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The counting system in Japan is complicated and irregular. Often the Sino-Japanese system (ichi, ni, san...) is used along with a "counter." For instance, the names of the months are ichigatsu (January), nigatsu (February), sangatsu (March), etc.
But the Sino-Japanese numbers can never be used alone to count objects, while the Japanese ones can. If you're at a market, want three apples, and can't remember the right counter, don't say "ringo san," say "ringo mittsu."
There are two different readings for Taiwanese, literary and colloquial. 7 only has one though.
Literary:
1. It (the t is extremely short)
2. Ji/Gi/Li (different accents)
3. Sam
4. Su
5. Ngo/Go (different accents)
6. Liok
7. Chit
8. Pat
9. Kiu
10. Sip
They sound nothing like these roman letters but I can't type the tones and those "accents" like aigu or trema etc.
So yeah it's a total mess but you get used to it when you hear it more.
^I think the Japanese system is probably the same, like there are two different sets of numerals.
Hindi, widely spoken in India
1 - Ek ( as in head-ache)
2- Dho
3- Theen
4- Char ( as in charred)
5 -Panch ( as in ranch)
6- Che (as in che guevara)
7- Saath
8 - Aat (as in diktat)
9- Nov( as in now)
10- Das( as in Thus)
javanese
1. siji
2. loro
3. telu (tatlo)
4. papat (apat)
5. limo (lima)
6. enem (anim)
7. pitu (pito)
8. wolu (walo)
9. songo
10. sepuluh/sepuloh
javanese manner (for talking to person which is older than you, applied in central java like me)
1. setunggal
2. kaleh
3. tigo
4. sekawan
5. gangsal
6. enem
7. pitu
8. wolu
9. songo
10. sedoso
The counting system in Japan is complicated and irregular. Often the Sino-Japanese system (ichi, ni, san...) is used along with a "counter." For instance, the names of the months are ichigatsu (January), nigatsu (February), sangatsu (March), etc.
But the Sino-Japanese numbers can never be used alone to count objects, while the Japanese ones can. If you're at a market, want three apples, and can't remember the right counter, don't say "ringo san," say "ringo mittsu."
Was recently informed that とう is not commonly used, but じゅう instead
Looks like MaPhilIndo languages are very close-knit! It makes sense as we are afterall Malays.
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