Numbers in various languages

Details of how to count in a variety of languages, with recordings for some of them.

Alphabetical index | Index by language family

Index of numbers pages by language family

Afro-Asiatic | Algonquian | Araucanian | Arawakan | Australian | Austroasiatic | Austronesian | Aymaran | Barbacoan | Caddoan | Cahuapanan | Cariban | Caucasian | Chonan | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Chumashan | Dravidian | Eskimo-Aleut | Hmong-Mien | Indo-European | Iroquoian | Japonic | Jivaroan | Khoisan | Koreanic | Mayan | Misumalpan | Mixe-Zoque | Mongolic | Muskogean | Na-Dené | Niger-Congo | Nilo-Saharan | North Bougainville | Ongan | Oto-Manguean | Papuan | Pauwasi | Pomoan | Quechuan | Salishan | Sino-Tibetan | Siouan | Tai-Kaidai Totonacan | Tsimshianic | Tungusic | Tupí-Guarani | Turkic | Uralic | Uto-Aztecan | Yok-Utian | Yukaghir | Pidgins and Creoles | Language isolates | International Auxiliary Languages | Constructed Languages

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Afro-Asiatic languages

Berber: Shilha, Tamahaq, Tamasheq, Tamazight
Chadic: Hausa, Migaama, Moloko, Sokoro, Somrai
Cushitic: Afar, Beja, Oromo, Somali
Egyptian: Coptic
Omotic: Bambassi
Semitic: Amharic, Arabic (Chadian), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Hejazi), Arabic (Libyan), Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Moroccan), Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Tigre, Tigrinya, Turoyo

Algonquian languages

: Abenaki, Algonquin, Arapaho, Atikamekw, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree (Moose), Cree (Plains), Cree (Swampy), Cree (Woods), Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Innu, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Menominee, Miami, Mi'kmaq, Mohegan, Naskapi, Ojibwe, Ottawa, Penobscot, Potawatomi, Sauk, Shawnee, Unami (Lenape)

Araucanian languages

: Huilliche, Mapuche

Arawakan languages

: Apurinã, Arawak, Garifuna, Paraujano, Paresi, Wapishana, Wayuu

Australian languages

Pama-Nyungan languages: Anindilyakwa, Gamilaraay, Pitjantjatjara, Wiradjuri, Yolŋu

Austroasiatic languages

Aslian languages: Jedek
Bahnaric languages: Chrau, Sedang
Katuic languages: Kuy
Khasi-Palaungic languages: Khasi, Wa
Khmeric languages: Khmer
Monic languages: Mon, Nyah Kur
Munda languages: Ho, Mundari, Santali, Sora
Vietic languages: Kri, Muong, Vietnamese

Austronesian languages

Bornean languages: Bonggi, Ida’an, Kadazandusun, Kelabit, Lun Bawang, Penan, Rejang
Celebic languages: Muna, Tajio, Tolaki
Chamic languages: Acehnese, Cham, Jarai, Rade
Formosan languages: Amis, Atayal, Kavalan, Kanakanavu, Paiwan, Pazeh, Puyuma, Saaroa, Saysiyat, Seediq
Malayo-Polynesian languages: Ambel, Araki, Balinese, Banjarese, Batak (Toba), Biak, Bugis, Chamorro, Dhao, Ende-Li'o, Hawu, Iban, Indonesian, Javanese, Kambera, Kembayan, Kei, Madurese, Malagasy, Malay, Manggarainese, Minangkabau, Moma-Kulawi, Motu, Ngadha, Paku, Rongga, Selaru, Sumbawa, Sundanese, Tado-Lindu, Wandamen, Yakan
Micronesian languages: Carolinian, Chuukese, Kiribati, Kosraean, Marshallese, Mokliese, Nauruan, Pingelapese, Pohnpeian, Puluwatese, Satawalese, Sonsorolese, Tobian, Woleaian
Oceanic languages: Apma, Big Numbas, Bola, Cheke Holo, Dorig, Drehu, Fijian, Ghari, Hiw, Kara, Kokota, Kove, Kwara’ae, Lakon, Lote, Lo-Toga, Manam, Maskelynes, Mavea, Nafsan, Nengone, North Efate, Nyelâyu, Paama, Papapana, Rotuman, Roviana, Siar, Sio, Sobei, Sursurunga, Tigak, Tîrî, Tamambo, Ubir, Ughele, Vitu
Philippine languages: Abellen, Agutaynen, Aklan, Balangao, Bantoanon, Bikol, Bolinao, Bontoc, Bukid, Caluyanon, Capiznon, Casiguran Dumagat Agta, Cebuano, Cuyonon, Dupaningan, Gaddang, Gorontalo, Hiligaynon, Hanunó’o, Ibaloi, Ibanag, Ifugao, Iloko, Isnag, Itawis, Ivatan, Kagayanen, Kankanaey, Maguindanao, Mapun, Maranao, Masbateño, Matigsalug Manobo, Mongondow, Pangasinan, Ratahan, Romblomanon, Surigaonon, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tagabawà, Tausūg, Tboli, Tondano, Waray-Waray, Western Subanon, Yami/Tao, Yogad
Polynesian languages: Proto-Polynesian, Anutan, Emae, Futunan, Hawaiian, Kapingamarangi, Mangareva, Māori, Marquesan (North), Marquesan (South), Moriori, Niuafoʻou, Niuean, Nukuria, Nukuoro, Pukapukan, Rapa, Rapa Nui, Rarotongan, Rennellese, Samoan, Sikaiana, Tahitian, Tokelauan, Takuu, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Wallisian
Sama-Bajaw languages: Central Sinama
Timoric languages: Dawan, Helong, Tetum

