How to count in Gothic, an East Germanic language spoken in parts of Crimea until the 17th century.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | áins 'one' | fruma (frumists) 'first' |
| 2 | twái | anþar |
| 3 | þrija (neut.) | þridja |
| 4 | fidwōr | |
| 5 | fimf | fimfta- |
| 6 | saíhs | saíhsta |
| 7 | sibun | |
| 8 | ahtáu | ahtuda |
| 9 | niun | niunda |
| 10 | taíhun | taíhunda |
| 11 | *áinlif (dat. áinlibim) | |
| 12 | twalif (dat. twalibim) | |
| 14 | fidwōrtaíhun | |
| 15 | fimftaíhun | fimftataíhunda (dat. fimftataíhundin) |
| 20 | twái tigjus | |
| 30 | *þreis tigjus (acc. þrins tiguns) | |
| 40 | fidwōr tigjus | |
| 50 | fimf tigjus | |
| 60 | saíhs tigjus | |
| 70 | sibuntēhund | |
| 80 | ahtáutēhund | |
| 90 | niuntēhund (gen. niuntēhundis) | |
| 100 | taíhuntēhund, taíhuntaíhund | |
| 200 | twa hunda | |
| 300 | þrija hunda | |
| 500 | fimf hunda | |
| 900 | niun hunda | |
| 1,000 | þūsundi | |
| 2,000 | twōs þūsundjōs | |
| 3,000 | g (= þreis) þūsundjōs | |
| 4,000 | fidwōr þūsundjōs | |
| 5,000 | fimf þūsundjōs | |
| 10,000 | dat. taíhun þūsundjōm | |
| 20,000 | dat. twáim tigum þūsundjō |
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Information about numbers and counting in Gothic
https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/gotol/50
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