Counting in Foreign Languages

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Counting in Foreign Languages -
Cardinal Numbers Table

Here is a chart showing how to count in ten major foreign languages. The cardinal numbers are shown for Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin and Spanish.

This table also shows the Rank of each language, in terms of the total number of world speakers. Mandarin is the most spoken language worldwide, followed by Hindi, then Spanish, then English in 4th place.

Counting in Foreign Languages - Cardinal Numbers Table
			The Romance Languages
	English	German	French	Latin	Italian	Spanish	Mandarin	Hindi	Japanese	Arabic
World Rank	4	10	11	na	23	3	1	2	9	6
0	zero	null	zero	zephyr	cifra	cero	ling	shunya	rei	sifr
1	one	eins	un	unus	uno	uno	yi	ek	ichi	wahid
2	two	zwei	deux	duo	due	dos	er	do	ni	ithnan
3	three	drei	trois	tres	tre	tres	san	teen	san	thalatha
4	four	vier	quatra	quattuor	quattro	cuatro	si	char	shi/ yon	arba'a
5	five	funf	cinq	quinque	cinque	cinco	wu	panch	go	khamsa
6	six	sechs	six	sex	sei	seis	liu	cheh	roku	sitta
7	seven	sieben	sept	septem	sette	siete	qi	saat	shichi/ nana	sab'a
8	eight	acht	huit	octo	otto	ocho	ba	aath	hachi	thamaniya
9	nine	neun	neuf	novem	nove	nueve	jiu	nau	ku/ kyu	tis'a
10	ten	zehn	dix	decem	dieci	diez	shi	das	ju	ashra
11	eleven	elf	onze	undecem	undici	once	shi yi	gyaarh	ju ichi	ahada 'ashar
12	twelve	zwolf	douze	duodecim	dodici	doce	shi er	baarh	ju ni	ithna "ashar
20	twenty	zwanzig	vingt	viginti	venti	veinte	er-shi	biis	ni ju	ishrun
30	thirty	dreißig	trente	triginta	trenta	treinta	san shi	tiis	san ju	thalathun
40	forty	vierzig	quarante	quadraginta	quaranta	cuarenta	si shi	caaliis	yon ju	arba'un
50	fifty	funfzig	cinquante	quinquaginta	cinquanta	cincuenta	wu shi	pacaas	go ju	khasun
60	sixty	sechzig	soixante	sexaginta	sessanta	sesenta	liu shi	saath	roku ju	sittun
70	seventy	siebzig	soixante-dix	septuaginta	settanta	setenta	qi shi	sattar	nana ju	sab'un
80	eighty	achtzig	quatre-vingts	octoginta	ottanta	ochenta	ba shi	assii	hachi ju	thamanun
90	ninety	neunzig	quatre-vingt-dix	nonaginta	novanta	noventa	jiu shi	nabbe	kyu ju	tis'un
100	one hundred	hundert	cent	centum	cento	cien	yi bai	ek sau	hyaku	mi'atu
200	two hundred	zweihundert	deux cents	ducenti	duecento	doscientos	er bai	do sau	ni hyaku
300	three hundred	dreihundert	trois cents	trecenti	trecento	trescientos	san bai	tiin sau	san hyaku
400	four hundred	vierhundert	quatre cents	quadragenti	quattrocento	cuatrocientos	si bai	caar sau	yon hyaku
500	five hundred	funfhundert	cinq cents	quingenti	cinquecento	quinientos	wu bai	paac sau	go hyaku
600	six hundred	sechshundert	six cents	sescenti	seicento	seiscientos	liu bai	che sau	roppyaku
700	seven hundred	siebenhundert	sept cents	septingenti	settecento	setecientos	qi bai	saat sau	nana hyaku
800	eight hundred	achthundert	huit cents	octingenti	ottocento	ochocientos	ba bai	aath sau	happyaku
900	nine hundred	neunhundert	neuf cents	nongenti	novecento	novecientos	jiu bai	nau sau	kyu hyaku
1,000	one thousand	tausend	mille	mille	mille	mil	yi qian	ek hazaar	sen	alfu
10,000	ten thousand	zehntausend	dix mille	decem mllia	diecimila	diez mil	yi wan	das hazaar	man

1,000,000	one million	eine million	un million	decies centena milia	un milione	un millón	bai wan	das laakh	hyaku man

1 billion	one billion	eine milliarde	un milliard		un miliardo	mil millones	shi yi	arab	juoku
75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75

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This Vaughns 1-Pagers How to Count in Foreign Languages chart was updated on 2009-09-22.