How to count in Afrikaans, a West Germanic language spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | nul | |
| 1 | een | eerste |
| 2 | twee | tweede |
| 3 | drie | derde |
| 4 | vier | vierde |
| 5 | vyf | vyfde |
| 6 | ses | sesde |
| 7 | sewe | sewende |
| 8 | ag | agtste |
| 9 | nege | negende |
| 10 | tien | tiende |
| 11 | elf | elfde |
| 12 | twaalf | twaalfde |
| 13 | dertien | dertiende |
| 14 | veertien | veertiende |
| 15 | vyftien | vyftiende |
| 16 | sestien | sestiende |
| 17 | sewentien | sewentiende |
| 18 | agtien | agtiende |
| 19 | negetien | negentiende |
| 20 | twintig | twintigste |
| 21 | een-en-twintig | |
| 22 | twee-en-twintig | |
| 23 | drie-en-twintig | |
| 24 | vier-en-twintig | |
| 25 | vyf-en-twintig | |
| 26 | ses-en-twintig | |
| 27 | sewen-en-twintig | |
| 28 | ag-en-twintig | |
| 29 | nege-en-twintig | |
| 30 | dertig | |
| 40 | veertig | |
| 50 | vyftig | |
| 60 | sestig | |
| 70 | sewentig | |
| 80 | tagtig | |
| 90 | neëntig | |
| 100 | een honderd | honderdste |
| 1,000 | een duisend | |
| 1,000,000 | een miljoen | |
| 1,000,000,000 | een miljard | |
| 1,000,000,000,000 | een biljoen | |
| once | een keer | |
| twice | twee keer |
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Information about numbers and counting in Afrikaans
http://ielanguages.com/afrikaans-numbers.html
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-afrikaans/en/afr/
https://en.09nt.com/afrikaans-numbers-from-1-to-100
http://mylanguages.org/afrikaans_numbers.php
Download a spreadsheet of numbers in Germanic languages (provided by Yoshi Smart)
Information about Afrikaans | Phrases | Numbers | Family words | Time | Tower of Babel | Afrikaans courses on: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk [affilate links]
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