How to count in Middle/Medieval Cornish (Cernewec), a version of Cornish spoken from about 1250 and 1550 AD.
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine
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| Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | un | kensa |
| 2 | dew (m) dui, dyw (f) | eil, eyl |
| 3 | tri, trei (m) teir, teyr(f) | triddydh |
| 4 | peswar (m) pedar (f) | peswere, pyswere |
| 5 | pymp, pemp | pympes |
| 6 | huih, hweh, whéh | hweffas, wheffes |
| 7 | seith | seithas, seithvas, seythves |
| 8 | eath | eathas |
| 9 | naw | |
| 10 | dec, dék, dég | dege, degves |
| 11 | ednac, idnac, unnec, ydnac | |
| 12 | dewdhec, dowdhec | dowedhegves |
| 13 | tairdhac, tardhac, tredhec | |
| 14 | peswardhec, pazawardhak | |
| 15 | pymthec, pemdhac | |
| 16 | whehdeg | whehdegvas |
| 17 | seitag, seitek | |
| 18 | eitag, eythek | |
| 19 | nawnzac, nawntek, nownsec, nowndzhak | |
| 20 | hugens, ugens | |
| 21 | womman warn igans | |
| 30 | dek warn-ugens, dék war-nugens, degwarnygnas | |
| 40 | dewugens, dewigans, dew ugens, dugans | |
| 50 | deg ha dugans, hanter cans | |
| 60 | trei igans, tri ugans, triugans | |
| 70 | trei igans ha deg | |
| 90 | padzhar iganz ha deg | |
| 100 | can, hans | |
| 200 | dew cans, deiv cans | |
| 300 | tri cans, try cans | |
| 500 | pynp cans | |
| 700 | syth cans | |
| 900 | naiv cans | |
| 1,000 | mil |
Source: Lexicon cornu-britannicum : a dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall, by Williams, Robert, 1810-1881.
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