How to count in Basque (euskara), a language with no known relatives spoken in northern Spain and southern France.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | zero, hutsa | |
| 1 | bat | lehena |
| 2 | bi | bigarrena |
| 3 | hiru | hirugarrena |
| 4 | lau | laugarrena |
| 5 | bost | bostgarrena |
| 6 | sei | seigarrena |
| 7 | zazpi | zazpigarrena |
| 8 | zortzi | zortzigarrena |
| 9 | bederatzi | bederatzigarrena |
| 10 | hamar | amargarrena |
| 11 | hamaika | |
| 12 | hamabi | |
| 13 | hamahiru | |
| 14 | hamalau | |
| 15 | hamabost | |
| 16 | hamasei | |
| 17 | hamazazpi | |
| 18 | hamazortzi | |
| 19 | hemeretzi | |
| 20 | hogei | |
| 21 | hogeita bat | |
| 22 | hogeita bi | |
| 23 | hogeita hiru | |
| 24 | hogeita lau | |
| 25 | hogeita bost | |
| 26 | hogeita sei | |
| 27 | hogeita zazpi | |
| 28 | hogeita zortzi | |
| 29 | hogeita bederatzi | |
| 30 | hogeita hamar | |
| 31 | hogeita hamaika | |
| 32 | hogeita hamabi | |
| 33 | hogeita hamahiru | |
| 34 | hogeita hamalau | |
| 35 | hogeita hamabost | |
| 36 | hogeita hamasei | |
| 37 | hogeita hamazazpi | |
| 38 | hogeita hamazortzi | |
| 39 | hogeita hemeretzi | |
| 40 | berrogei | |
| 41 | berrogeita bat | |
| 42 | berrogeita bi | |
| 50 | berrogeita hamar | |
| 51 | berrogeita hamaika | |
| 52 | berrogeita hamabi | |
| 60 | hirurogei | |
| 61 | hirurogeita bat | |
| 70 | hirurogeita hamar | |
| 71 | hirurogeita hamaika | |
| 80 | laurogei | |
| 81 | laurogeita bat | |
| 90 | laurogeita hamar | |
| 91 | laurogeita hamaika | |
| 100 | ehun | |
| 101 | ehun eta bat | |
| 122 | ehun eta hogeita bi | |
| 200 | berrehun | |
| 300 | hirurehun | |
| 400 | laurehun | |
| 500 | bostehun | |
| 600 | seiehun | |
| 700 | zazpiehun | |
| 800 | zortziehun | |
| 900 | bederatziehun | |
| 1,000 | mila | |
| 1,100 | mila eta ehun | |
| 2,000 | bi mila | |
| 3,000 | hiru mila | |
| 4,000 | lau mila | |
| 5,000 | bost mila | |
| 6,000 | sei mila | |
| 7,000 | zazpi mila | |
| 8,000 | zortzi mila | |
| 9,000 | bederatzi mila | |
| 10,000 | hamar mila | |
| 100,000 | ehun mila | |
| 1,000,000 | milioi bat | |
| 1,000,000,000 | bat miliar |
Hear some Basque numbers:
Note that ordinal numbers are formed by adding -garrena, except lehena (first).
Sources:
- Garikoitz Knörr de Santiago. Kaixo! Manual de conversación castellano-euskara / English-Basque conversation guide, with introduction, basic grammar and vocabulary, 2010.
- Rudolf P.G. de Rijk: Standard Basque, a progressive grammar. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008.
- A Brief Grammar of Euskara. Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea. University of the Basque Country, 1996.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
More information about counting in Basque
https://ilovelanguages.org/basque_lesson6.php
http://mylanguages.org/basque_numbers.php
http://learn101.org/basque_numbers.php
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