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 | Arawakan | Austroasiatic | Austronesian | Aymaran | Caddoan | Cahuapanan | Chonan | Caucasian | Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Dravidian | Eskimo-Aleut | Hokan | Indo-European | Iroquoian | Japonic | Khoisan | Kwa | Misumalpan | Mongolic | Muskogean | Na-Dené | Niger-Congo | Nilo-Saharan | North Bougainville | Ongan | Oto-Manguean | Papuan | Pomoan | Quechuan | Salishan | Sino-Tibetan | Siouan | Tsimshianic | Tungusic | Tupí-Guarani | Turkic | Uralic | Uto-Aztecan | Yok-Utian | 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.

Afro-Asiatic languages

Chadic: Hausa, Moloko
Cushitic: Oromo, Afar, Somali
Semitic: Amharic, Arabic (Modern Standard), Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrinya

Algonquian languages

: Abenaki, Algonquin, Arapaho, Atikamekw, Blackfoot, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Mi'kmaq, Mohegan, Montagnais, Ojibwe, Sauk, Unami (Lenape)

Arawakan languages

: Arawak, Garifuna, Paraujano, Wayuu

Austroasiatic languages

: Chrau, Jedek, Khasi, Kuy, Sedang, Vietnamese

Austronesian languages

Bornean languages

Kadazandusun, Penan, Yakan

Formosan languages

Atayal, Kavalan, Paiwan, Pazeh, Saaroa, Seediq

Malayo-Polynesian languages

Micronesian languages

Chuukese, Kiribati, Marshallese, Nauruan, Pohnpeian, Satawalese

Oceanic languages

Apma, Drehu, Kove, Lote, Maskelynes, Nyelâyu, Paama, Roviana, Sobei, Sio

Philippine languages

Abellen, Aklan, Balangao, Bantoanon, Bikol, Bolinao, Bontoc, Caluyanon, Casiguran Dumagat Agta, Cebuano, Cuyonon, Dupaningan, Hiligaynon, Ibaloi, Ifugao, Iloko, Isnag, Ivatan, Kagayanen, Kankanaey, Maguindanao, Mapun, Maranao, Masbateño, Matigsalug Manobo, Pangasinan, Romblomanon, Tagalog, Tagabawà, Tausūg, Tboli, Yami/Tao

Polynesian languages

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

Aymaran languages

: Aymara, Jaqaru

Caddoan languages

: Arikara, Caddo, Pawnee

Cahuapanan languages

: Jebero

Caucasian languages

North East Caucasian languages: Aghul, Avar, Batsbi, Bezhta, Chechen, Dargwa, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Kubachi, Lezgi, Tsakhur, Tsez
North West Caucasian languages: Abkhaz, Abaza, Adyghe, Kabardian
South Caucasian languages: Georgian, Laz, Mingrelian, Svan

Chonan languages

: Ona, Tehuelche

Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages

: Alyutor, Chukchi, Itelmen, Koryak

Dravidian languages

: Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu

Eskimo-Aleut languages

: Greenlandic, Inuktitut, Iñupiaq

Hokan languages

: Karuk

Indo-European languages

Proto languages

Proto-Celtic, Proto-Indo-European

Albanian languages

Albanian, Arbëresh

Armenian languages

Eastern Armenian

Baltic languages

Curonian, Latgalian, Latvian, Lithuanian

Celtic languages

Germanic languages

Afrikaans, Bavarian, Cimbrian, Danish, Dutch, Elfdalian, English, Faroese, German, Gothic, Gottscheerish, Icelandic, Low German, North Frisian, Norwegian, Pennsylvania German / Dutch, Scots, Swedish, Swiss German, Värmlandic, West Frisian, Wymysorys, Yiddish

Hellenic languages

Indo-Aryan languages

Assamese, Bengali, Domari, Garhwali, Gujarati, Hajong, Hindi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali, Odia (Oriya), Palula, Punjabi, Rohingya, 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, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Dalmatian, Extremaduran, French, Galician, Italian, Jèrriais, Latin, Ligurian, Monégasque, Piedmontese, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Sardinian, Sicilian, Spanish

