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Numbers in various languages

The following is a table of the numbers 0 through 10 in a sample of the languages and writings of the world.

Language	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Indo-European languages	----
Germanic languages	----
English	zero / nil	one	two	three	four	five	six	seven	eight	nine	ten
Afrikaans	nul	een	twee	drie	vier	vyf	ses	sewe	agt	nege	tien
Danish	nul	en	to	tre	fire	fem	seks	syv	otte	ni	ti
Dutch	nul	een	twee	drie	vier	vijf	zes	zeven	acht	negen	tien
Faroese	null	ein	tveir	tríggir	fýra	fimm	seks	sjey	átta	níggju	tíggju
Frisian	nol	ien	twa	trije	fjouwer	fiif	seis	sân	acht	njoggen	tsien
German (Numbers - German.ogg)	null	eins	zwei	drei	vier	fünf	sechs	sieben	acht	neun	zehn
Icelandic	núll	einn	tveir	þrír	fjórir	fimm	sex	sjö	átta	níu	tíu
Norwegian, Bokmål	null	en (ett)	to	tre	fire	fem	seks	sju (syv)	åtte	ni	ti
Norwegian, Nynorsk	null	ein (eit(t))	to	tre (tri)	fire	fem	seks	sju	åtte	ni	ti
Scots	nocht	ane	twa	three	fower	five	sax	sieven	aicht	nine	ten
Swedish	noll	en (ett)	två	tre	fyra	fem	sex	sju	åtta	nio	tio
Italic and Romance languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Latin	nullus	unus	duo	tres	quattuor	quinque	sex	septem	octo	novem	decem
Catalan	zero	u/un	dos	tres	quatre	cinc	sis	set	vuit	nou	deu
French	zéro	un	deux	trois	quatre	cinq	six	sept	huit	neuf	dix
Italian	zero	uno	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette	otto	nove	dieci
Portuguese	zero	um	dois	três	quatro	cinco	seis	sete	oito	nove	dez
Romanian	zero	unu	doi	trei	patru	cinci	şase	şapte	opt	nouã	zece
Spanish	cero	uno	dos	tres	cuatro	cinco	seis	siete	ocho	nueve	diez
Wallon	zérô	onk / one	deus	troes	cwate	cénk	shîjh	set	ût	noûv	dîjh
Greek	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Greek	μηδέν mithen	ένα ena	δύο dio	τρία tria	τέσσερα tessera	πέντε pente	έξι exi	επτά / εφτά epta / efta	οκτώ / οχτώ okto / okto	εννέα ennea	δέκα deka
Armenian	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Armenian		meg	yergou	yerek	tchors	hink	vetss	yoteh	outeh	inneh	dasseh
Illyrian languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Albanian (Albanian numbers.ogg)	zero	një	dy	tre	katër	pesë	gjashtë	shtatë	tetë	nëntë	dhjetë
Baltic languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Latvian		viens	div	trys	cetiri	penki	šeši	septini	aštiuoni	devini	desmit
Lithuanian		vienas	du	trys	keturi	penki	šeši	septyni	aštuoni	devyni	dešimt
Slavic languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bulgarian	нула (nula)	едно (edno)	две (dve)	три (tri)	четири (chetiri)	пет (pet)	шест (shest)	седем (sedem)	осем (osem)	девет (devet)	десет (deset)
Czech	nula	jeden	dva	tři	čtyři	pět	šest	sedm	osm	devět	deset
