Numbers in various languages
Details of how to count in a variety of languages, with recordings for some of them.
Alphabetical index | Index by language family
Index of numbers pages by language family
Afro-Asiatic |
Algonquian |
Araucanian |
Arawakan |
Australian |
Austroasiatic |
Austronesian |
Aymaran |
Barbacoan |
Caddoan |
Cahuapanan |
Cariban |
Caucasian |
Chonan |
Chukotko-Kamchatkan |
Chumashan |
Dravidian |
Eskimo-Aleut |
Hmong-Mien |
Indo-European |
Iroquoian |
Japonic |
Jivaroan |
Khoisan |
Koreanic |
Mayan |
Misumalpan |
Mixe-Zoque |
Mongolic |
Muskogean |
Na-Dené |
Niger-Congo |
Nilo-Saharan |
North Bougainville |
Ongan |
Oto-Manguean |
Papuan |
Pauwasi |
Pomoan |
Quechuan |
Salishan |
Sino-Tibetan |
Siouan |
Tai-Kaidai
Totonacan |
Tsimshianic |
Tungusic |
Tupí-Guarani |
Turkic |
Uralic |
Uto-Aztecan |
Yok-Utian |
Yukaghir |
Pidgins and Creoles |
Language isolates |
International Auxiliary Languages |
Constructed Languages
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Afro-Asiatic languages
- Berber
- Shilha,
Tamahaq,
Tamasheq,
Tamazight
- Chadic
- Hausa,
Migaama,
Moloko,
Sokoro,
Somrai
- Cushitic
- Afar,
Beja,
Oromo,
Somali
- Egyptian
- Coptic
- Omotic
- Bambassi
- Semitic
- Amharic,
Arabic (Chadian),
Arabic (Egyptian),
Arabic (Hejazi),
Arabic (Libyan),
Arabic (Modern Standard),
Arabic (Moroccan),
Ge'ez,
Hebrew,
Maltese,
Phoenician,
Tigre,
Tigrinya,
Turoyo
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Algonquian languages
- Abenaki,
Algonquin,
Arapaho,
Atikamekw,
Blackfoot,
Cheyenne,
Cree (Moose),
Cree (Plains),
Cree (Swampy),
Cree (Woods),
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago),
Innu,
Malecite-Passamaquoddy,
Menominee,
Miami,
Mi'kmaq,
Mohegan,
Naskapi,
Ojibwe,
Ottawa,
Penobscot,
Potawatomi,
Sauk,
Shawnee,
Unami (Lenape)
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Araucanian languages
- Huilliche,
Mapuche
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Arawakan languages
- Apurinã,
Arawak,
Garifuna,
Paraujano,
Paresi,
Wapishana,
Wayuu
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Australian languages
- Pama-Nyungan languages
- Anindilyakwa,
Gamilaraay,
Pitjantjatjara,
Wiradjuri,
Yolŋu
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Austroasiatic languages
- Aslian languages
- Jedek
- Bahnaric languages
- Chrau,
Sedang
- Katuic languages
- Kuy
- Khasi-Palaungic languages
- Khasi,
Wa
- Khmeric languages
- Khmer
- Monic languages
- Mon,
Nyah Kur
- Munda languages
- Ho,
Mundari,
Santali,
Sora
- Vietic languages
- Kri,
Muong,
Vietnamese
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Austronesian languages
- Bornean languages
- Bonggi,
Ida’an,
Kadazandusun,
Kelabit,
Lun Bawang,
Penan,
Rejang
- Celebic languages
- Muna,
Tajio,
Tolaki
- Chamic languages
- Acehnese,
Cham,
Jarai,
Rade
- Formosan languages
- Amis,
Atayal,
Kavalan,
Kanakanavu,
Paiwan,
Pazeh,
Puyuma,
Saaroa,
Saysiyat,
Seediq
- Malayo-Polynesian languages
- Ambel,
Araki,
Balinese,
Banjarese,
Batak (Toba),
Biak,
Bugis,
Chamorro,
Dhao,
Ende-Li'o,
Hawu,
Iban,
Indonesian,
Javanese,
Kambera,
Kembayan,
Kei,
Madurese,
Malagasy,
Malay,
Manggarainese,
Minangkabau,
Moma-Kulawi,
Motu,
Ngadha,
Paku,
Rongga,
Selaru,
Sumbawa,
Sundanese,
Tado-Lindu,
Wandamen,
Yakan
- Micronesian languages
