Counting in Livonian
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Language overview
Livonian (Līvõ kēļ or rāndakēļ) belongs to the Uralic family, in the Finno-Ugric group. Classified as a moribund language due to its very small number of speakers (about 40 in 2001), it is spoken in Latvia, in the Courland region.
Livonian numbering rules
- Numbers from zero to ten are specific words: null [0], ikš [1], kakš [2], kuolm [3], nēļa [4], vīž [5], kūž [6], seis [7], kōdõks [8] (meaning 10 minus 2), īdõks [9] (meaning 10 minus 1), and kim [10].
- From eleven to nineteen, the numbers are formed from the matching digits, adding the suffix -tuoistõn, which means from the second (ten): ikštuoistõn [11], kakštuoistõn [12], kuolmtuoistõn [13], nēļatuoistõn [14], vīžtuoistõn [15], kūžtuoistõn [16], seistuoistõn [17], kōdõkstuoistõn [18], and īdõkstuoistõn [19].
- The tens are formed by adding the -kimdõ suffix at the end of the digits, with the obvious exception of ten: kim [10], kakškimdõ [20], kuolmkimdõ [30], nēļakimdõ [40], vīžkimdõ [50], kūžkimdõ [60], seiskimdõ [70], kōdõkskimdõ [80], and īdõkskimdõ [90]. When composed with a digit, numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine are formed by saying the ten, then the digit separated with a space (e.g.: kakškimdõ ikš [21], kuolmkimdõ kakš [32]).
- The word for hundred is sadā (plural saddõ), the word for thousand is tūontõ (plural tūontõd), and the word for million is miljon (plural miljonõd). Big numbers are formed by saying the multiplier unit before the scale name, except when it is one (e.g.: sadā [100], kakš saddõ [200], kuolm tūontõd [3,000]).
Books
Numbers list
| 1 – ikš 2 – kakš 3 – kuolm 4 – nēļa 5 – vīž 6 – kūž 7 – seis 8 – kōdõks 9 – īdõks | 10 – kim 11 – ikštuoistõn 12 – kakštuoistõn 13 – kuolmtuoistõn 14 – nēļatuoistõn 15 – vīžtuoistõn 16 – kūžtuoistõn 17 – seistuoistõn 18 – kōdõkstuoistõn | 19 – īdõkstuoistõn 20 – kakškimdõ 30 – kuolmkimdõ 40 – nēļakimdõ 50 – vīžkimdõ 60 – kūžkimdõ 70 – seiskimdõ 80 – kōdõkskimdõ 90 – īdõkskimdõ | 100 – sadā 1,000 – tūontõ one million – miljon |
Links
- Latvian-Livonian-English Phrase Book (in .pdf)
Finno-Ugrian languages
Estonian, Finnish, Ingrian, Karelian, Livonian, Veps, and Votic.
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