Numbers in various languages
The following is a table of the numbers 0 through 10 in a sample of the languages and writings of the world.
| Language | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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| Indo-European languages | ---- |
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| Germanic languages | ---- |
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| English | zero | one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten
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| Danish | én | to | tre | fire | fem | seks | syv | otte | ni | ti
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| Dutch | nul | een | twee | drie | vier | vijf | zes | zeven | acht | negen | tien
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| German | null | eins | zwei | drei | vier | fünf | sechs | sieben | acht | neun | zehn
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| Swedish | noll | en (ett) | två | tre | fyra | fem | sex | sju | åtta | nio | tio
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| Italic and Romance languages | ---- |
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| Latin | unus | duo | tres | quattuor | quinque | sex | septem | octo | novem | decem
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| Catalan | zero | un | dos | tres | quatre | cinc | sis | set | vuit | nou | deu
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| French
| zéro | un | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept | huit | neuf | dix
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| Italian | zero | uno | due | tre | quattro | cinque | sei | sette | otto | nove | dieci
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| Portuguese | zero | um | dois | três | quatro | cinco | seis | sete | oito | nove | dez
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| Romanian | zero | unu | doi | trei | patru | cinci | şase | şapte | opt | nouã | zece
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| Spanish | cero | uno | dos | tres | cuatro | cinco | seis | siete | ocho | nueve | diez
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| Wallon | zérô | onk / one | deus | troes | cwate | cénk | shîjh | set | ût | noûv | dîjh
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| Greek | ---- |
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| Greek | μηδέν | ένα | δύο | τρία | τέσσερα | πέντε | έξι | επτά | οκτώ | εννέα | δέκα
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| Illyrian languages | ---- |
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| Albanian | zero | një | dy | tre | katër | pesë | gjashtë | shtatë | tetë | nëntë | dhjetë
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| Baltic languages | ---- |
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| Lithuanian | vienas | du | trys | keturi | penki | šeši | septyni | aštuoni | devyni | dešimt
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| Slavic languages | ---- |
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| Czech | nula | jeden | dva | tři | čtyři | pět | šest | sedm | osm | devět | deset
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| Polish | zero | jeden | dwa | trzy | cztery | pięć | sześć | siedem | osiem | dziewięć | dziesięć
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| Russian | nol' ноль | odin один | dva два | tri три | chetyrye четыре | pyat' пять | shest' шесть | syem' семь | vosyem' восемь | dyevyat' девять | dyesyat' десять
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| Serbo-Croat | jedan | dva | tri | četiri | pet | šest | sedam | osam | devet | deset
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| Slovak | nula | jeden | dva | tri | štyri | päť | šesť | sedem | osem | deväť | desať
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| Slovio | nul | din | dva | tri | cxtir | piat | sxes | siem | vos | dev | des
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| Indic languages | ---- |
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| Sanskrit | eka- | dau- | traya- | cetura- | pancha- | sas | sapta- | astau- | naua- | dasa-
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| Hindi 1 | sunya / sifar | ek | do | tin | tchar (char) | panch | tché (chhah) | sat | at (ath) | no (nau) | das
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| Persian | yek | do | se | chahâr | panj | shesh | haft | hasht | noh | dah
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| Romany | jekh | duj | trin | shtar | pandzh | shov | efta | oxto | inja | desh
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| Celtic languages | ---- |
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| Breton | zero | unan | daou (m) diw (f) | tri teir | pewar peder | pemp | c'hwec'h | seizh | eizh | naw | deg
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| Welsh | dim | un | dau | tri | pedwar | pump | chwech | saith | wyth | naw | deg
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| Irish | aon | dhá | trí | cheithre | chúig | sé | seacht | ocht | naoi | deich
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| Lincolnshire Score | yan | tan | tethera | pethera | pimp | sethera | lethera | hovera | covera | dik
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| Afro-Asiatic languages | ---- |
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| Arabic 2 | ٠ sifer صِفْر | ١ wâhid واحِد | ٢ ithnayn إِثنان | ٣ thalâtha ثَلاثة | ٤ arba`a أرْبَعَة | ٥ khamsa خَمْسة | ٦ sitta سِتَّة | ٧ sab`a سَبْعَة | ٨ thamâniya ثَمانِة | ٩ tis`a تِسْعة | ١٠ `ashara عَشَرة
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| Hebrew | אפס | אחת אחד
| שתיים שניים | שלוש שלושה | ארבע ארבעה | חמש חמישה | שש שישה | שבע שבעה | שמונה שמונה | תשע תשעה | עשר עשרה
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| Dravidian languages | ----- |
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| Malayalam | onnu | rantu | mûnnu | nâlu | añju | âru | êru | ettu | onpatu | pattu
