Counting in Votic

Language overview

Forty-two in Votic The Votic language (vađđa ceeli or maa ceeli), also known as Votian, belongs to the Uralic family, in the Finno-Ugric group. Spoken in the villages of Krakolye and Luzhitsy in Ingria (Russia) by the Votes people, it counts about 15 speakers.

Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 9,999 in Votic. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.

Votic numbers list

  • 1 – ühs
  • 2 – kahs
  • 3 – ke̮m
  • 4 – nellä
  • 5 – vīsi
  • 6 – kūsi
  • 7 – seitsē
  • 8 – kahe̮sā
  • 9 – ühesǟ
  • 10 – tšümmē
  • 11 – ühste̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 12 – kahste̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 13 – ke̮mte̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 14 – nelläte̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 15 – vīste̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 16 – kūste̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 17 – seitsēte̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 18 – kahe̮sāte̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 19 – ühesǟte̮·šše̮me̮tta
  • 20 – kahš́tš́ümmettä
  • 30 – ke̮mtšümmettä
  • 40 – nellätšümmettä
  • 50 – vīš́tš́ümmettä
  • 60 – kūš́tš́ümmettä
  • 70 – seitsētšümmettä
  • 80 – kahe̮sātšümmettä
  • 90 – ühesǟtšümmettä
  • 100 – sata
  • 1,000 – tuhaD

Votic 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 one to ten are specific words: ühs(i) [1], kahs(i) [2], ke̮m [3], nellä [4], vīsi [5], kūsi [6], seitsē [7], kahe̮sā [8], ühesǟ [9], and tšümmē [10].
  • From eleven to nineteen, the numbers are formed from the matching digits, adding the -te̮·šše̮me̮tta suffix at the end, which means from the second (ten): ühste̮·šše̮me̮tta [11], kahste̮·šše̮me̮tta [12], ke̮mte̮·šše̮me̮tta [13], nelläte̮·šše̮me̮tta [14], vīste̮·šše̮me̮tta [15], kūste̮·šše̮me̮tta [16], seitsēte̮·šše̮me̮tta [17], kahe̮sāte̮·šše̮me̮tta [18], and ühesǟte̮·šše̮me̮tta [19].
  • The tens are formed by adding the -tšümmettä suffix (partitive case of tšümmē, ten) at the end of the matching multiplier digit, with the obvious exception of ten: tšümmē [10], kahš́tš́ümmettä [20], ke̮mtšümmettä [30], nellätšümmettä [40], vīš́tš́ümmettä [50], kūš́tš́ümmettä [60], seitsētšümmettä [70], kahe̮sātšümmettä [80], and ühesǟtšümmettä [90].
  • When composed with a digit, numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine are formed by saying the ten, then the digit separated with a space (e.g.: kahš́tš́ümmettä kahe̮sā [28], nellätšümmettä nellä [44]).
  • Hundreds are formed by stating the multiplier unit before the word for hundred (sata, plural satā), with no space, except for one hundred itself: sata [100], kahsatā [200], ke̮msatā [300], nelläsatā [400], vīssatā [500], kūssatā [600], seitsēsatā [700], kahe̮sāsatā [800], and ühesǟsatā [900].
  • Thousands are formed by stating the multiplier unit before the word for thousand (tuhaD, plural tuhatta), with no space, except for one thousand itself: tuhaD [1,000], kahstuhatta [2,000], ke̮mtuhatta [3,000], nellätuhatta [4,000], vīstuhatta [5,000], kūstuhatta [6,000], seitsētuhatta [7,000], kahe̮sātuhatta [8,000], and ühesǟtuhatta [9,000].

Write a number in full in Votic

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