How to count in Scots (Scots Leid), a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | nocht / zero | |
| 1 | ane / wan | first |
| 2 | twa | saicont |
| 3 | three | third |
| 4 | fower | fourth |
| 5 | five | fifth |
| 6 | sax | saxt |
| 7 | seiven | seivent |
| 8 | echt | echt |
| 9 | nine | nint |
| 10 | ten | tent |
| 11 | eleivin | eleivint |
| 12 | twal | twalt |
| 13 | therteen | therteent |
| 14 | fourteen | fourteent |
| 15 | fifteen | fifteent |
| 16 | saxteen | saxteent |
| 17 | seiventeen | seiventeent |
| 18 | echteen | echteent |
| 19 | nineteen | nineteen |
| 20 | twintie | twintie |
| 21 | twintie-wan | |
| 22 | twintie-twa | |
| 23 | twintie-three | |
| 24 | twintie-fower | |
| 25 | twintie-five | |
| 26 | twintie-sax | |
| 27 | twintie-seiven | |
| 28 | twintie-echt | |
| 29 | twintie-nine | |
| 30 | thertie | |
| 40 | fourtie | |
| 50 | fiftie | |
| 60 | saxtie | |
| 70 | seiventie | |
| 80 | echtie | |
| 90 | ninetie | |
| 100 | hunner | hunner |
| 1,000 | thoosand | thoosand |
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Note: This information comes from the from L Colin Wilson's Luath Scots Language Learner, which focuses particularly on the Scots of North East Scotland, or Doric. There are other dialects of Scots, and other ways of writing Scots.
Information about numbers and time in Scots
https://www.scotslanguage.com/Numbers_and_Time
Download a spreadsheet of numbers in Germanic languages (provided by Yoshi Smart)
Information about Scots | Phrases | Numbers | Time | Family words | Books about Scots on: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk [affilate links]
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