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
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
Hear some Cornish numbers:
Notes
Feminine nouns take soft mutation after unn (one), e.g. unn jydh (one day), unn voos (one table), but masculine nouns do not.
2, 3 and 4 have to agree with the gender of the thing counted, and soft mutation is triggered by dew and diw (two), and aspirate mutation by tri and teyr (three). For example dew gei (two dogs), diw vugh (two cows), tri honin (three rabbits), teyr hath (three cats)
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