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This page is in progress. It will compare the numeral in different languages.
Databases of numerals:
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Numerals_by_language
0-10 irregular, 11- regular | 0-12 irregular,
13-19 regular, 20- regular |
read the digits from high to low | read the digits from high to low, except reading units digit before tens digit | digits are all integrated | tens digit and units digit are integrated, others separated by spaces | tens digit and units digit are connected by hyphen, others separated by spaces | digits are separated by spaces | “and” between tens digit and units digit | “and” between hundreds digit and tens digit | read “zero” if the digit between two non-zero digits is zero | |
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Chinese | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | + |
English | - | + | + | - | - | + | + prefered | + | - | + UK - US | - |
Esperanto | + | - | + | - | - | + | - | + prefered | - | - | - |
German | - | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | - | + | - |
Japanese | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |