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This page is in progress. It will compare the numeral in different languages.
A database of numerals:
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/
0-10 irregular, 11- regular | 0-12 irregular, 13- regular | 0-16 irregular, 16- regular | read the digits from high to low | read the digits from high to low, except reading the digit in one's place before in ten's place | digits are one word | digits connected by hypen | digits are separate words | “and” between digits in ten's place and in one's place | “and” between digits in hundred's place and in ten's place | read “zero” if the digit between two places is zero | |
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Chinese | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | + |
English | - | + | - | + | - | + | + prefered | + | - | + UK - US | - |
Esperanto | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | + prefered | - | - | - |
German | - | + | - | - | + | + | - | - | - | - | - |
Japanese | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | - |
region | tally mark |
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Most of Europe, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand and North America | |
France, Spain, their former colonies and Brazil | |
Cultures using Chinese characters |