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Aymaran languages

: Aymara, Jaqaru

Barbacoan languages

: Awa Pit

Caddoan languages

: Arikara, Caddo, Pawnee, Wichita

Cahuapanan languages

: Jebero

Cariban languages

: Bakairi, Carib, Ikpeng, Pemon, Wayana

Caucasian languages

North East Caucasian languages: Aghul, Akhvakh, Andi, Archi, Avar, Bagvalal, Batsbi, Bezhta, Botlikh, Budukh, Chamalal, Chechen, Dargwa, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Kaitag, Karata, Khinalug, Kubachi, Lak, Lezgi, Rutul, Tabassaran, Tindi, Tsakhur, Tsez, Udi
North West Caucasian languages: Abkhaz, Abaza, Adyghe, Kabardian
South Caucasian languages: Georgian, Laz, Mingrelian, Svan

Chonan languages

: Ona, Tehuelche

Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages

: Alyutor, Chukchi, Itelmen, Koryak

Chumashan languages

: Cruzeño

Dravidian languages

: Aheri Gondi, Brahui, Kannada, Kodava, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu

Eskimo-Aleut languages

: Aleut, Alutiiq, Greenlandic, Inuktitut, Iñupiaq, Yup'ik (Central Alaskan), Yupik (Central Siberian)

Hmong-Mien languages

: Hmong Dau (White Hmong), Iu Mien,

Indo-European languages

Proto languages: Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Italic
Albanian languages: Albanian, Arbëresh
Armenian languages: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Baltic languages: Curonian, Latgalian, Latvian, Lithuanian
Celtic languages: Proto-Celtic, Proto-Brythonic, Old Irish, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, Gaulish, Breton, Cornish, Cumbric, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh
Germanic languages: Afrikaans, Alsatian, Bavarian, Cimbrian, Danish, Dutch, Elfdalian, English, Faroese, Frisian (East - Saterland), Frisian (North - Mooring), Frisan (North - Sylt), Frisian (West), German, Gothic, Gottscheerish, Gronings, Hunsrik, Icelandic, Limburgish, Low German, Luxembourgish, Mòcheno, Norn, Norwegian, Old English, Old Norse, Pennsylvania German / Dutch, Proto-Germanic, Scots, Shetlandic, Swabian, Swedish, Swiss German, Värmlandic, West Flemish, Wymysorys, Yiddish, Yola, Zeelandic
Hellenic languages: Greek (Ancient), Greek (Modern), Griko, Pontic Greek, Tsakonian
Indo-Aryan languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Domari, Dumi, Garhwali, Gujarati, Hajong, Hindi, Kalderash Romani, Kashmiri, Konkani, Kutchi, Maithili, Maldivian, Marathi, Nepali, Odia (Oriya), Palula, Punjabi, Rohingya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhala, Sylheti, Torwali, Urdu
Iranian languages: Baluchi, Dari, Gilaki, Ishkashimi, Juhuri, Kumzari, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Soranî), Oroshor, Ossetian, Pashto, Persian, Sanglechi, Sarikoli, Shughni, Tajik, Talysh, Wakhi, Yaghnobi
Italic languages: Faliscan, Latin, Oscan, Umbrian
Romance languages: Aragonese, Aromanian, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Dalmatian, Extremaduran, French, Friulian, Galician, Gallo, Istro-Romanian, Italian, Jèrriais, Ladin, Ligurian, Llanito, Lombard, Monégasque, Neapolitan, Picard, Piedmontese, Portuguese, Provençal, Romanian, Romansh, Sardinian, Sicilian, Spanish, Venetian, Walloon
Slavic languages: Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Old Church Slavonic, Polish, Proto-Slavic, Russian, Rusyn (Carpathian), Serbian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Sorbian (Lower), Sorbian (Upper), Ukrainian