- Carolinian,
Chuukese,
Kiribati,
Kosraean,
Marshallese,
Mokliese,
Nauruan,
Pingelapese,
Pohnpeian,
Puluwatese,
Satawalese,
Sonsorolese,
Tobian,
Woleaian
- Oceanic languages
- Apma,
Big Numbas,
Bola,
Cheke Holo,
Dorig,
Drehu,
Fijian,
Ghari,
Hiw,
Kara,
Kokota,
Kove,
Kwara’ae,
Lakon,
Lote,
Lo-Toga,
Manam,
Maskelynes,
Mavea,
Nafsan,
Nengone,
North Efate,
Nyelâyu,
Paama,
Papapana,
Rotuman,
Roviana,
Siar,
Sio,
Sobei,
Sursurunga,
Tigak,
Tîrî,
Tamambo,
Ubir,
Ughele,
Vitu
- Philippine languages
- Abellen,
Agutaynen,
Aklan,
Balangao,
Bantoanon,
Bikol,
Bolinao,
Bontoc,
Bukid,
Caluyanon,
Capiznon,
Casiguran Dumagat Agta,
Cebuano,
Cuyonon,
Dupaningan,
Gaddang,
Gorontalo,
Hiligaynon,
Hanunó’o,
Ibaloi,
Ibanag,
Ifugao,
Iloko,
Isnag,
Itawis,
Ivatan,
Kagayanen,
Kankanaey,
Maguindanao,
Mapun,
Maranao,
Masbateño,
Matigsalug Manobo,
Mongondow,
Pangasinan,
Ratahan,
Romblomanon,
Surigaonon,
Tagalog,
Tagbanwa,
Tagabawà,
Tausūg,
Tboli,
Tondano,
Waray-Waray,
Western Subanon,
Yami/Tao,
Yogad
- Polynesian languages
- Proto-Polynesian,
Anutan,
Emae,
Futunan,
Hawaiian,
Kapingamarangi,
Mangareva,
Māori,
Marquesan (North),
Marquesan (South),
Moriori,
Niuafoʻou,
Niuean,
Nukuria,
Nukuoro,
Pukapukan,
Rapa,
Rapa Nui,
Rarotongan,
Rennellese,
Samoan,
Sikaiana,
Tahitian,
Tokelauan,
Takuu,
Tongan,
Tuvaluan,
Wallisian
- Sama-Bajaw languages
- Central Sinama
- Timoric languages
- Dawan,
Helong,
Tetum
More numbers in Austronesian languages
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Aymaran languages
- Aymara,
Jaqaru
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Barbacoan languages
- Awa Pit
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Caddoan languages
- Arikara,
Caddo,
Pawnee,
Wichita
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Cahuapanan languages
- Jebero
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Cariban languages
- Bakairi,
Carib,
Ikpeng,
Pemon,
Wayana
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Caucasian languages
- North East Caucasian languages
- Aghul,
Akhvakh,
Andi,
Archi,
Avar,
Bagvalal,
Batsbi,
Bezhta,
Botlikh,
Budukh,
Chamalal,
Chechen,
Dargwa,
Godoberi,
Hinukh,
Hunzib,
Ingush,
Kaitag,
Karata,
Khinalug,
Kubachi,
Lak,
Lezgi,
Rutul,
Tabassaran,
Tindi,
Tsakhur,
Tsez,
Udi
- North West Caucasian languages
- Abkhaz,
Abaza,
Adyghe,
Kabardian
- South Caucasian languages
- Georgian,
Laz,
Mingrelian,
Svan
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Chonan languages
- Ona,
Tehuelche
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Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages
- Alyutor,
Chukchi,
Itelmen,
Koryak
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Chumashan languages
- Cruzeño
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Dravidian languages
- Aheri Gondi,
Brahui,
Kannada,
Kodava,
Malayalam,
Tamil,
Telugu,
Tulu
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Eskimo-Aleut languages
- Aleut,
Alutiiq,
Greenlandic,
Inuktitut,
Iñupiaq,
Yup'ik (Central Alaskan),
Yupik (Central Siberian)
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Hmong-Mien languages
- Hmong Dau (White Hmong),
Iu Mien,
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Indo-European languages
- Proto languages
- Proto-Brythonic,
Proto-Celtic,
Proto-Germanic,
Proto-Indo-European,