Macedonian	nula нула	eden еден	dva два	tri три	četiri четири	pet пет	šest шест	sedum седум	osum осум	devet девет	deset десет
Polish	zero	jeden	dwa	trzy	cztery	pięć	sześć	siedem	osiem	dziewięć	dziesięć
Russian (Numbers Russian.ogg)	ноль nol'	один odin	два dva	три tri	четыре chetyrye	пять pyat'	шесть shest'	семь syem'	восемь vosyem'	девять dyevyat'	десять dyesyat'
Serbo-Croat	nula нула	jedan један	dva два	tri три	četiri четири	pet пет	šest шест	sedam седам	osam осам	devet девет	deset десет
Slovak	nula	jeden	dva	tri	štyri	päť	šesť	sedem	osem	deväť	desať
Slovene	nič	ena	dva	tri	štiri	pet	šest	sedem	osem	devet	deset
Ukrainian	ноль nol'	один odyn	два dva	три try	чотири chotyry	п'ять p'yat'	шiсть shist'	сiм sim	вiсiм visim	дев'ять dev'yat'	десять desyat'
Indo-Iranian languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	०	१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८	९	१०
Sanskrit	शून्य	एकम्	द्वे	त्रीणि	चत्वारि	पञ्च	षष्	सप्त	अष्ट	नव	दश
Hindi ¹	शून्य /ɕuːnjə/	एक /eːk/	दो /d̪oː/	तीन /t̪iːn/	चार /caːr/	पाँच /pãːc/	छः /cʰɛ/	सात /saːt̪ʰ/	आठ /aːʈʰ/	नौ /nɔː/	दस /d̪əs/
Marathi	शून्य	एक	दोन	तीन	चार	पांच	सहा	सात	आठ	नऊ	दहा
	۰	۱	۲	۳	۴	۵	۶	۷	۸	۹	۱۰
Urdu	صفر /sɪfər/	ایک /eːk/	دو /d̪oː/	تین /t̪iːn/	چار /caːr/	پانچ /pãːc/	چھ /cʰɛ/	سات /saːt̪ʰ/	آٹھ /aːʈʰ/	نو /nɔː/	دس /d̪əs/
Persian		yek	do	se	chahâr	panj	shesh	haft	hasht	noh	dah
Romany		jekh	duj	trin	shtar	pandzh	shov	efta	oxto	inja	desh
Celtic languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Breton	zero	unan	daou (m) diw (f)	tri teir	pewar peder	pemp	c'hwec'h	seizh	eizh	naw	deg
Welsh	dim	un	dau (m) / dwy (f)	tri / tair	pedwar / pedair	pump	chwech	saith	wyth	naw	deg
Irish	nialas	aon	do	trí	ceathair	cúig	sé	seacht	ocht	naoi	deich
Scottish	neoni	aon	dhà	trì	ceithir	còig	sia	seachd	ochd	naoi	deich
Afro-Asiatic languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Arabic ²	٠ sifer صِفْر	١ wâhid واحِد	٢ ithnayn إِثنان	٣ thalâtha ثَلاثة	٤ arba`a أرْبَعَة	٥ khamsa خَمْسة	٦ sitta سِتَّة	٧ sab`a سَبْعَة	٨ thamâniya ثَمانِة	٩ tis`a تِسْعة	١٠ `ashara عَشَرة
Maltese	xejn	wieħed	tnejn	tlieta	erbgħa	ħamsa	sitta	sebgħa	tmienja	disgħa	għaxra
Hebrew	אפס	אחת אחד	שתיים שניים	שלוש שלושה	ארבע ארבעה	חמש חמישה	שש שישה	שבע שבעה	שמונה שמונה	תשע תשעה	עשר עשרה
Hebrew	efes	aħat	shtayeem	shalosh	arbah	ħamesh	sesh	shehvah	shmoneh	tayshah	esair
Amharic		ande	hulet	sost	arat	hammist	siddist	sebat	semmint	zetegn	asar
Dravidian languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Malayalam		onnu	rantu	mûnnu	nâlu	añju	âru	êru	ettu	onpatu	pattu
Tamil		onru	irantu	mûnru	nânku	aintu	âru	êlu	ettu	onpatu	pattu
Telugu		okati	rendu	mûdu	nâlugu	aidu	âru	êdu	enimidi	tommidi	padi
Sino-Tibetan languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Burmese	toun-hnya	thi	hni	toun	lei	ngha	kyauk	khun hni	shhi	khou	seh
Cantonese ³	lihng 零	yat 一	yih/lehuhng 二/两	saahm 三	seih 四	ng 五	luhk 六	chat 七	baaht 八	gauh 九	sahp 十
