One In Different Languages

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NUMBER: THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

One In Different Languages

If there is a universal human language, it's the language of numbers. So intuitive and uniform is the idea of numbers, that it is easy to learn and understand them even when spoken in another language. In fact, in most foreign language classes, the 'number words' are some of the first things you learn.

The following table goes over the important word components used to form number words in English, but also in 13 additional languages , including Latin, Greek, Japanese, Hebrew, Spanish, French, German, and many more!

There is also a bonus language not shown on this chart, but there is a link that will take you to it after the chart.

Please note that Greek does not use the standard English alphabet, but rather the Greek alphabet which only contains 24 letters. Some of these letters are analogous to English letters, but others have no counterpart. The Greek number words here are the result of translating Greek letters to approximate English letters based on phonetics (the way the Greek letters are pronounced ). This same approach ( called 'transliteration' ) has been used on the Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Swahili , Sanskrit, and Thai languages.

The following two tables display all the word components you would need to count to a thousand in no less than 14 different languages. These will come in handy later as you will see, for naming large numbers. Here's the first 7 languages:

VALUEENGLISH
SPANISH
LATIN [1]
GREEK [2]
JAPANESE
CHINESE
HEBREW
1one
uno
unus
enas
iti
yi
echad
2twodos
duo
duo
ni
er
shnayim
3three
tres
tres
treis
san
san
shlosha
4four
cuatro
quattuor
tessera
si
si
arba'a
5five
cinco
quinque
pente
go
wu
chamisha
6six
seis
sex
exi
roku
liu
shisha
7seven
siete
septem
epta
siti
qi
shiv'a
8eight
ocho
octo
okto
hati
ba
shmonah
9nine
nueve
novem
ennea
kyuu
jiu
tish'a
10ten
diez
decem
deka
zyuu
shi
assara
11eleven
once
undecim
endeka
zyuu-iti
shi-yi
achad asar
12twelve
doce
duodecim
dodeka
zyuu-ni
shi-er
shneim asar
13thirteen
trece
tredecim
dekatreis
zyuu-san
shi-san
shlosha asar
14fourteen
catorce
quattuordecim
dekatessera
zyuu-si
shi-si
arba'a asar
15fifteen
quince
quindecim
dekapente
zyuu-go
shi-wu
chamisha asar
16sixteen
dieciseis
sedecim
dekaexi
zyuu-roku
shi-liu
shisha asar
17seventeen
diecisiete
septendecim
dekaepta
zyuu-siti
shi-qi
shiv'a asar
18eighteen
dieciocho
duodeviginti
dekaokto
zyuu-hati
shi-ba
shmona asar
19nineteen
diecinueve
undeviginti
dekaennea
zyuu-kyuu
shi-jiu
tish'a asar
20twenty
veinte
viginti
eikosi
ni-zyuu
er-shi
esrim
30thirty
treinta
triginta
trianta
san-zyuusan-shi
shloshim
40 fortycuarenta
quadraginta
saranta
si-zyuu
si-shi
arba'im
50 fiftycincuenta
quinquaginta
penenta
go-zyuu
wu-shi
chamishim
60sixty
sesenta
sexaginta
exenta
roku-zyuu
liu-shi
shishim
70seventy
setenta
septuaginta
ebdomenta
siti-zyuu
qi-shi
shiv'im
80 eightyochenta
octoginta
ogdoenta
hati-zyuu
ba-shi
shmonim
90 ninetynoventa
nonaginta
enenenta
kyuu-zyuu
jiu-shi
tish'im
100hundred
cien(ciento)
centum
ekato
hyaku
bai
me'a
200two hundred
doscientos
ducenti
diakosia
ni-hyaku
er-bai
matayim
300three hundred
trescientos
trecenti
triakosia
san-hyaku
san-bai
shlosh meot
400 four hundred
cuatrocientos
quadringenti
tetrakosia
si-hyaku
si-bai
arba meot
500 five hundred
quinientos
quingenti
pentekosia
go-hyaku
wu-bai
chamesh meot
600 six hundred
seiscientos
sescenti
exakosia
roku-hyaku
liu-bai
shesh meot
700 seven hundred
setecientosseptingenti
eptakosia
siti-hyaku
qi-bai
shva meot
800 eight hundred
ochocientosoctingenti
oktakosia
hati-hyaku
ba-bai
shmone meot
900 nine hundred
novecientosnongenti
enniakosia
kyuu-hyaku
jiu-bai
tsha meot
1000 thousandmil
mille
chilia
sen
qian
elef

