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

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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 | Hokan | Indo-European | Iroquoian | Japonic | Khoisan | Kwa | Mayan | Misumalpan | Mongolic | Muskogean | Na-Dené | Niger-Congo | Nilo-Saharan | North Bougainville | Ongan | Oto-Manguean | Papuan | 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

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

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Afro-Asiatic languages

Berber

Shilha, Tamahaq, Tamasheq, Tamazight

Chadic

Hausa, Moloko

Cushitic

Afar, Beja, Oromo, Somali

Semitic

Amharic, Arabic (Modern Standard), Hebrew, Maltese, Tigre, Tigrinya

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Algonquian languages

Abenaki, Algonquin, Arapaho, Atikamekw, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree (Woods), Innu, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Mi'kmaq, Mohegan, Ojibwe, Sauk, Unami (Lenape)

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Araucanian languages

Huilliche, Mapuche

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Arawakan languages

Arawak, Garifuna, Paraujano, Paresi, Wayuu

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Australian languages

Pama-Nyungan languages

Anindilyakwa, Pitjantjatjara, Yolŋu

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Austroasiatic languages

Chrau, Jedek, Khasi, Khmer, Kuy, Mundari, Sedang, Vietnamese

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Austronesian languages

Bornean languages

Kadazandusun, Penan, Yakan

Chamic languages

Cham, Jarai, Rade

Formosan languages

Amis, Atayal, Kavalan, Paiwan, Pazeh, Puyuma, Saaroa, Saysiyat, Seediq

Malayo-Polynesian languages

Araki, Balinese, Batak (Toba), Bugis, Central Sinama, Dhao, Ende-Li'o, Hawu, Helong, Iban, Javanese, Kei, Madurese, Malagasy, Malay and Indonesian, Manggarainese, Minangkabau, Moma-Kulawi, Muna, Motu, Ngadha, Rongga, Sumbawa, Sundanese, Tado-Lindu, Tetum, Tolaki, Wandamen

Micronesian languages

Carolinian, Chuukese, Kiribati, Marshallese, Mokliese, Nauruan, Pohnpeian, Puluwatese, Satawalese, Sonsorolese, Woleaian

Oceanic languages

Apma, Drehu, Fijian, Kove, Lote, Maskelynes, Nyelâyu, Paama, Roviana, Sobei, Sio, Tîrî, Ubir

Philippine languages

Abellen, Aklan, Balangao, Bantoanon, Bikol, Bolinao, Bontoc, Caluyanon, Capiznon, Casiguran Dumagat Agta, Cebuano, Cuyonon, Dupaningan, Gaddang, Gorontalo, Hiligaynon, Hanunó’o, Ibaloi, Ibanag, Ifugao, Iloko, Isnag, Ivatan, Kagayanen, Kankanaey, Maguindanao, Mapun, Maranao, Masbateño, Matigsalug Manobo, Mongondow, Pangasinan, Romblomanon, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tagabawà, Tausūg, Tboli, Tondano, Yami/Tao

Polynesian languages

Anutan, Futunan, Hawaiian, Kapingamarangi, Mangareva, Māori, Moriori, Niuafoʻou, Niuean, Nukuria, Nukuoro, Pukapukan, Rapa Nui, Rarotongan, Rennellese, Samoan, Sikaiana, Tahitian, Tokelauan, Takuu, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Wallisian

More numbers in Austronesian languages
http://www.zompist.com/anes.htm

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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

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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, Avar, Batsbi, Bezhta, Chechen, Dargwa, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Khinalug, Kubachi, Lak, Lezgi, Rutul, Tabassaran, 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

Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu

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Eskimo-Aleut languages

Greenlandic, Inuktitut, Iñupiaq

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Hokan languages

Karuk

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Indo-European languages

Proto languages

Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European

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, Low German, Luxembourgish, Norn, Norwegian, Old Norse, Pennsylvania German / Dutch, Proto-Germanic, Scots, Shetlandic, Swabian, Swedish, Swiss German, Värmlandic, Wymysorys, Yiddish, Zeelandic

