Numbers in Celtic languages

How to count in the six modern Celtic languages (Breton, Cornish, Welsh, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic).

Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine

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	Breton (Brezhoneg)	Cornish (Kernewek)	Welsh (Cymraeg)	Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge)	Manx Gaelic (Gaelg)	Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
0	mann	man	sero/dim	náid	neunhee	neoini
1	unan	onan, onen unn (before noun)	un	aon	nane un, unnane	aon
2	daou (m) div (f)	dew (m) diw (f)	dau (m) dwy (f)	dó	jees daa	dà/dhà
3	tri (m) teir (f)	tri (m) teyr (f)	tri (m) tair (f)	trí	tree	trì
4	pevar (m) peder (f)	peswar (m) peder (f)	pedwar (m) pedair (f)	ceathair	kiare	ceithir
5	pemp	pymp	pum(p)	cúig	queig	còig
6	c'hwec'h	hwegh	chwe(ch)	sé	shey	sia
7	seizh	seyth	saith	seacht	shiaght	seachd
8	eizh	eth	wyth	ocht	hoght	ochd
9	nav	naw	naw	naoi	nuy	naoi
10	dek	deg	deg	deich	jeih	deich
11	unnek	unnek	unarddeg un deg un	aon déag	nane-jeig unnane-jeig	aon deug
12	daouzek	dewdhek	deuddeg un deg dau	dó dhéag	daa-yeig	d(h)à dheug
13	trizek	tredhek	tri ar ddeg un deg tri	trí déag	tree-jeig	trì deug
14	pevarzek	peswardhek	pedwar ar ddeg un deg pedwar	ceathair déag	kiare-jeig	ceithir deug
15	pemzek	pymthek	pymtheg un deg pump	cúig déag	queig-jeig	còig deug
16	c'hwezek	hwetek	un ar bymtheg un deg chwech	sé déag	shey-jeig	sia deug
17	seitek	seytek	dau ar bymtheg un deg saith	seacht déag	shiaght-jeig	seachd deug
18	triwec'h	etek	deunaw un deg wyth	ocht déag	hoght-jeig	ochd deug
19	naontek	nownsek	pedwar ar bymtheg un deg nau	naoi déag	nuy-jeig	naoi deug
20	ugent	ugens	ugain dau ddeg	fiche	feed	fichead
21	unan warn ugent	onan warn ugens	un ar hugain dau ddeg un	fiche a haon	nane as feed	aon air fhichead fichead 's a haon
22	daou warn ugent	dew warn ugens	dau ar hugain dau ddeg dau	fiche a dó	jees as feed	dhà air fhichead fichead 's a dhà
23	tri warn ugent	tri warn ugens	tri ar hugain dau ddeg tri	fiche a trí	tree as feed	trì air fhichead fichead 's a trì
24	pevar warn ugent	peswar warn ugens	pedwar ar hugain dau ddeg pedwar	fiche a ceathair	kiare as feed	ceithir air fhichead fichead 's a ceithir
25	pemp warn ugent	pymp warn ugens	pump ar hugain dau ddeg pump	fiche a cúig	queig as feed	còig air fhichead fichead 's a còig
26	c'hwec'h warn ugent	hwegh warn ugens	chwech ar hugain dau ddeg chwech	fiche a sé	shey as feed	sia air fhichead fichead 's a sia
27	seizh warn ugent	seyth warn ugens	saith ar hugain dau ddeg pedwar	fiche a seacht	shiaght as feed	seachd air fhichead fichead 's a seachd
28	eizh warn ugent	eth warn ugens	wyth ar hugain dau ddeg wyth	fiche a hocht	hoght as feed	ochd air fhichead fichead 's a hochd
29	nav warn ugent	naw warn ugens	naw ar hugain dau ddeg naw	fiche a naoi	nuy as feed	naoi air fhichead fichead 's a naoi
30	tregont	deg warn ugens	deg ar hugain tri deg	tríocha	jeih as feed	deich air fhichead trithead
31	unan ha tregont	uunek warn ugens	unarddeg ar hugain tri deg un	tríocha a haon	nane-jeig as feed	aon deug air fhichead trithead 's a haon
32	daou ha tregont	dewdhek warn ugens	deuddeg ar hugain tri deg dau	tríocha a dó	daa-yeig as feed	dhà dheug air fhichead trithead 's a dhà
33	tri ha tregont	tredhek warn ugens	tri ar ddeg ar hugain tri deg tri	tríocha a trí	tree-jeig as feed	trì deug air fhichead trithead 's a trì
