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 (one character digits)
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
|
२ | ३ | ४ | ५
|
६ | ७ | ८
|
९
|
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 | ۷ | 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 | ||||||||||
Western Arabic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Psst: Devanagari has some variants for some digits, but there is only one character assigned in Unicode. How it is displayed is determined by your browser's font. Other fonts can be found at https://www.fontspace.com/unicode/script/devanagari. For the same reason, Urdu variants can be displayed with proper fonts.
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 Canada (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 |
Ireland
Malaysia Philippines Republic of China Singapore |
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 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 Symbols
punctuation | , | . | ' | (space) |
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country or region | Bangladesh
Canada (English) Democratic People's Republic of Korea Hong Kong India Ireland Israel Japan Malaysia Malta Mexico New Zealand Pakistan People's Republic of China Philippines Republic of China Singapore Thailand United Kingdom United States |
Argentina
Austria Belgium (Dutch) Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Denmark Germany Greece Indonesia Ireland Italy Malaysia Netherlands Philippines Republic of China Romania Singapore Slovenia Spain Turkey Vietnam |
Liechtenstein
Switzerland |
Albania
Australia Belgium (French) Bulgaria Canada (English) Canada (French) Czechia Estonia Finland France Hungary Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Norway People's Republic of China Peru Poland Portugal Russia San Marino Slovakia South Africa Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Vietnam |
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 |
Examples of written numbers
Note: this is for the construction of “Reading and Writing rules”, i.e. deducing the rules.
number | English | Esperanto | Chinese (Mandarin; ) |
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0 | zero | nul | 零 (líng) |
1 | one | unu | 一 (yī) |
2 | two | du | 二 (èr) |
3 | three | tri | 三 (sān) |
4 | four | kvar | 四 (sì) |
5 | five | kvin | 五 (wǔ) |
6 | six | ses | 六 (liù) |
7 | seven | sep | 七 (qī) |
8 | eight | ok | 八 (bā) |
9 | nine | naŭ | 九 (jiǔ) |
10 | ten | dek | 十 (shí) |
11 | eleven | dek unu | 十一 (shíyī) |
12 | twelve | dek du | 十二 (shí'èr) |
13 | thirteen | dek tri | 十三 (shísān) |
14 | fourteen | dek kvar | 十四 (shísì) |
15 | fifteen | dek kvin | 十五 (shíwǔ) |
16 | sixteen | dek ses | 十六 (shíliù) |
17 | seventeen | dek sep | 十七 (shíqī) |
18 | eighteen | dek ok | 十八 (shíbā) |
19 | nineteen | dek naŭ | 十九 (shíjiǔ) |
20 | twenty | dudek | 二十 (èrshí) |
21 | twenty-one | dudek unu | 二十一 (èrshíyī) |
22 | twenty-two | dudek du | 二十二 (èrshí'èr) |
23 | twenty-three | dudek tri | 二十三 (èrshísān) |
24 | twenty-four | dudek kvar | 二十四 (èrshísì) |
25 | twenty-five | dudek kvin | 二十五 (èrshíwǔ) |
26 | twenty-six | dudek ses | 二十六 (èrshíliù) |
27 | twenty-seven | dudek sep | 二十七 (èrshíqī) |
28 | twenty-eight | dudek ok | 二十八 (èrshíbā) |
29 | twenty-nine | dudek naŭ | 二十九 (èrshíjiǔ) |
30 | thirty | tridek | 三十 (sānshí) |
40 | forty | kvardek | 四十 (sìshí) |
50 | fifty | kvindek | 五十 (wǔshí) |
60 | sixty | sesdek | 六十 (liùshí) |
70 | seventy | sepdek | 七十 (qīshí) |
80 | eighty | okdek | 八十 (bāshí) |
90 | ninety | naŭdek | 九十 (jiǔshí) |
100 | one hundred | cent | 一百 (yìbǎi) |
101 | one hundred and one
one hundred one |
cent unu | 一百零一 (yìbǎilíngyī) |
110 | one hundred and ten
one hundred ten |
cent dek | 一百一十 (yìbǎiyīshí) |
111 | one hundred and eleven
one hundred eleven |
cent dek unu | 一百一十一 (yìbǎiyīshíyī) |
1000 | one thousand | mil | 一千 (yìqiān) |
1001 | one thousand and one
one thousand one |
mil kaj unu | 一千零一 (yìqiānlíngyī) |
1010 | one thousand and ten
one thousand ten |
mil kaj dek | 一千零一十 (yìqiānlíngyīshí) |
1011 | one thousand and eleven
one thousand eleven |
mil kaj dek unu | 一千零一十一 (yìqiānlíngyīshíyī) |
1100 | one thousand and one hundred
one thousand one hundred |
mil kaj cent | 一千一百 (yìqiānyìbǎi) |
1101 | mil kaj cent unu | 一千一百零一 (yìqiānyìbǎilíngyī) | |
1110 | mil kaj cent dek | 一千一百一十 (yìqiānyìbǎiyīshí) | |
1111 | mil kaj cent dek unu | 一千一百一十一 (yìqiānyìbǎiyīshíyī) | |
10000 | ten thousand | dek mil | 一萬/一万 (yíwàn) |
12345 | 一萬二千三百四十五/一万二千三百四十五 (yíwàn'èrqiānsānbǎisìshíwǔ)
一萬兩千三百四十五/一万兩千三百四十五 (yíwànliǎngqiānsānbǎisìshíwǔ) |
Reference
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https://mentalfloss.com/article/31879/12-mind-blowing-number-systems-other-languages