How to count in Cornish, a Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Cornwall in the the southwest of Britain. The numbers are shown in Common Cornish (Kernewek Kemmyn).
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine
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Cardinal | Ordinal | |
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0 | mann, zero | |
1 | onan, unn (before noun) | kensa |
2 | dew (m) diw (f) | nessa, eyl |
3 | tri (m) teyr (f) | tressa |
4 | peswar (m) peder (f) | peswara |
5 | pymp | pympes |
6 | hwegh | hweghves |
7 | seyth | seythves |
8 | eth | ethves |
9 | naw | nawves |
10 | deg | degves |
11 | unnek | unnegves |
12 | dewdhek | dewdhegves |
13 | trydhek | trydegves |
14 | peswardhek | peswardhegves |
15 | pymthek | pymthegves |
16 | hwetek | hwetegves |
17 | seytek | seytegves |
18 | etek | etegves |
19 | nownsek | nowsegves |
20 | ugens | ugensves |
21 | onan warn ugens | kensa warn ugens |
22 | dew/diw warn ugens | nessa warn ugens |
23 | tri/teyr warn ugens | tressa warn ugens |
24 | peswar/peder warn ugens | peswara warn ugens |
25 | pymp warn ugens | pympes warn ugens |
26 | hwegh warn ugens | hweghves warn ugens |
27 | seyth warn ugens | seythves warn ugens |
28 | eth warn ugens | ethves warn ugens |
29 | naw warn ugens | nawves warn ugens |
30 | deg warn ugens | degves warn ugens |
31 | uunek warn ugens | unegves warn ugens |
32 | dewdhek warn ugens | dewdhegves warn ugens |
33 | trydhek warn ugens | trydhegves warn ugens |
34 | peswardhek warn ugens | peswardhegves warn ugens |
35 | pymthek warn ugens | pymthegves warn ugens |
36 | hewtek warn ugens | hewtegves warn ugens |
37 | seytek warn ugens | seytegves warn ugens |
38 | etek warn ugens | etegves warn ugens |
39 | nownsek warn ugens | nownsegves warn ugens |
40 | dew ugens | dew ugensves |
50 | hanter kans deg ha dew ugens |
hanter kansves degves ha dew ugens |
60 | tri-ugens | tri-ugensves |
70 | deg ha tri ugens | degves ha tri ugens |
80 | peswar ugens | peswar ugensves |
90 | deg ha peswar ugens | degves ha peswar ugens |
100 | kans | kansves |
1000 | mil | milves |
100 | kans | kansves |
200 | dew kans | dew kansves |
300 | tri hans | tri hasnves |
400 | peswar kans | pewsar kansves |
500 | pymp kans | pymp kansves |
600 | hwegh kans | hwegh kansves |
1,000 | mil | milves |
2,000 | diw vil | diw vilves |
1 million | milvil milyon |
milvilves milyonves |
1 billion | bilyon | bilyonves |
1 trillion | trilyon | trilyonves |
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Information about Cornish numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_numerals
http://www.kesva.org/assets/files/KDL/kdl21.pdf
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