Numbers in Breton

How to count in Breton, a Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Brittany in the the northwest of France.

Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine

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  Cardinal Ordinal
0 zero  
1 unan [ˈỹː.nãn] kentañ (1), unanvet
2 daou [dɔw] (m) div [diw] (f) eil, (2l), eilvet
daouvet (m), divet (f)
3 tri [triː] (m), teir [tɛjr] (f) trede (3e), trivet (m), teirvet (f)
4 pevar [ˈpeːvar] (m) peder [ˈpeːdɛr] (f) pevarve (4e)
pevaret (m) pedervet (f)
5 pemp [pɛm(p)] pemp(v)et (5vet)
6 c’hwec’h [xweːx] c’hwec’hvet (6vet)
7 seizh [sɛjs] seizhvet (7vet)
8 eizh [ɛjs] eizhvet (8vet)
9 nav [naw] navet (9vet)
10 dek [deːk] dekvet (10vet)
11 unnek unnekvet (11vet)
12 daouzek daouzekvet (12vet)
13 trizek trizekvet (13vet)
14 pevarzek pevarzekvet (14vet)
15 pemzek pemzekvet (15vet)
16 c'hwezek c'hwezekvet (16vet)
17 seitek seitekvet (17vet)
18 triwec'h triwec'hvet (18vet)
19 naontek naontekvet (19vet)
20 ugent [ˈyːɡẽn(t)] ugentvet (20vet)
21 unan warn-ugent unanvet warn-ugent (21vet)
22 daou warn-ugent eil warn-ugent (22vet)
23 tri warn-ugent trede warn-ugent (23vet)
24 pevar warn-ugent pevare warn-ugent (24vet)
25 pemp warn-ugent pempvet warn-ugent (25vet)
26 c’hwec’h warn-ugent c;hwec’hvet warn-ugent (26vet)
27 seizh warn-ugent seizhvet warn-ugent (27vet)
28 eizh warn-ugent eizhvet warn-ugent (28vet)
29 nav warn-ugent navvet warn-ugent (29vet)
30 tregont [ˈtreːɡɔ̃n(t)] tregontvet (30vet)
31 unan ha tregont unanvet ha tregont (31vet)
32 daou ha tregont eil ha tregont (32vet)
33 tri ha tregont trede ha tregont (33vet)
34 pevar ha tregont pevare ha tregont (34vet)
35 pemp ha tregont pempvert ha tregont (35vet)
36 c’hwec’h ha tregont c’hwec’hvet ha tregont (36vet)
37 seizh ha tregont seizhvet ha tregont (37vet)
38 eizh ha tregont eizhvet ha tregont (38vet)
39 nav ha tregont navvet ha tregont (39vet)
40 daou-ugent daouugentvet (40vet)
50 hanter-kant [hãn.tɛrˈkãn(t)] hanterkanvet (50vet)
51 unan hag hanter-kant unanvet hag hanter-kant (51vet)
52 daou hag hanter-kant eil hag hanter-kant (52vet)
60 tri-ugent triugentvet (60vet)
70 dek ha tri-ugent dekvet ha tri-ugent (70vet)
80 pevar-ugent pevarugentvet (80vet)
90 dek ha pevar-ugent dekvet ha pevar-ugent (90vet)
100 kant [kãn(t)] kantvet (100vet)
1 000 mil [miːl] milvet (1 000vet)
1 000 000 milion milionvet (1 000 000vet)
1 000 000 000 miliard miliardvet (1 000 000 000vet)

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Links

Numbers in Breton
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/breton.html
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Breton_numerals

Numbers in Celtic languages

Proto-Celtic, Celtiberian, Gaulish, Proto-Brythonic, Cumbric, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, Welsh, Middle Cornish, Cornish, Old Breton, Middle Breton, Breton Old Irish, Middle Irish, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic

Numbers in other languages

Alphabetical index | Language family index

Information about Breton | Phrases | Numbers: Modern Breton, Middle Breton, Old Breton | Family words | Colours | Time | Weather words | Comparison of Celtic languages | Celtic cognates | Celtiadur | Tower of Babel | Breton courses on: Amazon.com and Amazon.com

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