Numbers in Bavarian (Bairisch)

How to count in Bavarian, a collection of Upper German varieties spoken in Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol in Italy.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	nui, null
1	oas/oans/àns	eàste
2	zwoa/zwà	zwoate
3	drei	dritte
4	fiar(e)	fiarte
5	fimf(e)	fimfte
6	seggs(e)	seggste
7	siem(e)	siemte
8	åcht(e)	åchte
9	neine/nei	neite
10	zeene/zeah	zeente
11	öif(e)/ööf	öifte
12	zwöif(e)/zwööf	zwöifte
13	dreizea/dreizen	dreizente
14	fiazea/fiazen	fiazente
15	fuchzea/fuchzen	fuchzente
16	sechzea/sechzen	sechzente
17	sibzea/sibzen	sibzente
18	åchzea/åchzen	åchzente
19	neizea/neizen	neizente
20	zwånzg(e)e/zwoanzg(e)	zwoanzigste
21	oana-/ànazwånzg(e)	(-ste from here on)
22	zwoara-/zwàrazwånzg(e)
23	dreiazwånzg(e)
24	fiarazwånzg(e)
25	fimfazwånzg(e)
26	seggsazwånzg(e)
27	simmazwånzge
28	åchtazwånzge
29	neinazwånzge
30	dreißge
40	fiazg(e)
50	fuchzg(e)
60	sechzg(e)
70	sibzg(e)/siwazg(e)
80	åchtzg(e)
90	neinzg(e)
100	hundad
1.000	dausnd
10.000	zendausnd
100.000	hundaddausnd
1.000.000	oa Million
1.000.000.000	oa Milliarda
1.000.000.000.000	oa Billion

Fractions, decimals and percentages

0,0	Null Komma nix
0,1	Null Komma oans
0,12	Null Komma zwööf/ Null komma oans zwoa
1/2	a Hoib
1/3	a Driddl
1/4	a Viertl
1/5	a Fümfdl
1/6	a Seggsdl
3/4	Dreiviertl
%	as Prozent, as Prozentzeichn
50%	fuchzg Prozent

Two used to agree with the gender of the noun it was attached to: zwee (m), zwo (f) and zwoa/zwà (n), however this distinction is no longer used.

Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairische_Dialekte#Numeralia_.28Zahlw.C3.B6rter.29

Information compiled by Michael Peter Füstumum

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