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Language
name and location: Welsh,
Wales,
United Kingdom [Refer to
Ethnologue
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1. un [in] |
21. un ar huɡain [ˈin ar ˌhiɡain] |
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2. dau [daɪ] / dwy [dʊɪ] (masc. / fem.) |
22. dau ar huɡain [ˈdaɪ ar ˌhiɡain] |
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3. tri [tɹi] / tair [taɪr] (masc. / fem.) |
23. tri ar huɡain [ˈtɹi ar ˌhiɡain] |
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4. pedwar [ˈpɛdwar] /pedair [ˈpedaɪr] |
24. pedwar ar huɡain [ˈpɛdwar ar ˌhiɡain] |
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5. pump [pɪmp] |
25. pump ar huɡain [ˈpɪmp ar ˌhiɡain] |
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6. chwech [χweχ] |
26. chwech ar huɡain [ˈχweχ ar ˌhiɡain] |
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7. saith [saɪθ] |
27. saith ar huɡain [ˈsaɪθ ar ˌhiɡain] |
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8. wyth [ʊɪθ] |
28. wyth ar huɡain [ˈʊɪθ ar ˌhiɡain] |
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9. naw [nɑʊ] |
29. naw ar huɡain [ˈnɑʊ ar ˌhiɡain] |
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10. deɡ [deɡ] |
30. deɡ ar huɡain [ˈdeg ar ˌhiɡain] |
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11. un ar ddeɡ [ˈin ar ˌðeɡ] |
40. deuɡain [ˈdəɪɡain] ( 2 x 20 ) |
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12. deuddeɡ [ˈdəɪðɛɡ] |
50. hanner cant [ˈhanɛr ˈkant] |
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13. tri ar ddeɡ [ˈtri ar ˌðeɡ] |
60. triɡain [ˈtɹiɡaɪn] ( 3 x 20 ) |
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14. pedwar ar ddeɡ [ˈpɛdwar ar ˌðeɡ] |
70. deɡ a thriɡain [ˈdeɡ a ˌθriɡaɪn] |
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15. pymtheɡ [ˈpəmθɛɡ] |
80. pedwar uɡain [ˌpɛdwar ˈiɡaɪn] |
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16. un ar bymtheɡ[ˈin ar ˌbəmθɛɡ] |
90. deɡ a pedwar uɡain [ˈdeɡ a ˌfɛdwar ˈiɡaɪn] |
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17. dau ar bymtheɡ [ˈdaɪ ar ˌbəmθɛɡ] |
100. cant [kant] |
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18. deunaw [ˈdəmɑʊ] ( 2 x 9 ) |
200. dau ɡant [ˈdaɪ ˈɡant] |
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19. pedwar ar bymtheɡ [ˈpɛdwar ar ˌbəmθɛɡ] |
1000. mil [ˈmil] |
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20. uɡain [ˈiɡain] |
2000. dwy fil [ˈdʊɪ ˈvil] |
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Linguist
providing data and dateː Prof. Martin J. Ball and
Dr. Gwenllian Awbery,
University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, USA,
September 30 |
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Other comments: Welsh has a vigesimal system. The above data is from northern dialect of Welsh. There are two forms of numbers 2-4 (masculine and feminine) in this dialect. Note that number 90 can be expresses by pedwar uɡain a deɡ. Welsh or Cymraeg is spoken by approxiamely 460,000 speakers in Wales, United Kingdom as well as Argentina, Canada, New Zealand and United States. |
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