Numbers in Shetlandic

How to count in Modern Shetlandic Scots (Shaetlan), a variety of Insular Scots with Norn influences spoken in Shetland.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	ae, ane, wan, een	first
2	twa, two	seicont
3	tree	third
4	fower	fowert
5	five	fift
6	sax, six	saxt
7	seiven, seeven	seivent
8	aicht, eight	aicht
9	nine	nint
10	ten	tent
11	eleiven, eleeven	eleivent
12	twal	twalt
13	thriteen, therteen	thirteent
14	fowerteen, forteen	fowerteent
15	fifteen	fifteent
16	saxteen, sixteen	saxteent
17	seiventeen, seeventeen	seiventeent
18	aichteen, eighteen	aichteent
19	nineteen	nineteent
20	twinty	twintiet
21	twinty-ane	twinty-first
22	twinty-twa	twinty-seicont
23	twinty-tree	twinty-third
24	twinty-fower	twinty-fowert
25	twinty-five	twinty-fift
26	twinty-sax	twinty-saxt
27	twinty-seiven	twinty-seivent
28	twinty-aicht	twinty-aicht
29	twinty-nine	twinty-nint
30	thirty, thritty	thirtiet
40	fowerty	fowertiet
50	fivety	fiftiet
60	saxty	saxtiet
70	seiventy	seiventiet
80	aichty	aichtiet
90	ninety	nintiet
100	hundert
1,000	thoosand

Information about counting in Shetlandic
https://www.shetlanddialect.org.uk/number-line
https://www.scots-online.org/articles/contents/ModernScots.pdf

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