Counting in Gottscheerish

Language overview

Forty-two in Gottscheerish Gottscheerish (Göttscheabarisch), also known as Granish or Granisch, is an Upper German dialect that belongs to the West Germanic languages, in the Indo-European languages family. Spoken by the Gottscheers in the enclave of Gottschee, Slovenia, before 1941, it counts nowadays only a few speakers.

Gottscheerish numbers list

  • 1 – uains
  • 2 – tsboai
  • 3 – drai
  • 4 – viər
  • 5 – vemf
  • 6 – žekš
  • 7 – žībm
  • 8 – oχt
  • 9 – nain
  • 10 – tsēhŋ
  • 11 – uaindlof
  • 12 – tsbelf
  • 13 – draitsain
  • 14 – viərttsain
  • 15 – vu̇ftsain
  • 16 – žaχtsain
  • 17 – žimtsain
  • 18 – oχtsain
  • 19 – naintsain
  • 20 – tsbȯntsikh
  • 30 – draisikh
  • 40 – viərttsikh
  • 50 – vu̇ftsikh
  • 60 – žaχtsikh
  • 70 – žimtsikh
  • 80 – oχtsikh
  • 90 – naintsikh
  • 100 – hu̇ndərt
  • 1,000 – tau̇žnt
  • one million – uains miliōn

Gottscheerish 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 words, namely uains [1] (uian when compound), tsboai [2], drai [3], viər [4], vemf [5] (vemv when compound), žekš [6], žībm [7], oχt [8], and nain [9].
  • Numbers from eleven to nineteen are formed starting with the unit, directly followed with the suffix tsain, a deformation of the word for ten (tsēhŋ), except for eleven, twelve and fifteen, plus some vocalic changes: uaindlof [11], tsbelf [12], draitsain [13], viərttsain [14], vu̇ftsain (or vemftsain) [15], žaχtsain [16], žimtsain [17], oχtsain [18], and naintsain [19].
  • Tens are formed starting with the multiplier digit, with some vocalic changes, directly followed by the suffix sikh, except for ten: tsēhŋ [10], tsbȯntsikh [20], draisikh [30], viərttsikh [40], vu̇ftsikh (or vemftsikh) [50], žaχtsikh [60], žimtsikh [70], oχtsikh [80], and naintsikh [90].
  • Compound numbers are formed starting with the unit, then the word in (and) linked with hyphens, and the ten (e.g.: viər-in-tsbȯntsikh [24], oχt-in-žaχtsikh [68]).
  • Hundreds are formed starting with the multiplier digit, directly followed by the word for hundred (hu̇ndərt), except for one hundred itself: hu̇ndərt [100], tsboaihu̇ndərt (or tsbianhu̇ndərt) [200], draihu̇ndərt [300], viərhu̇ndərt [400], vemfhu̇ndərt [500], žekšhu̇ndərt [600], žībmhu̇ndərt [700], oχthu̇ndərt [800], and nainhu̇ndərt [900].
  • Compound hundreds are formed linking the hundred and the unit, or the hundred and the ten, with a hyphen (e.g.: hu̇ndərt-drai [103], hu̇ndərt-uaindlof [111]).
  • Thousands are formed starting with the multiplier digit, directly followed by the word for thousand (tau̇žnt), except for one thousand: tau̇žnt [1,000], tsboaitau̇žnt (or tsbaintau̇žnt) [2,000], draitau̇žnt [3,000], viərtau̇žnt [4,000], vemftau̇žnt [5,000], žekštau̇žnt [6,000], žībmtau̇žnt [7,000], oχttau̇žnt [8,000], and naintau̇žnt [9,000].
  • The word for million is miliōn [1 million].

Write a number in full in Gottscheerish

Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Gottscheerish. 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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