Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Numerals

This page is in progress. It will compare the numeral in different languages.

A database of numerals:

https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/

	0-10 irregular, 11- regular	0-12 irregular, 13- regular	0-16 irregular, 16- regular	read the digits from high to low	read the digits from high to low, except reading the digit in one's place before in ten's place	digits are integrated	digits in ten's place and in one's place are connected by hyphen	digits are separated by spaces	“and” between digits in ten's place and in one's place	“and” between digits in hundred's place and in ten's place	read “zero” if the digit between two places is zero
Chinese	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+
English	-	+	-	+	-	+	+ prefered	+	-	+ UK - US	-
Esperanto	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+ prefered	-	-	-
German	-	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
Japanese	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-

region	tally mark
Most of Europe, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand and North America
France, Spain, their former colonies and Brazil
Cultures using Chinese characters