Homework help again!

[austrian_girl]

Sorry to bother you again but I'd need your help. I'm doing a homework on historical linguistics and need a few words in different languages for analysing. Thought this was the most convenient way (for me) to get the info I need.

Could you list the words for the numbers one, two, three in your native tongue (or any other language you speak)? The more exotic the language, the better. No matter if the tongue is still spoken or extinct. As I said, it's historical linguistics.

I would be esp. grateful for languages like Hindi (Ranen?) or Sanskrit, Persian, Russian, Latvian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Greek, etc... Maybe also Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, Welsh, Manx (if anybody knows the numbers)? Basically any language you can think of.

To make an easy start (and show you what I need), I'll start with German.

one = eins
two = zwei
three = drei

Pretty easy, ey? I'd really appreciate the help.

Thanks!

[Skypigeon]

Swedish

Ett
Två
Tre

[mcmanusrules]

Welsh:
Un(one)
Dau(two)
Tri
Pedwar
Pump
Chwech
Saith
Wyth
Naw
Deg

1-10

[Robert602]

Irish
One - a haon
Two - a dó
Three - a trí

(Whether you include the 'a' depends on context, but if just counting it should be there)

[PaulTheSoave]

Dutch

een
twee
drie
vier
vijf
zes
zeven
acht
negen
tien

Fries (having their own language, likewise welsh)

ien, twa, trije, fjouwer, fiif, seis, sân, acht, njoggen, tsien

Rumanian: un, doi, trei, patru, cinci, sase, sapte, opt, noua, zece (the resemblance with latin)

Scottish: ane, twa, thrie, fower, fyve, sax, seiven, aicht, nyne, ten (from McSoave)

[Snooker Rocks!]

I would be esp. grateful for languages like Hindi (Ranen?) or Sanskrit, Persian...

I speak fluent Persian (Farsi) so I can help you on this any time you need

1: yek (would be the phonetic spelling) دیک
2: doh (would be the phonetic spelling) دو
3: se (would be the phonetic spelling) سه

[Robert602]

Without wishing to kill the thread, this site might help quite a bit if you're only interested in numbers: http://www.zompist.com/numbers.htm

[Snooker Rocks!]

Nice one Robert - that's a good list

[RaNeN]

Here it is in Hindi. I am looking for it in Sanskrit. Though I understand Sanskrit, I dont remember the Numbers well.
One= Ek
Two= Do
Three=Teen

I can tell you in a few more Indian languages if you want them?

[RaNeN]

Ok! I got it in Sanskrit too.

1= Ekaha
2=Dwitiya
3=Tritiya.

[April madness]

Latvian:

viens, divi, trīs, četri, pieci, seši, septiņi, astoņi, deviņi, desmit

[elvaago]

I can do it in Arabian too:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Russian:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Portuguese:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Latin:
I, II, III, IV or IIII, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X.

You're welcome!

[missneworleans]

Huh, do you want Ukranian or Russian??

[April madness]

Without wishing to kill the thread, this site might help quite a bit if you're only interested in numbers: http://www.zompist.com/numbers.htm

Robert, it's a good list, but in Latvian the numbers are not written correctly (the strange letters ), and Latgalian is just a dialect, not a language (though I myself am partly "latgalian")

[April madness]

our estonian and finnish friends could bring some non indo-european accent to this thread