How to count in Breton, a Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Brittany in the the northwest of France.
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine
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| Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | zero | |
| 1 | unan [ˈỹː.nãn] | kentañ (1añ), unanvet |
| 2 | daou [dɔw] (m) div [diw] (f) | eil, (2l), eilvet daouvet (m), divet (f) |
| 3 | tri [triː] (m), teir [tɛjr] (f) | trede (3e), trivet (m), teirvet (f) |
| 4 | pevar [ˈpeːvar] (m) peder [ˈpeːdɛr] (f) | pevarve (4e) pevaret (m) pedervet (f) |
| 5 | pemp [pɛm(p)] | pemp(v)et (5vet) |
| 6 | c’hwec’h [xweːx] | c’hwec’hvet (6vet) |
| 7 | seizh [sɛjs] | seizhvet (7vet) |
| 8 | eizh [ɛjs] | eizhvet (8vet) |
| 9 | nav [naw] | navet (9vet) |
| 10 | dek [deːk] | dekvet (10vet) |
| 11 | unnek | unnekvet (11vet) |
| 12 | daouzek | daouzekvet (12vet) |
| 13 | trizek | trizekvet (13vet) |
| 14 | pevarzek | pevarzekvet (14vet) |
| 15 | pemzek | pemzekvet (15vet) |
| 16 | c'hwezek | c'hwezekvet (16vet) |
| 17 | seitek | seitekvet (17vet) |
| 18 | triwec'h | triwec'hvet (18vet) |
| 19 | naontek | naontekvet (19vet) |
| 20 | ugent [ˈyːɡẽn(t)] | ugentvet (20vet) |
| 21 | unan warn-ugent | unanvet warn-ugent (21vet) |
| 22 | daou warn-ugent | eil warn-ugent (22vet) |
| 23 | tri warn-ugent | trede warn-ugent (23vet) |
| 24 | pevar warn-ugent | pevare warn-ugent (24vet) |
| 25 | pemp warn-ugent | pempvet warn-ugent (25vet) |
| 26 | c’hwec’h warn-ugent | c;hwec’hvet warn-ugent (26vet) |
| 27 | seizh warn-ugent | seizhvet warn-ugent (27vet) |
| 28 | eizh warn-ugent | eizhvet warn-ugent (28vet) |
| 29 | nav warn-ugent | navvet warn-ugent (29vet) |
| 30 | tregont [ˈtreːɡɔ̃n(t)] | tregontvet (30vet) |
| 31 | unan ha tregont | unanvet ha tregont (31vet) |
| 32 | daou ha tregont | eil ha tregont (32vet) |
| 33 | tri ha tregont | trede ha tregont (33vet) |
| 34 | pevar ha tregont | pevare ha tregont (34vet) |
| 35 | pemp ha tregont | pempvert ha tregont (35vet) |
| 36 | c’hwec’h ha tregont | c’hwec’hvet ha tregont (36vet) |
| 37 | seizh ha tregont | seizhvet ha tregont (37vet) |
| 38 | eizh ha tregont | eizhvet ha tregont (38vet) |
| 39 | nav ha tregont | navvet ha tregont (39vet) |
| 40 | daou-ugent | daouugentvet (40vet) |
| 50 | hanter-kant [hãn.tɛrˈkãn(t)] | hanterkanvet (50vet) |
| 51 | unan hag hanter-kant | unanvet hag hanter-kant (51vet) |
| 52 | daou hag hanter-kant | eil hag hanter-kant (52vet) |
| 60 | tri-ugent | triugentvet (60vet) |
| 70 | dek ha tri-ugent | dekvet ha tri-ugent (70vet) |
| 80 | pevar-ugent | pevarugentvet (80vet) |
| 90 | dek ha pevar-ugent | dekvet ha pevar-ugent (90vet) |
| 100 | kant [kãn(t)] | kantvet (100vet) |
| 1 000 | mil [miːl] | milvet (1 000vet) |
| 1 000 000 | milion | milionvet (1 000 000vet) |
| 1 000 000 000 | miliard | miliardvet (1 000 000 000vet) |
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Numbers in Breton
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/breton.html
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Breton_numerals
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