Mandarin ³	líng 零	yī 一	èr/liǎng 二/两	sān 三	sì 四	wǔ 五	liù 六	qī 七	bā 八	jiǔ 九	shí 十
Shanghainese (a Wu Chinese dialect) ³	rin 零	ich 一	ni/rian 二/两	sé 三	si 四	ën 五	roch 六	chich 七	pach 八	ciou 九	zach 十
Taiwanese (a Minnan Chinese dialect) ³	ling5 零	tsit8 一	li7/nng7 二/两	sa 三	si3 四	gơ7 五	lak8 六	tshit4 七	peh4 八	kau2 九	tsap8 十
Tibetan	klad kor	gcig	gnyis	gsum	bzhi	lnga	drug	bdun	brgyad	dgu	bcu
Tai-Kadai languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Lao	suun	neung	song	sam	see	ha	hok	chet	paet	gow	seep
Thai	๐ sŏon	๑ nèung	๒ sŏng	๓ săm	๔ sèe	๕ hâ	๖ hòk	๗ jèt	๘ phèt	๙ gâo	๑๐ sìp
Austroasiatic languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Khmer	soan	moo-uhy	pee	buh-ee	boo-uhn	pram	pram moo-uhy	pram pee / pram pil	pram buh-ee	pram boo-uhn	dawp
Vietnamese	số không / cê-rô	một	hai	ba	bốn / tư	năm	sáu	bảy	tám	chín	mười / chục
Caucasian languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Georgian		erti	ori	sami	otkhi	khuti	eksvi	shvidi	rva	tskhra	ati
Uralic languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Estonian	null	üks	kaks	kolm	neli	viis	kuus	seitse	kaheksa	üheksa	kümme
Finnish	nolla	yksi	kaksi	kolme	neljä	viisi	kuusi	seitsemän	kahdeksan	yhdeksän	kymmenen
Hungarian	nulla	egy	kettő	három	négy	öt	hat	hét	nyolc	kilenc	tíz
Sami		okta	guokte	golbma	njeallje	vihtta	guhtta	cieza	gavcci	ovcci	logi
Altaic languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mongolian		neg	khoyor	gurav	duruv	tav	zurgaa	doloo	naim	ies	arva
Turkish	sıfır	bir	iki	üç	dört	beş	altı	yedi	sekiz	doguz	on
Austronesian languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cebuano		usa	duha	tulo	upat	lima	unom	pito	walo	siyam	napulo
Hawaiian	`ole	`ekahi	`elua	`ekolu	`ehā	`elima	`eono	`ehiku	`ewalu	`eiwa	`umi
Ilokano	ibbong / awan / sero	maysa	dua	tallo	uppat	lima	innem	pito	walo	siam	sangapulo
Indonesian	kosong / nol	satu	dua	tiga	empat	lima	enam	tujuh	delapan	sembilan	sepuluh
Malagasy	haotra	iray	roa	telo	efatra	dimy	enina	fito	valo	sivy	folo
Malay	kosong	satu	dua	tiga	empat	lima	enam	tujuh	lapan	sembilan	sepuluh
Maori		tahi	rua	toru	whâ	rima	ono	whitu	waru	iwa	tekau
Samoan		tasi	lua	tolu	fa	lima	ono	fitu	valu	iva	sefulu
Tagalog		isa	dalawa	tatlo	apat	lima	anim	pito	walo	siyam	sampu
Tongan	noa	taha	ua	tolu	fa	nima	ono	fitu	valu	hiva	hongofulu / taha noa
Native American languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Guarani		peteï	moköi	mbohapy	irundy	(as in Spanish)
Cherokee		sagwu	ta'li	jo'i	nvhgi	hisgi	sudali	gahlgwogi	janela	sohnela	sgohi
Mayan		hun	ca	ox	can	ho	uac	uuc	uaxac	bolon	lahun
Mapuche		kiñe	epu	küla	meli	kechu	kayu	relqe	pura	ailla	mari
Navajo		láá'ii	naaki	táá	díí`	`ashdla`	hastáá	tsots`id	tseebíí	náhást`éí	neezná
Quechua		huk	iskay	kimsa	tawa	pichqa	soqta	qanchis	pusaq	isqon	chunka
