Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Numerals

This page is in progress. It will compare the numeral in different languages.

Databases of numerals:

https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/

https://omniglot.com/language/numbers/index.htm

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Numerals_by_language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers_in_various_languages

Reading and Writing rules

	0-10 irregular, 11- regular	0-12 irregular, 13-19 irregular, 20- regular	0-12 irregular, 13-19 irregular, 20-29 regular, 30- regular	read the digits from high to low	read the digits from high to low, except reading units digit before tens digit	“multiples of ten” is indicated by suffix	“multiples of ten” is indicated by word	“multiples of hundred” is indicated by suffix	“multiples of hundred” is indicated by word	“multiples of thousand” is indicated by suffix	“multiples of thousand” is indicated by word	tens digit and units digit are integrated	tens digit and units digit are connected by hyphen	tens digit and units digit are separated	hundreds digit and tens digit are integrated	hundreds digit and tens digit are connected by hyphen	hundreds digit and tens digit are separated	thousands digit and hundreds digit are integrated	thousands digit and hundreds digit are connected by hyphen	thousands digit and hundreds digit are separated	digits are all separated	“and” between tens digit and units digit	“and” between tens digit and units digit starting from 30	“and” between hundreds digit and tens digit	“and” between thousands digit and hundreds digit	“zero” when zero is between two non-zero digits	“one” omitted when one is the tens digit	“one” not omitted when one is the tens digit	“one” not omitted when one is the tens digit and no higher digits	“one” omitted when one is the hundreds digit	“one” not omitted when one is the hundreds digit	“one” omitted when one is the thousands digit	“one” not omitted when one is the thousands digit
Afrikaans	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+								-	+	-	-		-	+	-
Chinese	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-		+	-		+	-		-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+
Dutch	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-		+	-		+	-		-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-
English	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+ prefered		-	-		-	-		+	-	-	+ UK; - US	-	-	+	-	-	-		-
Esperanto	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-		+	-		+	-		+ prefered	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-
German	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-		+	-		+	-		-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+
Japanese	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-		+	-		+	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-
Spanish	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-		-	-		-	-		+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+		+

Numeral System

0-9

Eastern Arabic numeral	٠	١	٢	٣	٤	٥	٦	٧	٨	٩
Khmer	០	១	២	៣	៤	៥	៦	៧	៨	៩
Lao	໐	໑	໒	໓	໔	໕	໖	໗	໘	໙
Perso-Arabic numeral	۰	۱	۲	۳	۴	۵	۶	۶	۸	۹
Thai	๐	๑	๒	๓	๔	๕	๖	๗	๘	๙
Urdu numeral
Western Arabic numeral	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

Tally Marks

region	tally marks
Most of Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe
France, Spain, Latin America, Francophone African countries
China, Japan, Korea