Here is an additional 7 languages:


VALUE
ITALIAN
FRENCH
GERMAN
SWAHILI
SANSKRIT
WELSH
THAI
1 uno un einsmoja
eka
un
nueng
2 duedeux
zwei
mbili
dvi
dau
song
3 tre troisdrei
tatu
tri
tri
sam
4 quattroquatre
vier
nne
chatur
pedwar
see
5 cinquecinq
funf
tano
pancha
pump
har
6 seisix
sechs
sita
shash
chwech
hok
7sette
septsieben
saba
sapta
saith
jed
8 otto huitacht
nane
ashta
wyth
bad
9 nove neuf neun tisanava
naw
gao
10dieci
dix
zehn
kumi
dasha
deg
sib
11undici
onze
elf
kumi na moja
ekadashan
un-deg-un
sib-et
12dodici
douze
zwolf
kumi na mbili
dvadashan
un-deg-dau
sib-song
13tredici
treize
dreizehn
kumi na tatu
tridashan
un-deg-tri
sib-sam
14quattordici
quatorze
vierzehn
kumi na nne
chaturdashan
un-deg-pedwar
sib-see
15 quindiciquinze
funfzehn
kumi na tano
panchadashan
un-deg-pedwar
sib-har
16sedici
seize
sechzehn
kumi na sita
shashdashan
un-deg-chwech
sib-hok
17 dicissettedix-sept
siebzehn
kumi na saba
saptadashan
un-deg-saith
sib-jed
18 diciottodix-huit
achtzehn
kumi na nane
ashtadashan
un-deg-wyth
sib-bad
19diciannove
dix-neuf
neunzehn
kumi na tisa
navadashan
un-deg-naw
sib-gao
20 venti vingtzwanzig
ishirini
vinshat
dau-ddeg
yee-sib
30trenta
trente
dreiBig
thelathinitrinshat
tri-deg
sam-sib
40 quaranta quarantevierzig
arobaini
catvarinshat
pedwar-deg
see-sib
50 cinquanta cinquante funfzighamsini
panchashat
pum-deg
har-sib
60sessanta
soixante
sechzig
sitini
shashti
chew-deg
hok-sib
70settanta
soixante-dix
siebzigsabini
saptati
saith-deg
jed-sib
80 ottanta quatre-vingts achtzig themaniniashiti
wyth-deg
bad-sib
90 novanta quatre-vingt-dixneunzig
tisini
navati
naw-deg
gao-sib
100 centocent
hundert
mia
shata
cant
nueng-roi
200 duecentodeux cents
zweihundertmia mbili
dvashatam
dau gant
song-roi
300trecento
trois cents
dreihundert
mia tatu
trishatam
tri chant
sam-roi
400 quattrocentoquatre cents
vierhundert
mia nne
chaturshatam
pedwar cant
see-roi
500cinquecento
cinq cents
funfhundert
mia tano
panchashatam
pum cant
har-roi
600 seicento six cents
sechshundert
mia sita
shashshatam
chwe chant
hok-roi
700settecento
sept cents
siebenhundert
mia saba
saptashatam
saith cant
jed-roi
800ottocento
huit cents
achthundert
mia nane
ashtashatam
wyth cant
bad-roi
900 novecentoneuf cents
neunhundert
mia tisa
navashatam
naw cant
gao-roi
1000 millemille
tausend
elfu moja
sahasra
mil
nueng-pun

There is also urdu which is very unusual. I would have listed it with the other languages, but the construction for the first 100 counting numbers is irregular and doesn't follow the constructions above. If your interested you can learn about urdu numbers at this link ... Urdu numbers .

Now that I have given a sampling of the notations and naming conventions used for numbers throughout the world and through history, I would like to present my own unique naming convention.

The next article explains the impetus for this construction. Basically it provides short names for the first 1000 or so counting numbers !

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