Bantu Languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Swahili	sifuri	moja	mbili	tatu	nne	tano	sita	saba	nane	tisa	kumi
Language isolates	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Korean	yeong 영	hana 하나 il 일	dul 둘 i 이	set 셋 sam 삼	net 넷 sa 사	daseot 다섯 o 오	yeoseot 여섯 yuk 육	ilgop 일곱 chil 칠	yeodeol 여덟 pal 팔	ahop 아홉 gu 구	yeol 열 sip 십
Japanese ⁴	〇/零 zero / rei ゼロ / れい	一 hitotsu / ichi いち	二 futatsu / ni に	三 mittsu / san さん	四 yottsu / shi し / よん	五 itsutsu / go ご	六 muttsu / roku ろく	七 nanatsu / shichi しち / なな	八 yattsu / hachi はち	九 kokonotsu / ku きゅう	十 tô / jû じゅう
Basque		bat	bi	hiru	lau	bost	sei	zazpi	zortzi	bederatzi	hamar
Etruscan		thu	zal	ci	huth	mak	sa	semph	cezp	nurph	zal(ch)
Sumerian		desh	min	pesh	lim	i	i-ash	i-min	i-us	i-lim	hu
Pidgins	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Tok Pisin	siro, nating, not	wan(pela)	tu(pela)	tri(pela)	foa, fopela	faiv, faipela	sikis(pela)	seven(pela)	et(pela)	nain(pela)	ten(pela)
Constructed languages	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Brithenig	sero / rhen	yn	dew	trui	cathr	cinc	sei	seth	oeth	noe	deg
Esperanto	nulo	unu	du	tri	kvar	kvin	ses	sep	ok	naŭ	dek
Klingon	pagh	wa'	cha'	wej	loS	vagh	jav	Soch	chorgh	Hut	wa'maH
Lojban	no	pa	re	ci	vo	mu	xa	ze	bi	so	pano
Nuirn	ingen	haon	tuâ	þrí	fiòra	féam	stvac	siù	ácht	naoi	tí
Quenya	úqua	minë	atta	neldë	canta	lempë	enquë	otso	tolto	nertë	cainen
Slovio	nul	din	dva	tri	cxtir	piat	sxes	siem	vos	dev	des
Volapük	nul	bal	tel	kil	fol	lul	mäl	vel	jöl	zül	bals
Wenedyk	zero	un	dwu	trze	kwatru	cząc	szej	sieć	ocu	nów	dziecz

¹The forms between brackets are transcriptions different from the Hindi.

²Although English names its numerals Arabic numerals, they came to Europe through India, originally from the Islamic civilization. Arab countries use other symbols for numerals, although with the same decimal structure. In the table, these figures appear in the top row of the text. For numbers with several digits, one writes in increasing powers of ten (units first, then tens, and so on). As in the west, the units are on the right and the greater powers of ten are on the left, as shown for the Arabic ten in the table. In the transliteration, th must be read about like English th, although closer to the S than Z or V . kh is a guttural R, as in Khaled, similar to the German CH of Bach (IPA χ, ).

³There are two different characters which mean "2"

èr (二) is used for numbers ("the year 2000")
liăng (两) is used to describe ("I have two fruits")

⁴ the Japanese usually use the Arabic numerals, but still use Chinese characters (kanji) in calligraphy or when written in columns. The word shi (死) means "death", in some cases yon replaces shi (4) and nana replaces shichi (7).

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