How to count in Cornish, a Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Cornwall in the the southwest of Britain. The numbers are shown in Common Cornish (Kernewek Kemmyn).
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine
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| Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | mann, zero | |
| 1 | onan, unn (before noun) | kensa |
| 2 | dew (m) diw (f) | nessa, eyl |
| 3 | tri (m) teyr (f) | tressa |
| 4 | peswar (m) peder (f) | peswara |
| 5 | pymp | pympes |
| 6 | hwegh | hweghves |
| 7 | seyth | seythves |
| 8 | eth | ethves |
| 9 | naw | nawves |
| 10 | deg | degves |
| 11 | unnek | unnegves |
| 12 | dewdhek | dewdhegves |
| 13 | trydhek | trydegves |
| 14 | peswardhek | peswardhegves |
| 15 | pymthek | pymthegves |
| 16 | hwetek | hwetegves |
| 17 | seytek | seytegves |
| 18 | etek | etegves |
| 19 | nownsek | nowsegves |
| 20 | ugens | ugensves |
| 21 | onan warn ugens | kensa warn ugens |
| 22 | dew/diw warn ugens | nessa warn ugens |
| 23 | tri/teyr warn ugens | tressa warn ugens |
| 24 | peswar/peder warn ugens | peswara warn ugens |
| 25 | pymp warn ugens | pympes warn ugens |
| 26 | hwegh warn ugens | hweghves warn ugens |
| 27 | seyth warn ugens | seythves warn ugens |
| 28 | eth warn ugens | ethves warn ugens |
| 29 | naw warn ugens | nawves warn ugens |
| 30 | deg warn ugens | degves warn ugens |
| 31 | uunek warn ugens | unegves warn ugens |
| 32 | dewdhek warn ugens | dewdhegves warn ugens |
| 33 | trydhek warn ugens | trydhegves warn ugens |
| 34 | peswardhek warn ugens | peswardhegves warn ugens |
| 35 | pymthek warn ugens | pymthegves warn ugens |
| 36 | hewtek warn ugens | hewtegves warn ugens |
| 37 | seytek warn ugens | seytegves warn ugens |
| 38 | etek warn ugens | etegves warn ugens |
| 39 | nownsek warn ugens | nownsegves warn ugens |
| 40 | dew ugens | dew ugensves |
| 50 | hanter kans deg ha dew ugens |
hanter kansves degves ha dew ugens |
| 60 | tri-ugens | tri-ugensves |
| 70 | deg ha tri ugens | degves ha tri ugens |
| 80 | peswar ugens | peswar ugensves |
| 90 | deg ha peswar ugens | degves ha peswar ugens |
| 100 | kans | kansves |
| 1000 | mil | milves |
| 100 | kans | kansves |
| 200 | dew kans | dew kansves |
| 300 | tri hans | tri hasnves |
| 400 | peswar kans | pewsar kansves |
| 500 | pymp kans | pymp kansves |
| 600 | hwegh kans | hwegh kansves |
| 1,000 | mil | milves |
| 2,000 | diw vil | diw vilves |
| 1 million | milvil milyon |
milvilves milyonves |
| 1 billion | bilyon | bilyonves |
| 1 trillion | trilyon | trilyonves |
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Information about Cornish numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_numerals
http://www.kesva.org/assets/files/KDL/kdl21.pdf
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