How to count in Proto-Italic, the reconstructed ancestor of the Italic languages that was originally spoken north of the Alps from about 2,500 BC, and later in the Italian peninsula.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | *oinos [ˈoi̯.nos] |
| 2 | *duō [ˈdu.oː] |
| 3 | *trēs [ˈtreːs] |
| 4 | *kʷettwōr [ˈkʷet.tu̯oːr] |
| 5 | *kʷenkʷe [ˈkʷen.kʷe] |
| 6 | *seks [ˈseks] |
| 7 | *septem [ˈsep.tem] |
| 8 | *oktō [ˈok.toː] |
| 9 | *nowem [ˈno.wem] |
| 10 | *dekem [ˈde.kem] |
| 20 | *wīgentī [ˈwiː.ɡen.tiː] |
| 30 | *trīgentā |
Numbers marked * are reconstructions.
Hear some Proto-Italic numbers:
Sources
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Italic_numerals
Information about Proto-Italic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Italic_language
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