Language Isolates
| Language | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainu | sine(p) | tu(p) | re(p) | ine(p) | asikne(p) | iwan(pe) | arwan(pe) | tupesan(pe) | sinepesan(pe) | wan(pe) | |
| Basque | zero | bat | bi | hiru | lau | bost bortz |
sei | zazpi | zortzi | bederatzi | hamar |
| Burushaski | han | alto | usko | walto | cundó | mišindo | talo | altambo | hunċo | torumo | |
| Elamite | kir | mar | zit | liuli | rit | ||||||
| Etruscan | θu | zal | ci | huθ | maχ | śa | semφ | cezp | nurφ | śar | |
| Hurrian | šukko | šin(i) | kig(e) | tumn(i) | nari(ja) | šeše | šind(i) | kir(i/a) | tamr(i) | eman | |
| Nihali | biḍum | irar | moṭho | nālo | pãco | chāḥ | sato | aṭho | nav | das | |
| Korean† | 하나 hana |
둘 tul |
셋 set |
넷 net |
다섯 taseot |
여섯 yeoseot |
일곱 ilgop |
여덟 yeodeol |
아홉 ahop |
열 yeol |
|
| Sino-Korean‡ | 영, 령 yeong / yŏng, ryeong / ryŏng |
일 il |
이 i |
삼 sam |
사 sa |
오 o |
육, 륙 yuk, ryuk |
칠 chil / ch'il |
팔 pal / p'al |
구 gu / ku |
십 sip |
| Mapudungun | kiñe | epu | küla | meli | kechu | kayu | reqle | pura | ailha | mari | |
| Sumerian | desh | min | pesh | lim | i | i-ash | i-min | i-us | i-lim | hu | |
| Zuni | topinte | kwilin | haʼin | ʼaawiten | ʼapten | topalekkaʼa | kwilelekkʼa | haʼelekkʼa | tenalekkʼa | ʼastemlhan |
- Notes
- ^† The two transliterations given for the Korean numerals are based on the Revised Romanization of Korean and the older McCune–Reischauer romanization, respectively.
- ^‡ As with Japanese and Vietnamese, Korean uses two different numbering systems, one based on native vocabulary and one based on a Sino-Xenic numbering system (Sino-Korean). In modern Korean, the latter system is more commonly used. See previous note for transliteration information. Note also North-South differences in the Korean language.
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