Iroquoian languages

: Cayuga, Cherokee, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora, Wendat

Japonic / Japanese-Ryukyuan languages

: Japanese, Miyakoan, Okinawan, Yonaguni

Jivaroan languages

: Aguaruna

Khoisan languages

: Khoekhoe (Nama)

Koreanic languages

: Jeju, Korean

Mayan languages

: Achi, Akatek, Awakatek, Ch’ol, Huasteco, Jakaltek, Kaqchikel, Mam, Poqomam, Poqomchiʼ, Q'anjob'al, Q'eqchi', Sakpulktek, Tektitek, Yucatec Maya

Misumalpan languages

: Miskito

Mixe-Zoque languages

: Isthmus Mixe, Sayula Popoluca

Mongolic languages

: Buryat, Daur, Kalmyk, Khitan, Mongolian, Monguor, Santa

Muskogean languages

Eastern Muskogean: Alabama, Koasati, Mikasuki, Muscogee (Creek-Seminole)
Western Muskogean: Chickasaw, Choctaw

Na-Dené languages

: Eyak, Tlingit
Athabaskan languages: Ahtna, Carrier (Dakelh), Chipewyan, Dane-zaa, Deg Xinag, Gwichʼin, Hupa, Jicarilla, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Navajo, Sekani, Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib), Tolowa, Tsuut'ina, Western Apache

Niger-Congo languages

Altantic-Congo languages: Efik, Cebaara, Mundang, Supyire, Twi, Wolof
Bantoid languages: Bamum, Tiv
Bantu languages: Basaa, Bemba, Chichewa, Chokwe, Comorian, Ewondo, Fang, Gusii, Gwere, Herero, Kamba, Kirundi, Lingala, Luganda, Luvale, Makhuwa, Maore, Mbunda, Mwani, Ndebele (Southern), Nkore, Northern Sotho, Nyole, Nyungwe, Punu, Shona, Soga, Southern Sotho, Swahili, Swati, Taita, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Xhosa, Yao, Zulu
Gur languages: Dagbani, Mampruli, Mossi
Kwa languages: Akan, Akuapem, Anii, Dangme, Ga, Logba, Twi
Mande languages: Bambara, Kinyarwanda, Mandinka, Soninke, Susu, Vai
Senegambian languages: Fula
Volta-Niger languages: Ewe, Igbo, Ikwerre, Isoko, Urhobo, Yoruba

Nilo-Saharan languages

: Acholi, Ateso, Daza, Dholuo, Lango, Nuer

North Bougainville languages

: Rotokas

Ongan languages

: Jarawa

Oto-Manguean languages

: Mazatec, Otomi (Sierra), Zapotec (Aloápam), Zapotec (Choápam), Zapotec (Isthmus), Zapotec (Rincón)