Hellenic languages

Greek (Ancient), Greek (Modern), Griko, Pontic Greek

Indo-Aryan languages

Assamese, Bengali, Domari, Garhwali, Gujarati, Hajong, Hindi, Kalderash Romani, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali, Odia (Oriya), Palula, Punjabi, Rohingya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhala, Sylheti, Torwali, Urdu

Iranian languages

Baluchi, Dari, Gilaki, Ishkashimi, Juhuri, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Soranî), Oroshor, Ossetian, Pashto, Persian, Sanglechi, Sarikoli, Shughni, Tajik, Talysh, Wakhi

Romance languages

Aragonese, Aromanian, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Dalmatian, Extremaduran, French, Galician, Gallo, Istro-Romanian, Italian, Jèrriais, Latin, Ligurian, Monégasque, Picard, Piedmontese, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Sardinian, Sicilian, Spanish, Walloon

Slavic languages

Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, 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, Okinawan

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Khoisan languages

Khoekhoe (Nama)

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Kwa languages

Ga

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Mayan languages

Kaqchikel

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Misumalpan languages

Miskito

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Mongolic languages

Kalmyk, Mongolian

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Muskogean languages

Eastern Muskogean

Koasati

Western Muskogean

Choctaw, Creek

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Na-Dené languages

Tlingit

Athabaskan languages

Ahtna, Deg Xinag, Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib), Hupa, Jicarilla, Mescalero-Chiricahua, Navajo, Tolowa, Tsuut'ina, Western Apache

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Niger-Congo languages

Altantic-Congo languages

Efik, Cebaara, Mundang, Supyire, Twi, Wolof

Bantu languages

Basaa, Bemba, Chichewa, Fang, Gwere, Lingala, Maore, Mwani, Nkore, Nyole, Soga, Swahili, Taita, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

Mande languages

Bambara, Kinyarwanda, Mandinka, Soninke, Vai

Volta-Niger languages

Igbo, Yoruba

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Nilo-Saharan languages

Acholi, Daza, Dholuo, Lango

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North Bougainville languages

Rotokas

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Ongan languages

Jarawa

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Oto-Manguean languages

Mazatec

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Papuan languages

Savosavo

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Pomoan languages

Central Pomo

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Quechuan languages

Cuzco Quechua

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Salishan languages

Squamish

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Sino-Tibetan languages

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

Kukish languages

Chiru, Chothe, Gangte, Karbi, Paite, Simte, Zou

Lolo-Burmese languages

Burmese, Hani

Sinitic (Chinese) languages

Cantonese, Hakka, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Taiwanese

Tibeto-Burman languages

Angami, Apatani, Balti, Bokar, Hmar, Inpui, Khowa (Bugun), Koireng, Liangmai Naga, Lisu, Milang, Moyon, Na, Naxi, Pochuri (Naga), Sartang, Sherdukpen, Singpho, Tangam, Tangkhul (Naga), Yi

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Siouan languages

Assiniboine, Biloxi, Chiwere, Crow, Hidatsa, Mandan, Quapaw, Stoney, Tutelo,

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Tai-Kaidai languages

Lao, Thai

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Totonacan languages

Papantla Totonac

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Trans-New Guinea languages

Abui, Makalero, 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

Manchu, Nanai, Orok / Uilta, Ulch

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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, Kazakh, Khakas, Kyrgyz, Nogai, Shor, Soyot, Tatar, Tofa, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut

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Uralic languages

Finnic languages

Estonian, Finnish, Ingrian, Karelian, Livonian, Livvi-Karelian, Proto-Finnic, Vepsian, Võro, Votic

Mari languages

Hill Mari, Meadow Mari

Mordvinic languages

Erzya, Moksha

Permic languages

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, Fanagalo, Haitian Creole, Kituba, Kristang, Manado Malay, Mauritian Creole, Pijin, Sango, Sranan, Tok Pisin

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Language isolates

Adaizan, Ainu, Basque, Chitimacha, Eskayan, Haida, Korean, Kunza, Nivkh, Puroik/Sulung, Tunica, Yuchi / Euchee, Zakhring, Zuni

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International Auxiliary languages

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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If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.

Links

Numbers from 1 to 10 in Over 5000 Languages
http://www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml

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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