Numbers in Faroese

How to count in Faroese (føroyskt), a Northern Germanic language spoken in the Faroe Islands and Denmark.

Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine, n = neuter

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	null
1	ein (m), einar (f), eitt (n)	fyrsti (m), fyrsta (f/n)
2	tveir (m), tvær (f), tvey (n)	annar (m), onnur (f), annað (n)
3	tríggir (m), tríggjar (f), trý (n)	triði (m), triða (f/n)
4	fýra	fjórði (m) fjórða (f/n)
5	fimm	fimti (m), fimta (f/n)
6	seks	sætti (m), sætta (f/n)
7	sjey	sjeyndi (m), sjeynda (f/n)
8	átta	áttandi (m), áttanda (f/n)
9	níggju	níggjundi (m), níggjunda (f/n)
10	tíggju (m/f), ti (n)	tíggjundi (m), tíggjunda (f/n)
11	ellivu	ellivti (m), ellivta (f/n)
12	tólv	tólvti (m), tólvta (f/n)
13	trettan	trettandi (m), trettanda (f/n)
14	fjúrtan	fjúrtandi (m), fjúrtanda (f/n)
15	fimtan	fimtandi (m), fimtanda (f/n)
16	sekstan	sekstandi (m), sekstanda (f/n)
17	seytjan	seytjandi (m), seytjanda (f/n)
18	átjan	átjandi (m), átjanda (f/n)
19	nítjan	nítjandi (m), nítjanda (f/n)
20	tjúgu	tjúgundi (m), tjúgunda (f/n)
21	ein og tjúgu	tjúgundi og fyrsti
22	tveir og tjúgu	tjúgundi og annar
23	tríggir og tjúgu	tjúgundi og triði
24	fýra og tjúgu	tjúgundi og fjórði
25	fimm og tjúgu	tjúgundi og fimti
26	seks og tjúgu	tjúgundi og sætti
27	sjey og tjúgu	tjúgundi og sjeyndi
28	átta og tjúgu	tjúgundi og áttandi
29	níggju og tjúgu	tjúgundi og níggjundi
30	tríati	tretivundi
40	fýrati	fjørutandi
50	fimmti / hálvtrýss	fimtandi
60	seksti / trýss	sekstandi
70	sjeyti / hálvfjerðs	sjútandi
80	áttati / fýrs	áttandi
90	níti / hálvfems	nítandi
100	eitt hundrað	hundraðandi
200	tvey hundrað	tveyhundraðandi
300	trý hundrað	trýhundraðandi
1,000	eitt túsund	túsundandi
2,000	tvey túsund	tveytúsundandi
100,000	hundrað túsund	hundrað túsundi
1,000,000	ein millión	milliónandi
2,000,000	tveir milliónir	tveirmilliónandi
1,000,000,000	ein milliard	túsund milliónandi
1,000,000,000,000	ein billión	billiónandi
half	helvt
third	triðjingur
quarter	fjórðingur

Hear some Faroese numbers:

Links

Information about counting in Faroese
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-faroese/en/fao/
http://www.framtak.com/info/faroese.html
https://wikitravel.org/en/Faroese_phrasebook?title=Faroese_phrasebook
http://www.101languages.net/faroese/numbers.html

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Numbers in Germanic languages

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