How to count in Phoenician, a Northern Semitic language that was spoken around the Mediterranean until about the 2nd century AD.
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| Ordinal | Cardinal | Numeral |
|---|---|---|
| (lpny) 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 | m - (ʾeḥḥad) 𐤀𐤇𐤃 f - (ʾeḥḥat) 𐤀𐤇𐤕 |
(𐤖) 1 |
| (šny) 𐤔𐤍𐤉 | m - (šnêm) 𐤔𐤍𐤌 f - (štêm) 𐤔𐤕𐤌 |
(𐤚) 2 |
| (šlšy) 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉 | m - (salust) 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤕 f - (salus) 𐤔𐤋𐤔 |
(𐤛) 3 |
| (ʾrbyʿ) 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤉 | m - (ʾarbaʿat) 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤕 f - (ʾarbaʿ) 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 |
(𐤛𐤖) 4 |
| (ḥmšy) 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉 | m - (ḥamišt) 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤕 f - (ḥameš) 𐤇𐤌𐤔 |
(𐤛𐤚) 5 |
| m - (šešit) 𐤔𐤔𐤕 f - (šeš) 𐤔𐤔 |
(𐤛𐤛) 6 | |
| (šebaʿat) 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 f - (šebaʿ) 𐤔𐤁𐤏 |
(𐤛𐤛𐤖) 7 | |
| (šamunit) 𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤕 (šamune) 𐤔𐤌𐤍 |
(𐤛𐤛𐤚) 8 | |
| m - (tišaʿat) 𐤕𐤔𐤏𐤕 f - (tešaʿ) 𐤕𐤔𐤏 |
(𐤛𐤛𐤛) 9 | |
| m - (ʿašert) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 f - (ʿašar) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 |
(𐤗) 10 | |
| m - (ʿašert wa ʾeḥḥad) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤃 f - (ʿašar wa ʾeḥḥat) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤕 |
(𐤗𐤖) 11 | |
| m - (ʿašert wa šnêm) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤍𐤌 f - (ʿašar wa štêm) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤔𐤕𐤌 |
(𐤗𐤚) 12 | |
| m - (ʿašert wa salust) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤕 f - (ʿašar wa salus) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤔 |
(𐤗𐤛) 13 | |
| m - (ʿašert wa ʾarbaʿat) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤕 f - (ʿašar wa ʾarbaʿ) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 |
(𐤗𐤛𐤖) 14 | |
| m - (ʿašert wa ḥamišt) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤕 f - (ʿašar wa ḥameš) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤔 |
(𐤗𐤛𐤚) 15 | |
| m - (ʿašert wa šešit) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤔𐤕 f - (ʿašar wa šeš) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤔𐤔 |
(𐤗𐤛𐤛) 16 | |
| (ʿašert wa šebaʿat) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 f - (ʿašar wa šebaʿ) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤏 |
(𐤗𐤛𐤛𐤖) 17 | |
| (ʿašert wa šamunit) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤕 (ʿašar wa šamune) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤍 |
(𐤗𐤛𐤛𐤚) 18 | |
| m - (ʿašert wa tišaʿat) 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤏𐤕 f - (ʿašar wa tešaʿ) 𐤏𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤏 |
(𐤗𐤛𐤛𐤛) 19 | |
| (ʿesrim) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 | (𐤘) 20 | |
| m - (ʿesrim wa ʾeḥḥad) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤃 f - (ʿesrim wa ʾeḥḥat) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤕 |
(𐤘𐤖) 21 | |
| m - (ʿesrim wa šnêm) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤍𐤌 f - (ʿesrim wa štêm) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤕𐤌 |
(𐤘𐤚) 22 | |
| m - (ʿesrim wa salust) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤕 f - (ʿesrim wa salus) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤔 |
(𐤘𐤛) 23 | |
| m - (ʿesrim wa ʾarbaʿat) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤕 f - (ʿesrim wa ʾarbaʿ) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 |
(𐤘𐤛𐤖) 24 | |
| m - (ʿesrim wa ḥamišt) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤕 f - (ʿesrim wa ḥameš) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤔 |
(𐤘𐤛𐤚) 25 | |
| m - (ʿesrim wa šešit) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤔𐤕 f - (ʿesrim wa šeš) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤔 |
(𐤘𐤛𐤛) 26 | |
| (ʿesrim wa šebaʿat) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 f - (ʿesrim wa šebaʿ) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤏 |
(𐤘𐤛𐤛𐤖) 27 | |
| (ʿesrim wa šamunit) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤕 (ʿesrim wa šamune) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤍 |
(𐤘𐤛𐤛𐤚) 28 | |
| m - (ʿesrim wa tišaʿat) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤏𐤕 f - (ʿesrim wa tešaʿ) 𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤏 |
(𐤘𐤛𐤛𐤛) 29 | |
| (šalušim) 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤌 | (𐤘𐤗) 30 | |
| (ʾarbaʿim) 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤌 | (𐤘𐤘) 40 | |
| (ḥamissim) 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤌 | (𐤘𐤘𐤗) 50 | |
| (sissim) 𐤔𐤔𐤌 | (𐤘𐤘𐤘) 60 | |
| (sibʿim) 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤌 | (𐤘𐤘𐤘𐤗) 70 | |
| (samunim) 𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤌 | (𐤘𐤘𐤘𐤘) 80 | |
| (tasʿim) 𐤕𐤔𐤏𐤌 | (𐤘𐤘𐤘𐤘𐤗) 90 | |
| (mʾt) 𐤌𐤀𐤕 | (𐤙) 100 | |
| (šlšmʾt) 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤌𐤀𐤕 | (𐤛𐤙) 300 | |
| (ʾlp) 𐤀𐤋𐤐 | 1,000 |
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Information about counting in Phoenician
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Phoenician_numerals
https://archive.org/details/charles-r.-krahmalkov-a-phoenician-punic-grammar/page/215/mode/2up
https://glosbe.com/en/phn
Information about Phoenician | Numbers
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