Proto-Italic
- Albanian languages
- Albanian,
Arbëresh
- Armenian languages
- Eastern Armenian,
Western Armenian
- Baltic languages
- Curonian,
Latgalian,
Latvian,
Lithuanian
- Celtic languages
Proto-Celtic,
Proto-Brythonic,
Old Irish,
Old Welsh,
Middle Welsh,
Gaulish,
Breton,
Cornish,
Cumbric,
Irish,
Manx,
Scottish Gaelic,
Welsh
- Germanic languages
- Afrikaans,
Alsatian,
Bavarian,
Cimbrian,
Danish,
Dutch,
Elfdalian,
English,
Faroese,
Frisian (East - Saterland),
Frisian (North - Mooring),
Frisan (North - Sylt),
Frisian (West),
German,
Gothic,
Gottscheerish,
Gronings,
Hunsrik,
Icelandic,
Limburgish,
Low German,
Luxembourgish,
Mòcheno,
Norn,
Norwegian,
Old English,
Old Norse,
Pennsylvania German / Dutch,
Proto-Germanic,
Scots,
Shetlandic,
Swabian,
Swedish,
Swiss German,
Värmlandic,
West Flemish,
Wymysorys,
Yiddish,
Yola,
Zeelandic
- Hellenic languages
- Greek (Ancient),
Greek (Modern),
Griko,
Pontic Greek,
Tsakonian
- Indo-Aryan languages
- Assamese,
Bengali,
Bhojpuri,
Domari,
Dumi,
Garhwali,
Gujarati,
Hajong,
Hindi,
Kalderash Romani,
Kashmiri,
Konkani,
Kutchi,
Maithili,
Maldivian,
Marathi,
Nepali,
Odia (Oriya),
Palula,
Punjabi,
Rohingya,
Sanskrit,
Sindhi,
Sinhala,
Sylheti,
Torwali,
Urdu
- Iranian languages
- Baluchi,
Dari,
Gilaki,
Ishkashimi,
Juhuri,
Kumzari,
Kurdish (Kurmanji),
Kurdish (Soranî),
Oroshor,
Ossetian,
Pashto,
Persian,
Sanglechi,
Sarikoli,
Shughni,
Tajik,
Talysh,
Wakhi,
Yaghnobi
- Italic languages
- Faliscan,
Latin,
Oscan,
Umbrian
- Romance languages
- Aragonese,
Aromanian,
Asturian,
Catalan,
Corsican,
Dalmatian,
Extremaduran,
French,
Friulian,
Galician,
Gallo,
Istro-Romanian,
Italian,
Jèrriais,
Ladin,
Ligurian,
Llanito,
Lombard,
Monégasque,
Neapolitan,
Picard,
Piedmontese,
Portuguese,
Provençal,
Romanian,
Romansh,
Sardinian,
Sicilian,
Spanish,
Venetian,
Walloon
- Slavic languages
- Belarusian,
Bulgarian,
Croatian,
Czech,
Kashubian,
Macedonian,
Old Church Slavonic,
Polish,
Proto-Slavic,
Russian,
Rusyn (Carpathian),
Serbian,
Silesian,
Slovak,
Slovenian,
Sorbian (Lower),
Sorbian (Upper),
Ukrainian
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Iroquoian languages
- Cayuga,
Cherokee,
Mohawk,
Oneida,
Onondaga,
Seneca,
Tuscarora,
Wendat
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Japonic / Japanese-Ryukyuan languages
- Japanese,
Miyakoan,
Okinawan,
Yonaguni
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Jivaroan languages
- Aguaruna
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Khoisan languages
- Khoekhoe (Nama)
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Koreanic languages
- Jeju,
Korean
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Mayan languages
- Achi,
Akatek,
Awakatek,
Ch’ol,
Huasteco,
Jakaltek,
Kaqchikel,
Mam,
Poqomam,
Poqomchiʼ,
Q'anjob'al,
Q'eqchi',
Sakpulktek,
Tektitek,
Yucatec Maya
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Misumalpan languages
- Miskito
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Mixe-Zoque languages
- Isthmus Mixe,
Sayula Popoluca
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Mongolic languages
- Buryat,
Daur,
Kalmyk,
Khitan,
Mongolian,
Monguor,
Santa
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Muskogean languages
- Eastern Muskogean
- Alabama,
Koasati,
Mikasuki,
Muscogee (Creek-Seminole)
