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 | |
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Afrikaans | - | + | - | - | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | |||||||||||||
Chinese | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | |||
Dutch | - | + | - | - | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | ||||||||
English | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | + | - | + | + | + prefered | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | + UK;
- US |
- | - | + | - | - | - | - | |||||
Esperanto | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + prefered | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | |||
German | - | + | - | - | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | |||
Japanese | + | - | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | |||
Spanish | - | - | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | + |
Numeral Systems
0-9
Burmese | ၀ | ၁ | ၂ | ၃ | ၄ | ၅ | ၆ | ၇ | ၈ | ၉ |
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Chinese | 〇 | 一 | 二 | 三 | 四 | 五 | 六 | 七 | 八 | 九 |
Devanagari | ० | १
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२ | ३ | ४ | ५
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६ | ७ | ८
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९
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Eastern Arabic | ٠ | ١ | ٢ | ٣ | ٤ | ٥ | ٦ | ٧ | ٨ | ٩ |
Eastern Nagari | ০ | ১ | ২ | ৩ | ৪ | ৫ | ৬ | ৭ | ৮ | ৯ |
Gujarati | ૦ | ૧ | ૨ | ૩ | ૪ | ૫ | ૬ | ૭ | ૮ | ૯ |
Gurmukhi | ੦ | ੧ | ੨ | ੩ | ੪ | ੫ | ੬ | ੭ | ੮ | ੯ |
Javanese | ꧑ | ꧒ | ꧓ | ꧔ | ꧕ | ꧖ | ꧗ | ꧘ | ꧙ | |
Kannada | ೦ | ೧ | ೨ | ೩ | ೪ | ೫ | ೬ | ೭ | ೮ | ೯ |
Khmer | ០ | ១ | ២ | ៣ | ៤ | ៥ | ៦ | ៧ | ៨ | ៩ |
Lao | ໐ | ໑ | ໒ | ໓ | ໔ | ໕ | ໖ | ໗ | ໘ | ໙ |
Malayalam | ൦ | ൧ | ൨ | ൩ | ൪ | ൫ | ൬ | ൭ | ൮ | ൯ |
Mongolian | ᠐ | ᠑ | ᠒ | ᠓ | ᠔ | ᠕ | ᠖ | ᠗ | ᠘ | ᠙ |
Odia | ୦ | ୧ | ୨ | ୩ | ୪ | ୫ | ୬ | ୭ | ୮ | ୯ |
Perso-Arabic | ۰ | ۱ | ۲ | ۳ | ۴ | ۵ | ۶ | ۶ | ۸ | ۹ |
Sinhala | 𑇡 | 𑇢 | 𑇣 | 𑇤 | 𑇥 | 𑇦 | 𑇧 | 𑇨 | 𑇩 | |
Suzhou | 〇 | 〡 | 〢 | 〣 | 〤 | 〥 | 〦 | 〧 | 〨 | 〩 |
Tamil | ௦ | ௧ | ௨ | ௩ | ௪ | ௫ | ௬ | ௭ | ௮ | ௯ |
Telugu | ౦ | ౧ | ౨ | ౩ | ౪ | ౫ | ౬ | ౭ | ౮ | ౯ |
Tibetan | ༠ | ༡ | ༢ | ༣ | ༤ | ༥ | ༦ | ༧ | ༨ | ༩ |
Thai | ๐ | ๑ | ๒ | ๓ | ๔ | ๕ | ๖ | ๗ | ๘ | ๙ |
Urdu | ![]() |
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Western Arabic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Decimal Separators
punctuation | . | · | , | ٫ |
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country or region | Australia
Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin Bermuda British Virgin Islands Botswana Brunei Cambodia Cannada, English Cayman Islands Democratic People's Republic of Korea Dominica Dominican Republic Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia Grenada Ghana Guatemala Guyana Honduras Hong Kong India Ireland Israel Jamaica Japan Kenya Lebanon Libya Liberia Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau, Chinese Malaysia Maldives Malta Malawi Mexico Montserrat Myanmar Namibia Nepal New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Palestine Panama People's Republic of China Philippines Puerto Rico Republic of China Republic of Korea Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Singapore South Africa Sri Lanka Sudan Switzerland Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas Togo Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Kingom United States Zambia Zimbabwe |
Albania
Algeria Andorra Angola Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada, French Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic Republic of Congo Denmark Ecuador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Faroes Islands Finland France French Guiana Gabon Germany Georgia Greece Greenland Hungary Iceland Indonesia Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Macau, Portuguese Macedonia (FYROM) Madagascar Mali Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands Niger Norway Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Congo Romania Russia Rwanda San Marino Senegal Serbia Sierra leone Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Timor Leste Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam |
Afghanistan
Bahrain Egypt Iran Iraq Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Sudan Syria United Arab Emirates |
punctuation | . | , | ٫ |
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constructed language | Esperanto
Ido Interlingua Volapük |
Digit Grouping
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Tally Marks
region | tally marks |
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Most of Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe | ![]() |
France, Spain, Latin America, Francophone African countries | ![]() |
China, Japan, Korea | ![]() |