Numbers in Breton

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

If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.

	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	mann
1	unan	kentañ, unanvet
2	daou (m), div (f)	eil, eilvet daouvet (m) divet (f)
3	tri (m), teir (f)	trede, trivet (m) teirvet (f)
4	pevar (m), peder (f)	pevare, 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

Notes

Ordinal numbers are formed by adding -vet to the cardinal numbers. Only some of the smaller numbers do not quite follow this pattern

Hear some Breton numbers (and phrases):

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Links

Numbers in Breton
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/breton.html

Numbers in Celtic languages

Proto-Celtic, Proto-Brythonic, Old Irish, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, Gaulish, Breton, Cornish, Cumbric, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh

Numbers in other languages

Alphabetical index | Language family index

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