Gaulish is an extinct Celtic language that was spoken in parts of what is now France, Switzerland, Belgium and northern Italy until about the 6th century AD.
The ordinal numbers are attested to in finds at La Graufesenque, an archaeological site near Millau in Aveyron in southern France. The cardinal numbers are not know directly, but can be deduced from other material.
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| Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | oino | cintuxos |
| 2 | - | ciallos, allos |
| 3 | tri, treis, tidres | tritos |
| 4 | petru (petuar) | petuarios |
| 5 | pimpe, pempe | pimpetos |
| 6 | suex | suexos |
| 7 | sextan | sextametos |
| 8 | oxtu | oxtumetos |
| 9 | *na | nametos |
| 10 | decan | decametos |
| 14 | - | petrudecametos |
| 20 | uoconti | - |
| 30 | tricontis | - |
| 100 | canton | - |
Information about Gaulish | Numbers | Celtiadur
Sources of these numbers
http://www.languagesgulper.com/eng/Gaulish.html
http://www.moderngaulish.com/#!__numerals
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
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