Slavic languages

Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian

Iroquoian languages

: Cayuga, Cherokee, Mohawk, Seneca

Japonic / Japanese-Ryukyuan languages

: Japanese, Okinawan

Khoisan languages

: Khoekhoe (Nama)

Kwa languages

: Ga

Misumalpan languages

: Miskito

Mongolic languages

: Mongolian

Muskogean languages

Eastern Muskogean: Koasati
Western Muskogean: Choctaw, Creek

Na-Dené languages

: Tlingit
Athabaskan languages: Deg Xinag, Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib), Hupa, Navajo, Tolowa, Tsuut'ina

Niger-Congo languages

Altantic-Congo languages: Efik, Cebaara, Supyire, Twi, Wolof
Bantu languages: Gwere, Lingala, Maore, Mwani, Nkore, Nyole, Soga, Swahili, Taita, Tswana, Umbundu, Xhosa, Zulu
Mande languages: Bambara, Kinyarwanda, Mandinka, Soninke, Vai
Volta-Niger languages: Yoruba

Nilo-Saharan languages

: Acholi, Daza, Dholuo, Lango

North Bougainville languages

: Rotokas

Ongan languages

: Jarawa

Oto-Manguean languages

: Mazatec

Papuan languages

: Savosavo

Pomoan languages

: Central Pomo

Quechuan languages

: Cuzco Quechua

Salishan languages

: Squamish

Sino-Tibetan languages

Ao languages: Ao Naga, Yimchungrü
Brahmaputran languages: Khiamniungan, Kokborok, Muklom, Phom
Digaro languages: Digaro Mishmi, Idu Mishmi
Kukish languages: Chiru, Chothe, Gangte, Karbi, Simte, Zou
Lolo-Burmese languages: Burmese, Hani
Sinitic languages: Cantonese, Hakka, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Taiwanese
Tibeto-Burman languages: Angami, Apatani, Balti, Bokar, Hmar, Inpui, Khowa (Bugun), Koireng, Liangmai Naga, Milang, Moyon, Na, Naxi, Pochuri (Naga), Sartang, Sherdukpen, Singpho, Tangam, Tangkhul (Naga), Tibetan, Yi

Siouan languages

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

Trans-New Guinea languages

: Abui, Makalero, Sawila, Teiwa,

Tsimshianic languages

: Tsimshian

Tungusic / Manchu-Tungus languages

Northern Tungusic: Negidal, Oroch, Udege
Southern Tungusic: Manchu, Nanai, Orok / Uilta, Ulch

Tupí-Guarani languages

: Nheengatu

Turkic languages

: Azerbaijani, Chagatai, Chelkan, Crimean Tatar, Dolgan, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Khakas, Kyrgyz, Nogai, Shor, Soyot, Tatar, Teleut, Tofa, Turkish, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut

Uralic languages

Finnic languages: Estonian, Finnish, Ingrian, Karelian, Livonian, Vepsian, Võro, Votic
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, Nganasan, Selkup
Ugric languages: Hungarian, Khanty, Mansi

Uto-Aztecan languages

: Guerrero Nahuatl, Hopi, Huichol, Nahuatl, O'odham, Tarahumara, Timbisha, Tongva, Yaqui

Yok-Utian languages

: Mutsun, Wukchumni

Pidgins and Creoles

: Cape Verdean Creole, Fanagalo, Kituba, Kristang, Manado Malay, Mauritian Creole, Pijin, Sango, Sranan

Language isolates

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

International Auxiliary languages

: Esperanto, Folkspraak, Ido, Interlingua, Interlingue / Occidental, Interslavic, Lingwa de planeta, Lingua Franca Nova, Novial, Romániço, Volapük

Constructed languages

: Dothraki, Klingon, Laala, Lojban, Quenya, Solresol, Toki Pona

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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