34	pevar ha tregont	peswardhek warn ugens	pedwar deg ar hugain tri deg pedwar	tríocha a ceathair	kiare-jeig as feed	ceithir deug air fhichead trithead 's a ceithir
35	pemp ha tregont	pymthek warn ugens	pymtheg ar hugain tri deg pump	tríocha a cúig	queig-jeig as feed	còig deug air fhichead trithead 's a còig
36	c'hwec'h ha tregont	hewtek warn ugens	un ar bymtheg ar hugain tri deg chwech	tríocha a sé	shey-jeig as feed	sia deug air fhichead trithead 's a sia
37	seizh ha tregont	seytek warn ugens	dau ar bymtheg ar hugain tri deg saith	tríocha a seacht	shiaght-jeig as feed	seachd deug air fhichead trithead 's a seachd
38	eizh ha tregont	etek warn ugens	daunaw ar hugain tri deg wyth	tríocha a hocht	hoght-jeig as feed	ochd deug air fhichead trithead 's a ochd
39	nav ha tregont	nownsek warn ugens	pewdar ar bymtheg ar hugain tri deg	tríocha a naoi	nuy-jeig as feed	naoi deug air fhichead trithead 's a naoi
40	daou-ugent	dew-ugens	deugain pedwar deg	ceathracha daichead	daeed	dà fhichead ceathrad
50	hanter-kant	hanterkans deg ha dew-ugens	hanner cant pum deg	caoga	jeih as daeed / lieh cheead queigad	dà fhichead 's deich / leth-cheud caogad
60	tri-ugent	tri-ugens	trigain chwe deg	seasca	tree feed	trì fichead siagad
70	dek ha tri-ugent	deg ha tri-ugens	deg a thrigain saith deg	seachtó	tree feed as jeih	trì fichead 's deich seachad
80	pevar-ugent	peswar-ugens	pedwar ugain wyth deg	ochtó	kiare feed	ceithir fichead ochdad
90	dek ha pevar-ugent	deg ha peswar-ugens	deg a phedwar ugain naw deg	nócha	kiare feed as jeih	ceithir fichead 's deich naochad
100	kant	kans	cant	céad	keead	ceud
1000	mil	mil	mil	míle	milley jeih keead	mìle
	Breton phrases	More about Cornish numbers Cornish phrases	More about Welsh numbers Welsh phrases	More about Irish numbers Irish phrases	Manx phrases	Scottish Gaelic phrases

Notes

Cornish numbers are in Furv Skrifys Savonek (Standard Written Form)
The numbers 2, 3 and 4 in Breton, Cornish and Welsh have masculine and feminine forms which are used with masculine and feminine nouns respectively.
Some numbers in Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx have both vigesimal and decimal forms - the vigesimal form is given first.
In the Gaelic languages, the forms of numbers change when counting things and people.
In Manx you could continue counting in 20s up to 199 (nuy feed as nuy jeig) before starting again.

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Links

Numbers in Breton
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/breton.html

Numbers in Welsh
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/traditional_welsh.html
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/modern_welsh.html

Numbers in Manx
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/manx.html

Details of numbers in Scottish Gaelic
http://taic.me.uk/leasan31.htm

Numbers in Celtic languages

Proto-Celtic, Celtiberian, Gaulish, Proto-Brythonic, Cumbric, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, Welsh, Middle Cornish, Cornish, Old Breton, Middle Breton, Breton Old Irish, Middle Irish, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic

Numbers in other languages

Alphabetical index | Language family index

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