Counting in Caló
Language overview
Caló, also known as Iberian Romani, is a mixed Romani–Romance language. Based on the Romance grammar with Romani lexical borrowings, it is spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani, and often used as a secret language. The Caló language counts about 60,000 speakers.
Caló numbers list
- 1 – yeque
- 2 – dui
- 3 – trin
- 4 – ostar
- 5 – panche
- 6 – jobe
- 7 – ester
- 8 – otor
- 9 – nebel
- 10 – deque
- 11 – yedeque
- 12 – duideque
- 13 – trindeque
- 14 – ostardeque
- 15 – panchedeque
- 16 – jobedeque
- 17 – esterdeque
- 18 – otordeque
- 19 – nebeldeque
- 20 – bin
- 30 – trianda
- 40 – ostardí
- 50 – panchardí
- 60 – jobenta
- 70 – esterdí
- 80 – otorenta
- 90 – esnete
- 100 – gres
- 1,000 – milé
- one million – yeque tarquino
Caló numbering rules
Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).
- Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific names: yeque [1], dui [2], trin [3], ostar [4], panche [5], jobe [6], ester [7], otor [8], and nebel [9].
- Tens are formed starting with the multiplier digit, with different suffixes, except for ten, twenty and ninety: deque [10], bin [20], trianda [30], ostardí [40], panchardí [50], jobenta [60], esterdí [70], otorenta [80], and esnete [90].
- Numbers from eleven to nineteen are formed starting with the unit or the unit root, followed with the word for ten (deque), with no space: yedeque [11], duideque [12], trindeque [13], ostardeque [14], panchedeque [15], jobedeque [16], esterdeque [17], otordeque [18], and nebeldeque [19].
- Compound numbers from twenty-one and above are formed starting with the ten, directly followed with the unit, with no space (e.g.: binjobe [26], esterdíotor [78]).
- Hundreds are formed starting with the multiplier digit, directly followed by the word for hundred (grés), with no space, except for one hundred: gres [100], duisgrés [200], tringrés [300], ostargrés [400], panchegrés [500], jobegrés [600], estergrés [700], otorgrés [800], and nebelgrés [900].
- The word for thousand is milé [1,000].
- The word for million is tarquino.
Write a number in full in Caló
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Caló. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.
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