Counting in Kven
Language overview
Kven (kvääni or kainu) is a Finnic language that belongs to the Uralic languages family. Spoken by the Kven people in northern Norway, it is mutually intelligible with the Finnish language, of which it was long considered a dialect. The Kven language counts between 1,500 and 10,000 speakers.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 1,000 in Kven. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.
Kven numbers list
- 1 – yksi
- 2 – kaksi
- 3 – kolme
- 4 – nelje
- 5 – viisi
- 6 – kuusi
- 7 – seittemen
- 8 – kahđeksen
- 9 – yhđeksen
- 10 – kymmenen
- 11 – yksitoista
- 12 – kaksitoista
- 13 – kolmetoista
- 14 – neljetoista
- 15 – viisitoista
- 16 – kuusitoista
- 17 – seittementoista
- 18 – kahđeksentoista
- 19 – yhđeksentoista
- 20 – kaksikymmentä
- 30 – kolmekymmentä
- 40 – neljekymmentä
- 50 – viisikymmentä
- 60 – kuusikymmentä
- 70 – seittemenkymmentä
- 80 – kahđeksenkymmentä
- 90 – yhđeksenkymmentä
- 100 – sata
- 1,000 – tuhat
- one million – miljuuna
- one billion – miljarti
Kven 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 yksi [1], kaksi [2], kolme [3], nelje [4], viisi [5], kuusi [6], seittemen [7], kahđeksen [8], and yhđeksen [9].
- Numbers from eleven to nineteen are formed starting with the unit, directly followed by the word toista, with no space: yksitoista [11], kaksitoista [12], kolmetoista [13], neljetoista [14], viisitoista [15], kuusitoista [16], seittementoista [17], kahđeksentoista [18], and yhđeksentoista [19].
- Tens are formed starting with the multiplier digit, directly followed by the word for ten (kymmenen, plural: kymmentä) with no space, except for ten itself: kymmenen [10], kaksikymmentä [20], kolmekymmentä [30], neljekymmentä [40], viisikymmentä [50], kuusikymmentä [60], seittemenkymmentä [70], kahđeksenkymmentä [80], and yhđeksenkymmentä [90].
- Compound numbers are formed starting with the ten, directly followed by the unit, with no space (e.g.: kolmekymmentäseittemen [37], kuusikymmentänelje [64], yhđeksenkymmentäviisi [95]).
- The word for hundred is sata [100]. Compound hundreds are formed starting with the hundred, then the unit or the ten with no space (e.g.: sataviisi [105], satakaksikymmentä [120], sataviisikymmentäseittemen [157]).
- The word for thousand is tuhat [1,000].
- The word for million is miljuuna [million, 106], and the word for billion is miljarti [billion, 109].
Write a number in full in Kven
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Kven. 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.
Source
Finno-Ugrian languages
Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Ingrian, Karelian, Kven, Livonian, Mansi, Udmurt, Veps, and Votic.
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