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 | |
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0 | mann | |
1 | unan | kentañ, unanvet |
2 | daou (m) div (f) | daouvet (m), divet (f) eil, eilvet |
3 | tri (m), teir (f) | trede, trivet (m), teirvet (f) |
4 | pevar (m) peder (f) | pevarvet (m) pedervet (f) |
5 | pemp | pemp(v)et |
6 | c'hwec'h | c'hwec'hvet |
7 | seizh | seizhvet |
8 | eizh | eizhvet |
9 | nav | navet |
10 | dek | dekvet |
11 | unnek | |
12 | daouzek | |
13 | trizek | |
14 | pevarzek | |
15 | pemzek | |
16 | c'hwezek | |
17 | seitek | |
18 | triwec'h | |
19 | naontek | |
20 | ugent | |
21 | unan warn ugent | |
22 | daou warn ugent | |
23 | tri warn ugent | |
24 | pevar warn ugent | |
25 | pemp warn ugent | |
26 | c'hwec'h warn ugent | |
27 | seizh warn ugent | |
28 | eizh warn ugent | |
29 | nav warn ugent | |
30 | tregont | |
31 | unan ha tregont | |
32 | daou ha tregont | |
33 | tri ha tregont | |
34 | pevar ha tregont | |
35 | pemp ha tregont | |
36 | c'hwec'h ha tregont | |
37 | seizh ha tregont | |
38 | eizh ha tregont | |
39 | nav ha tregont | |
40 | daou-ugent | |
50 | hanter-kant | |
60 | tri-ugent | |
70 | dek ha tri-ugent | |
80 | pevar-ugent | |
90 | dek ha pevar-ugent | |
100 | kant | |
1000 | mil |
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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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