Counting in Venetian
Language overview
Venetian (vèneto) is a romance language from the Indo-European family. Mostly spoken in Italy, in the regions of Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, but also in Croatia and Slovenia alongside the Adriatic Sea, it counts about 2 million speakers.
Venetian numbers list
- 1 – un
- 2 – dó
- 3 – tre
- 4 – quatro
- 5 – zsinque
- 6 – sie
- 7 – sete
- 8 – oto
- 9 – nóve
- 10 – diéxe
- 11 – óndexe
- 12 – dódexe
- 13 – trédexe
- 14 – quatòrdexe
- 15 – quìndexe
- 16 – sédexe
- 17 – disete
- 18 – disdoto
- 19 – disnóve
- 20 – vinti
- 30 – trenta
- 40 – quaranta
- 50 – zsinquanta
- 60 – sesanta
- 70 – setanta
- 80 – otanta
- 90 – novanta
- 100 – zsento
- 1,000 – miłe
- one million – un miłion
Venetian 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).
- Numbers from zero to ten are specific words, namely xero [0], un [1] (feminine: una), dó [2], tre [3], quatro [4], zsinque [5], sie [6], sete [7], oto [8], nóve [9], and diéxe [10].
- From eleven to sixteen, numbers are formed from the root of the digit followed by ten: óndexe [11], dódexe [12], trédexe [13], quatòrdexe [14], quìndexe [15], and sédexe [16]. From seventeen to nineteen, the order is reversed, as the unit is put directly after the ten: disete [17] (or dixisete), disdoto [18], and disnóve [19].
- The tens have specific names based on the matching mutiplier digit root, except for ten and twenty: diéxe [10], vinti [20], trenta [30], quaranta [40], zsinquanta [50], sesanta [60], setanta [70], otanta [80], and novanta [90].
- Compound numbers are formed by linking the ten and the unit with a dash sign (e.g.: vinti-un [21], trenta-dó [32], quaranta-oto [48]).
- The hundreds are formed by prefixing the word hundred by the multiplier digit, except for one hundred: zsento [100], doxento [200], trexento [300], quatroxento [400], zsinquezsento [500], siezsento [600], setezsento [700], otozsento [800], and novezsento [900].
- Thousands are formed by putting the multiplier digit before the word thousand, separated with a space, except for one thousand: miłe [1,000] (plural miła), dó miła [2,000], tre miła [3,000], quatro miła [4,000], zsinque miła [5,000]…
- Thousands, hundreds, tens and units are linked together with a dash sign (e.g.: zsento-nóve [109], doxento-trenta [230], novezsento-novanta-nóve [999], dó miła-trexento-vinti-oto [2,328]).
- One million is un miłion (plural: miłiuni).
Write a number in full in Venetian
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Venetian. 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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