Numbers in Manx

How to count in Manx (Gaelg), a Gaelic language spoken in Isle of Man, a part of the British Isles.

Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine

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	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	neunhee
1	nane un, unnane	yn chied
2	jees daa	yn nah
3	tree	yn trass
4	kiare	yn chiarroo
5	queig	yn whieggoo
6	shey	yn çheyoo
7	shiaght	yn çhiaghtoo
8	hoght	yn hoghtoo
9	nuy	yn nuyoo
10	jeih	yn jeihoo
11	nane-jeig unnane-jeig
12	daa-yeig
13	tree-jeig
14	kiare-jeig
15	queig-jeig
16	shey-jeig
17	shiaght-jeig
18	hoght-jeig
19	nuy-jeig
20	feed	yn 'eedoo
21	nane as feed
22	jees as feed
23	tree as feed
24	kiare as feed
25	queig as feed
26	shey as feed
27	shiaght as feed
28	hoght as feed
29	nuy as feed
30	jeih as feed
31	nane-jeig as feed
32	daa-yeig as feed
33	tree-jeig as feed
34	kiare-jeig as feed
35	queig-jeig as feed
36	shey-jeig as feed
37	shiaght-jeig as feed
38	hoght-jeig as feed
39	nuy-jeig as feed
40	daeed
50	jeih as daeed / lieh cheead queigad
60	tree feed
70	tree feed as jeih
80	kiare feed
90	kiare feed as jeih
100	keead
1000	milley jeih keead

Notes

When counting aloud the numbers nane and jees are used for one and two, but when counting things un and daa are used.
You could continue counting in 20s up to 199 (nuy feed as nuy jeig) before starting again.
Ordinal number are formed by adding the suffix -oo
Nouns are lenited after ordinal numbers, unless they start with t, d, çh or j. For example, yn chied vaatey = the first boat.
The noun comes the first part of compound ordinals, e.g. yn trass vaatey jeig = the 11th boat, yn jeihoo vaatey as feed = the 30th boat

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Links

Numbers in Manx
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/manx.html
http://www.learnmanx.com/cms/inter_lesson_detail_1057.html

Numbers in Celtic languages

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

Numbers in other languages

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