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| Tamil | onru | irantu | mûnru | nânku | aintu | âru | êlu | ettu | onpatu | pattu
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| Telugu | okati | rendu | mûdu | nâlugu | aidu | âru | êdu | enimidi | tommidi | padi
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| Burmese | tac | hnac | suMh | leh | ngah | krok | khu hnac | rhac | kuih | chay
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| Cantonese 3 | lihng 零 | yat 一 | yih/lehuhng 二/两 | saahm 三 | seih 四 | ng 五 | luhk 六 | chat 七 | baaht 八 | gauh 九 | sahp 十
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| Mandarin 3 | líng 零 | yī 一 | èr/liăng 二/两 | sān 三 | sì 四 | wŭ 五 | liù 六 | qī 七 | bā 八 | jiŭ 九 | shí 十
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| Tibetan | klad kor | gcig | gnyis | gsum | bzhi | lnga | drug | bdun | brgyad | dgu | bcu
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| Ural-Altaic languages | ---- |
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| Estonian | null | üks | kaks | kolm | neli | viis | kuus | seitse | kaheksa | üheksa | kümme
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| Finnish | nolla | yksi | kaksi | kolme | neljä | viisi | kuusi | seitsemän | kahdeksan | yhdeksän | kymmenen
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| Hungarian | nulla | egy | kettő | három | négy | öt | hat | hét | nyolc | kilenc | tíz
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| Lappish | okta | guokte | golbma | njeallje | vihtta | guhtta | cieza | gavcci | ovcci | logi
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| Mongolian | negen | xoyor | gurav | duruv | tavan | zurgaan | doloon | naiman | ieson | arvan
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| Turkish | bir | iki | üg | dört | bes | alti | yedi | sekiz | dokuz | on
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| Austronesian languages | ---- |
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| Bisaya | usa | duha | tulo | upat | lima | unom | pito | walo | siyam | napulo
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| Indonesian | satu | dua | tiga | empat | lima | enam | tujuh | delapan | sembilam
| sepuluh
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| Tagalog | isa | dalawa | tatlo | apat | lima | anim | pito | walo | siyam | sampu
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| Maori | tahi | rua | toru | whâ | rima | ono | whitu | waru | iwa | tekau
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| Samoan | tasi | lua | tolu | fa | lima | ono | fitu | valu | iva | sefulu
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| Native American languages | ---- |
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| Guarani | peteï | moköi | mbohapy | irundy | (as in Spanish) |
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| Mayan | hun | ca | ox | can | ho | uac | uuc | uaxac | bolon | lahun
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| Mapuche | kiñe | epu | küla | meli | kechu | kayu | relqe | pura | ailla | mari
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| Navajo | láá'ii | naaki | táá | díí` | `ashdla` | hastáá | tsots`id | tseebíí | náhást`éí | neezná
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| Quechua | huk | iskay | kimsa | tawa | pichqa | soqta | qanchis | pusaq | isqon | chunka
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| Korean | yeong 영 | hana 하나 il 일 | dul 둘 i 이 | set 셋 sam 삼 | net 넷 sa 사 | daseot 다섯 o 오 | yeoseot 여섯 yuk 육 | ilgop 일곱 chil 칠 | yeodeol 여덟 pal 팔 | ahop 아홉 gu 구 | yeol 열 sip 십
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| Japanese 4 | 〇 zero / rei ゼロ / れい | 一 hitotsu / ichi いち | 二 futatsu / ni に | 三 mittsu / san さん | 四 yottsu / shi し / よん | 五 itsutsu / go ご | 六 muttsu / roku ろく | 七 nanatsu / shichi しち / なな | 八 yattsu / hachi はち | 九 kokonotsu / ku きゅう | 十 tô / jû じゅう
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| Basque | bat | bi | hiru | lau | bost | sei | zazpi | zortzi | bederatzi | hamar
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| Etruscan | thu | zal | ci | huth | mak | sa | semph | cezp | nurph | zal(ch)
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| Constructed languages | ---- |
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| Brithenig | sero / rhen | yn | dew | trui | cathr | cinc | sei | seth | oeth | noe | deg
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| Esperanto | nulo | unu | du | tri | kvar | kvin | ses | sep | ok | naŭ | dek
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| Nuirn | ingen | haon | tuâ | þrí | fiòra | féam | stvac | siù | ácht | naoi | tí
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| Volapuk | nul | bal | tel | kil | fol | lul | mäl | vel | jöl | zül | bals
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| Wenedyk | zero | un | dwu | trzej | kwastru | cząc | szecz | siecę | ostu | nów | dziecz
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1The forms between brackets are transcriptions different from the Hindi.
2Although English names its numerals Arabic numerals, they came to Europe through India, originally from the Islamic civilization. Arab countries use other symbols for numerals, although with the same decimal structure. In the table, these figures appear in the top row of the text. For numbers with several digits, one writes in increasing powers of ten (units first, then tens, and so on). As in the west, the units are on the right and the greater powers of ten are on the left, as shown for the Arabic ten in the table. In the transliteration, th must be read about like English th, although closer to the S than Z or V . kh is a guttural R, as in Khaled, similar to the German CH of Bach (IPA χ, ).
3There are two different characters which mean "2"
- èr (二) is used for numbers ("the year 2000")
- liăng (两) is used to describe ("I have two fruits")
