Counting in Udmurt

Language overview

Forty-two in Udmurt Udmurt (Удмурт кыл, transliterated as Udmurt kyl), sometimes called Votyak, is an uralic, and more specifically finno-ugric language, that belongs to the permic branch. Spoken in Udmurtia, a Russian republic, but also in the republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, in the Perm Krai and the Kirov Oblast, Udmurt counts about 340,000 speakers. Udmurt is a case-based language with 15 cases, and is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Udmurt numbers list

  • 1 – одӥг (odïg)
  • 2 – кык (kyk)
  • 3 – куинь (kuin’)
  • 4 – ньыль (n’yl’)
  • 5 – вить (vit’)
  • 6 – куать (kuat’)
  • 7 – сизьым (siz’ym)
  • 8 – тямыс (tyamys)
  • 9 – укмыс (ukmys)
  • 10 – дас (das)
  • 11 – одиннадцать (odinnadcatʹ)
  • 12 – двенадцать (dvenadcatʹ)
  • 13 – тринадцать (trinadcatʹ)
  • 14 – четырнадцать (četyrnadcatʹ)
  • 15 – пятнадцать (pâtnadcatʹ)
  • 16 – шестнадцать (šestnadcatʹ)
  • 17 – семнадцать (semnadcatʹ)
  • 18 – восемнадцать (vosemnadcatʹ)
  • 19 – девятнадцать (devâtnadcatʹ)
  • 20 – кызь (kyz’)
  • 30 – куамын (kuamyn)
  • 40 – ньыльдон (n’yl’don)
  • 50 – витьтон (vit’ton)
  • 60 – уатьтон (uat’ton)
  • 70 – изьымдон (iz’ymdon)
  • 80 – тямыстон (tyamyston)
  • 90 – укмыстон (ukmyston)
  • 100 – сю (syu)
  • 1,000 – сюрс (syurs)

Udmurt 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 zero to nine are rendered by specific words, namely ноль (nol’) [0], одӥг (odïg) [1], кык (kyk) [2], куинь (kuin’) [3], ньыль (n’yl’) [4], вить (vit’) [5], куать (kuat’) [6], сизьым (siz’ym) [7], тямыс (tyamys) [8], and укмыс (ukmys) [9].
  • Tens are formed starting with the multiplier digit, directly followed by either the suffix -тон (-ton) after voiceless consonants, or -дон (-don) after voiced consonants, except for ten, twenty and thirty: дас (das) [10], кызь (kyz’) [20], куамын (kuamyn) [30], ньыльдон (n’yl’don) [40], витьтон (vit’ton) [50], уатьтон (uat’ton) [60], изьымдон (iz’ymdon) [70], тямыстон (tyamyston) [80], and укмыстон (ukmyston) [90].
  • Compound numbers are formed starting with the ten, followed by the unit separated with a space (e.g.: кызь одӥг (kyz’ odïg) [21], витьтон тямыс (vit’ton tyamys) [58]).
  • Hundreds are formed starting with the multiplier digit, followed by the word for hundred (сю / syu), except for one hundred: сю (syu) [100], кык сю (kyk syu) [200], куинь сю (kuin’ syu) [300], ньыль сю (n’yl’ syu) [400], вить сю (vit’ syu) [500], куать сю (kuat’ syu) [600], сизьым сю (siz’ym syu) [700], тямыс сю (tyamys syu) [800], and укмыс сю (ukmys syu) [900].
  • Thousands are formed starting with the multiplier digit, followed by the word for thousand (сюрс / syu), except for one thousand: сюрс (syurs) [1,000], кык сюрс (kyk syurs) [2,000], куинь сюрс (kuin’ syurs) [3,000], ньыль сюрс (n’yl’ syurs) [4,000], вить сюрс (vit’ syurs) [5,000], куать сюрс (kuat’ syurs) [6,000], сизьым сюрс (siz’ym syurs) [7,000], тямыс сюрс (tyamys syurs) [8,000], and укмыс сюрс (ukmys syurs) [9,000].
  • The word for million is миллион (million) [million].

Write a number in full in Udmurt

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

Books

Udmurt Udmurt
by , editors LINCOM publishers (2001)
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Votyak Folksongs Votyak Folksongs
by , editors Akademiai Kiado (1990)
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Parlons oudmourte : Une langue finno-ougrienne - Un peuple d’Europe Parlons oudmourte : Une langue finno-ougrienne - Un peuple d’Europe
by , editors L’Harmattan (2009)
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Source

Finno-Ugrian languages

Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Ingrian, Karelian, Kven, Livonian, Mansi, Udmurt, Veps, and Votic.

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