How to count in Shan (လိၵ်ႈတႆး), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in northern Myanmar, southern China and northern Thailand.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 0 (႐) | သူၼ် (sǔun) [sʰon˨˦] | |
| 1 (႑) | ၼိုင်ႈ (nūeng) [nɯŋ˧˧˨] | တီႈၼိုင်ႈ (tīi nūeng) |
| 2 (႒) | သွင် (sǎung) [sʰɔŋ˨˦] | တီႈသွင် (tīi sǎung) |
| 3 (႓) | သၢမ် (sǎam) [sʰaːm˨˦] | တီႈသၢမ် (tīi sǎam) |
| 4 (႔) | သီႇ (sìi) [sʰiː˩] | တီႈသီႇ (tīi sìi) |
| 5 (႕) | ႁႃႈ (hāa) [haː˧˧˨] | တီႈႁႃႈ (tīi hāa) |
| 6 (႖) | ႁူၵ်း (húuk) [hok̚˥] | တီႈႁူၵ်း (tīi húuk) |
| 7 (႗) | ၸဵတ်း (tsáet) [t͡ɕet̚˥] | တီႈၸဵတ်း (tīi tsáet) |
| 8 (႘) | ပႅတ်ႇ (pèt) [pɛt̚˩] | တီႈပႅတ်ႇ (tīi pèt) |
| 9 (႙) | ၵဝ်ႈ (kāo) [kaw˧˧˨] | တီႈၵဝ်ႈ (tīi kāo) |
| 10 (႑႐) | သိပ်း (síp) [sʰip̚˥] | တီႈသိပ်း (tīi síp) |
| 11 (႑႑) | သိပ်းဢဵတ်း (síp ʼáet) [sʰip̚˥.ʔet̚˥] | တီႈသိပ်းဢဵတ်း (tīi síp ʼáet) |
| 12 (႑႒) | သိပ်းသွင် (síp sǎung) [sʰip̚˥.sʰɔŋ˨˦] | တီႈသိပ်းသွင် (tīi síp sǎung) |
| 13 (႑႓) | သိပ်းသၢမ် (síp sǎam) [sʰip̚˥.sʰaːm˨˦] | တီႈသိပ်းသၢမ် (tīi síp sǎam) |
| 14 (႑႔) | သိပ်းသီႇ (síp sìi) [sʰip̚˥.sʰiː˩] | တီႈသိပ်းသီႇ (tīi síp sìi) |
| 15 (႑႕) | သိပ်းႁႃႈ (síp hāa) [sʰip̚˥.haː˧˧˨] | တီႈသိပ်းႁႃႈ (tīi síp hāa) |
| 16 (႑႖) | သိပ်းႁူၵ်း (síp húuk) [ʰip̚˥.hok̚˥] | တီႈသိပ်းႁူၵ်း (tīi síp húuk) |
| 17 (႑႗) | သိပ်းၸဵတ်း (síp tsáet) [sʰip̚˥.t͡ɕet̚˥] | တီႈသိပ်းၸဵတ်း (tīi síp tsáet) |
| 18 (႑႘) | သိပ်းပႅတ်ႇ (síp pèt) [sʰip̚˥.pɛt̚˩] | တီႈသိပ်းပႅတ်ႇ (tīi síp pèt) |
| 19 (႑႙) | သိပ်းၵဝ်ႈ (síp kāo) [sʰip̚˥.kaw˧˧˨] | တီႈသိပ်းၵဝ်ႈ (tīi síp kāo) |
| 20 (႒႐) | သၢဝ်း (sáao) [sʰaːw˥] | တီႈသၢဝ်း (tīi sáao) |
| 21 (႒႑) | သၢဝ်းဢဵတ်း (sáao ʼáet) | တီႈသၢဝ်းဢဵတ်း (tīi sáao ʼáet) |
| 22 (႒႒) | သၢဝ်းသွင် (sáao sǎung) | တီႈသၢဝ်းသွင် (tīi sáao sǎung) |
| 23 (႒႓) | သၢဝ်းသၢမ် (sáao sǎam) | တီႈသၢဝ်းသၢမ် (tīi sáao sǎam) |
| 24 (႒႔) | သၢဝ်းသီႇ (sáao sìi) | တီႈသၢဝ်းသီႇ (tīi sáao sìi) |
| 25 (႒႕) | သၢဝ်းႁႃႈ (sáao hāa) | တီႈသၢဝ်းႁႃႈ (tīi sáao hāa) |
| 26 (႒႖) | သၢဝ်းႁူၵ်း (sáao húuk) | တီႈသၢဝ်းႁူၵ်း (tīi sáao húuk) |
| 27 (႒႗) | သၢဝ်းၸဵတ်း (sáao tsáet) | တီႈသၢဝ်းၸဵတ်း (tīi sáao tsáet) |
| 28 (႒႘) | သၢဝ်းပႅတ်ႇ (sáao pèt) | တီႈသၢဝ်းပႅတ်ႇ (tīi sáao pèt) |
| 29 (႒႙) | သၢဝ်းၵဝ်ႈ (sáao kāo) | တီႈသၢဝ်းၵဝ်ႈ (tīi sáao kāo) |
| 30 (႓႐) | သၢမ်သိပ်း (sǎam síp) | |
| 40 (႔႐) | သီႇသိပ်း (sìi síp) | |
| 50 (႕႐) | ႁႃႈသိပ်း (hāa síp) | |
| 60 (႖႐) | ႁူၵ်းသိပ်း (húuk síp) | |
| 70 (႗႐) | ၸဵတ်းသိပ်း (tsáet síp) | |
| 80 (႘႐) | ပႅတ်ႇသိပ်း (pèt síp) [pɛt̚˩.sʰip̚˥] | |
| 90 (႙႐) | ၵဝ်ႈသိပ်း (kāo síp) [kaw˧˧˨.sʰip̚˥] | |
| 100 (႑႐႐) | ပၢၵ်ႇ (pàak) [paːk̚˩] | |
| 1,000 (႑႐႐႐) | ႁဵင် (hǎeng) [heŋ˨˦] | |
| 10,000 (႑႐႐႐႐) |
မိုၼ်ႇ (mùen) [θmɯn˩] | |
| 100,000 (႑႐႐႐႐႐) |
သႅၼ် (sěn) [sʰɛn˨˦] |
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Information about Shan | Numbers | Tower of Babel
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Shan_numerals
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