 10-3 - 厘 /ɹɪn/
- 10-4 - 毛 /mo:/
- 10-5 - 糸 /ʃɪ/
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