- Western Muskogean
- Chickasaw,
Choctaw
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Na-Dené languages
- Eyak,
Tlingit
- Athabaskan languages
- Ahtna,
Carrier (Dakelh),
Chipewyan,
Dane-zaa,
Deg Xinag,
Gwichʼin,
Hupa,
Jicarilla,
Mescalero-Chiricahua,
Navajo,
Sekani,
Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib),
Tolowa,
Tsuut'ina,
Western Apache
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Niger-Congo languages
- Altantic-Congo languages
- Efik,
Cebaara,
Mundang,
Supyire,
Twi,
Wolof
- Bantoid languages
- Bamum,
Tiv
- Bantu languages
- Basaa,
Bemba,
Chichewa,
Chokwe,
Comorian,
Ewondo,
Fang,
Gusii,
Gwere,
Herero,
Kamba,
Kirundi,
Lingala,
Luganda,
Luvale,
Makhuwa,
Maore,
Mbunda,
Mwani,
Ndebele (Southern),
Nkore,
Northern Sotho,
Nyole,
Nyungwe,
Punu,
Shona,
Soga,
Southern Sotho,
Swahili,
Swati,
Taita,
Tsonga,
Tswana,
Tumbuka,
Umbundu,
Venda,
Xhosa,
Yao,
Zulu
- Gur languages
- Dagbani,
Mampruli,
Mossi
- Kwa languages
- Akan,
Akuapem,
Anii,
Dangme,
Ga,
Logba,
Twi
- Mande languages
- Bambara,
Kinyarwanda,
Mandinka,
Soninke,
Susu,
Vai
- Senegambian languages
- Fula
- Volta-Niger languages
- Ewe,
Igbo,
Ikwerre,
Isoko,
Urhobo,
Yoruba
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Nilo-Saharan languages
- Acholi,
Ateso,
Daza,
Dholuo,
Lango,
Nuer
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North Bougainville languages
- Rotokas
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Ongan languages
- Jarawa
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Oto-Manguean languages
- Mazatec,
Otomi (Sierra),
Zapotec (Aloápam),
Zapotec (Choápam),
Zapotec (Isthmus),
Zapotec (Rincón)
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Papuan languages
- Savosavo,
Tobelo
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Pomoan languages
- Central Pomo
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Pauwasi languages
- Lepki
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Quechuan languages
- Ancash Quechua,
Ayacucho Quechua,
Cusco Quechua,
Kichwa
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Salishan languages
- Squamish
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Sino-Tibetan languages
- Angami-Pochuri languages
- Mao
- Ao languages
- Ao Naga,
Yimchungrü
- Bodic (Tibeto-Kanauri) languages
- Dzongkha,
Ladakhi,
Sherpa,
Tibetan
- Brahmaputran languages
- Khiamniungan,
Kokborok,
Muklom,
Phom
- Digaro languages
- Digaro Mishmi,
Idu Mishmi
- Karenic languages
- Eastern Pwo Karen,
Red Karen (West Kayah),
Sgaw Karen
- Kukish languages
- Chiru,
Chothe,
Gangte,
Karbi,
Manipuri,
Paite,
Simte,
Tedim,
Zou
- Lolo-Burmese languages
- Burmese,
Hani,
Lahu
- Sinitic (Chinese) languages
- Cantonese,
Dungan,
Hakka,
Mandarin,
Shanghainese,
Taiwanese
- Tibeto-Burman languages
- Angami,
Balti,
Hmar,
Inpui,
Khowa (Bugun),
Koireng,
Liangmai Naga,
Lisu,
Milang,
Moyon,
Naxi,
Pochuri (Naga),
Sartang,
Sherdukpen,
Singpho,
Tangkhul (Naga),
Yi
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Siouan languages
- Assiniboine,
Biloxi,
Chiwere,
Crow,
Dakota,
Hidatsa,
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago),
Lakota,
Mandan,
Omaha,
Osage,
Quapaw,
Stoney,
Tutelo
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Tai-Kaidai / Kra-Dai languages
- Ahom,
Isan,
Lao,
Shan,