Papuan languages

: Savosavo, Tobelo

Pomoan languages

: Central Pomo

Pauwasi languages

: Lepki

Quechuan languages

: Ancash Quechua, Ayacucho Quechua, Cusco Quechua, Kichwa

Salishan languages

: Squamish

Sino-Tibetan languages

Angami-Pochuri languages: Mao
Ao languages: Ao Naga, Yimchungrü
Bodic (Tibeto-Kanauri) languages: Dzongkha, Ladakhi, Sherpa, Tibetan
Brahmaputran languages: Khiamniungan, Kokborok, Muklom, Phom
Digaro languages: Digaro Mishmi, Idu Mishmi
Karenic languages: Eastern Pwo Karen, Red Karen (West Kayah), Sgaw Karen
Kukish languages: Chiru, Chothe, Gangte, Karbi, Manipuri, Paite, Simte, Tedim, Zou
Lolo-Burmese languages: Burmese, Hani, Lahu
Sinitic (Chinese) languages: Cantonese, Dungan, Hakka, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Taiwanese
Tibeto-Burman languages: Angami, Balti, Hmar, Inpui, Khowa (Bugun), Koireng, Liangmai Naga, Lisu, Milang, Moyon, Naxi, Pochuri (Naga), Sartang, Sherdukpen, Singpho, Tangkhul (Naga), Yi

Siouan languages

: Assiniboine, Biloxi, Chiwere, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Lakota, Mandan, Omaha, Osage, Quapaw, Stoney, Tutelo

Tai-Kaidai / Kra-Dai languages

: Ahom, Isan, Lao, Shan, Tai Dam, Tai Lue, Tai Nuea, Thai, Yongbei Zhuang

Totonacan languages

: Papantla Totonac

Trans-New Guinea languages

: Abui, Ketengban, Makalero, Ngalum, Sawila, Teiwa,

Tsimshianic languages

: Tsimshian

Tungusic / Manchu-Tungus languages

Northern Tungusic: Even, Evenki, Negidal, Oroch, Udege
Southern Tungusic: Jurchen, Manchu, Nanai, Orok / Uilta, Ulch, Xibe

Tupí-Guarani languages

: Guaraní, Nheengatu

Turkic languages

: Altay, Altay (Teleut dialect), Altay (Tubalar dialect), Äynu, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Chagatai, Chelkan, Chulym, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Dolgan, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Karaim, Kazakh, Khakas, Kumyk, Kyrgyz, Nagaibak, Nogai, Old Turkic, Salar, Shor, Soyot, Tatar, Tofa, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Urum, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut

Uralic languages

Finnic languages: Estonian, Finnish, Ingrian, Karelian, Kven, Livonian, Livvi-Karelian, Proto-Finnic, Vepsian, Võro, Votic
Mari languages: Hill Mari, Meadow Mari
Mordvinic languages: Erzya, Moksha
Permic languages: Besermyan, Komi, Udmurt
Sámi languages: Inari Saami, Kildin Sámi, Lule Sámi, Northern Sámi, Pite Sámi, Skolt Sámi, Southern Sámi, Ter Sámi, Ume Sámi
Samoyedic languages: Enets, Nenets, Nganasan, Selkup
Ugric languages: Hungarian, Khanty, Mansi

Uto-Aztecan languages

: Guerrero Nahuatl, Hopi, Huichol, Nahuatl, O'odham, Tarahumara, Timbisha, Tongva, Yaqui

Yok-Utian languages

: Mutsun, Wukchumni

Yukaghir languages

: Northern Yukaghir, Southern Yukaghir

Pidgins and Creoles

: Cape Verdean Creole, Chinook Jargon, Dominican Creole, Fanagalo, Haitian Creole, Kituba, Kristang, Manado Malay, Mauritian Creole, Norfuk, Pijin, Sango, Sierra Leone Creole, Sranan, Tok Pisin

Language isolates

: Adaizan, Ainu, Basque, Bilua, Burushaski, Chitimacha, Eskayan, Haida, Karuk, Kunza, Nivkh, Puroik/Sulung, Tunica, Warao, Yuchi / Euchee, Zakhring, Zuni

International Auxiliary languages

: Esperanto, Folkspraak, Ido, Interlingua, Interlingue / Occidental, Interslavic, Lingwa de planeta, Lingua Franca Nova, Novial, Romániço, Volapük

Constructed languages

: Dothraki, Klingon, Laala, Lojban, Quenya, Solresol, Toki Pona

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Links

Numbers from 1 to 10 in Over 5000 Languages
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List of numbers (1-10) in various languages
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Language and numbers - details of counting systems for over 90 languages
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com

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