Tai Dam,
Tai Lue,
Tai Nuea,
Thai,
Yongbei Zhuang
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Totonacan languages
- Papantla Totonac
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Trans-New Guinea languages
- Abui,
Ketengban,
Makalero,
Ngalum,
Sawila,
Teiwa,
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Tsimshianic languages
- Tsimshian
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Tungusic / Manchu-Tungus languages
- Northern Tungusic
- Even,
Evenki,
Negidal,
Oroch,
Udege
- Southern Tungusic
- Jurchen,
Manchu,
Nanai,
Orok / Uilta,
Ulch,
Xibe
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Tupí-Guarani languages
- Guaraní,
Nheengatu
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Turkic languages
- Altay,
Altay (Teleut dialect),
Altay (Tubalar dialect),
Äynu,
Azerbaijani,
Bashkir,
Chagatai,
Chelkan,
Chulym,
Chuvash,
Crimean Tatar,
Dolgan,
Gagauz,
Karakalpak,
Karaim,
Kazakh,
Khakas,
Kumyk,
Kyrgyz,
Nagaibak,
Nogai,
Old Turkic,
Salar,
Shor,
Soyot,
Tatar,
Tofa,
Turkish,
Turkmen,
Tuvan,
Urum,
Uyghur,
Uzbek,
Yakut
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Uralic languages
- Finnic languages
- Estonian,
Finnish,
Ingrian,
Karelian,
Kven,
Livonian,
Livvi-Karelian,
Proto-Finnic,
Vepsian,
Võro,
Votic
- Mari languages
- Hill Mari,
Meadow Mari
- Mordvinic languages
- Erzya,
Moksha
- Permic languages
- Besermyan,
Komi,
Udmurt
- Sámi languages
- Inari Saami,
Kildin Sámi,
Lule Sámi,
Northern Sámi,
Pite Sámi,
Skolt Sámi,
Southern Sámi,
Ter Sámi,
Ume Sámi
- Samoyedic languages
- Enets,
Nenets,
Nganasan,
Selkup
- Ugric languages
- Hungarian,
Khanty,
Mansi
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Uto-Aztecan languages
- Guerrero Nahuatl,
Hopi,
Huichol,
Nahuatl,
O'odham,
Tarahumara,
Timbisha,
Tongva,
Yaqui
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Yok-Utian languages
- Mutsun,
Wukchumni
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Yukaghir languages
- Northern Yukaghir,
Southern Yukaghir
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Pidgins and Creoles
- Cape Verdean Creole,
Chinook Jargon,
Dominican Creole,
Fanagalo,
Haitian Creole,
Kituba,
Kristang,
Manado Malay,
Mauritian Creole,
Norfuk,
Pijin,
Sango,
Sierra Leone Creole,
Sranan,
Tok Pisin
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Language isolates
- Adaizan,
Ainu,
Basque,
Bilua,
Burushaski,
Chitimacha,
Eskayan,
Haida,
Karuk,
Kunza,
Nivkh,
Puroik/Sulung,
Tunica,
Warao,
Yuchi / Euchee,
Zakhring,
Zuni
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- Esperanto,
Folkspraak,
Ido,
Interlingua,
Interlingue / Occidental,
Interslavic,
Lingwa de planeta,
Lingua Franca Nova,
Novial,
Romániço,
Volapük
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Constructed languages
- Dothraki,
Klingon,
Laala,
Lojban,
Quenya,
Solresol,
Toki Pona
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Links
Numbers from 1 to 10 in Over 5000 Languages
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List of numbers (1-10) in various languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers_in_various_languages
Language and numbers - details of counting systems for over 90 languages
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com
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