Talk:List of numbers in various languages

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If someone want to translate, the foot-note can be found on the french version : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nombres_dans_le_monde Aoineko 05:15, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Shouldn't this be on Wiktionary? RickK 05:16, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

The goal here is not to offer a translation, but just a sample of differentes languages around the world. I have created 2 pages on fr: 1 for number and 1 for the more commun word in the world "hello". I think it may be interesting for Wikipedia to have both of them to show the way people around the world write numerical and words. The french title are Nombre dans le monde and Bonjour dans le monde, but I really don't know how to translate it that people don't think it's just a like a touristic book ;o) Numbers in different languages and Example words in different languages ? Those two pages are big so I think it's a bad idea to mix them, but I you want tou can create only one page Sample words in different languages. As you like ;o) Aoineko 07:31, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Perhaps this page could be incorporated into the Common phrases in different languages article, or perhaps not since it would add quite a bit to that page. It probably should not be on its own even though the information is useful to have in an encyclopedia in my opinion (but only if it is available in all languages...eventually). Dori 15:16, Nov 12, 2003 (UTC)

If it's kept, the table needs to be made less wide, as of now, it takes over the entire page and makes it impossible to use the links on the right hand side. RickK 16:35, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Also, I would suggest sorting the languages, not alphabetically , but by language group, which would make for interesting comparison. Morwen 17:28, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

At this point it is not even alphabetical. Also, what's the criteria for including a language here? Should the numbers be in all languages? Dori 00:08, Nov 13, 2003 (UTC)
It was alphabetical, but I added Welsh - and since it's strikingly similar to Breton I put it directly below. Dysprosia 01:43, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
It wasn't just the Welsh language. You had English, German, French, Arabic, etc. Maybe the ordering is the way it is for some reason, but that reason is not mentioned in the article. It is not alphabetical though. Dori 04:38, Nov 13, 2003 (UTC)
You're right, it just looks like it's trying to be alphabetical before! :) But now is good, all we need is headers for the language groups. Dysprosia 04:40, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
All I want to know is where can I put the Albanian numbers? :) Dori 04:51, Nov 13, 2003 (UTC)
Somewhere among the Indo-European lists, maybe near Greek. If someone decides that they ought to be elsewhere, they can be moved with little fuss. -- Smerdis of Tlön 12:30, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)
It was alphabetical in french but when I translated to english the sort was broken. Any way, its better now with language group sorting. Aoineko 04:49, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] title

Shouldn't the title be "Numbers in the world"? -- Khym Chanur 03:37, Nov 13, 2003 (UTC)

I say it should be Numbers in different languages Dori 04:38, Nov 13, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] numbers in var languages

Please stop unjustified removals from Numbers in various languages. mikka (t) 00:48, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

hi.
why is Aingeljã a justified inclusion?
peace – ishwar  (speak) 00:53, 2005 July 22 (UTC)
I also question the other little known constructions – ishwar  (speak) 01:19, 2005 July 22 (UTC)

[edit] It's a list

Unless someone has any objections I'm moving the article to list of numbers in various languages since it is no more a proper article than any other arbitrary list of facts.

Peter Isotalo 17:28, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gujarati

Wouldn't you know it, the one I needed wasn't in the table. I don't know what the names of the numerals are, but the Gujarati script (the writing system of the Gujarati language) uses these symbols: 0 = ૦, 1 = ૧, 2 = ૨, 3 = ૩, 4 = ૪, 5 = ૫, 6 = ૬, 7 = ૭, 8 = ૮, 9 = ૯. - dcljr (talk) 09:06, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kannada

Once again, here are some numerals I didn't see on the page. The Kannada script, used to write the Kannada language, uses these symbols: ೦ = 0, ೧ = 1, ೨ = 2, ೩ = 3, ೪ = 4, ೫ = 5, ೬ = 6, ೭ = 7, ೮ = 8, ೯ = 9. - dcljr (talk) 07:51, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bengali

And yet again... The Bengali script, used to write the Bengali language, uses the following symbols: ০ = 0, ১ = 1, ২ = 2, ৩ = 3, ৪ = 4, ৫ = 5, ৬ = 6, ৭ = 7, ৮ = 8, ৯ = 9. (How come so many of the non-Hindu-Arabic numerals actually in use on some of the non-English Wikipedias aren't on this page??) - dcljr (talk) 08:07, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you be bold and add the numerals? — J3ff 08:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Mainly because I don't know the words for them. But perhaps I will after I find all the ones (used in other Wikipedias) that are missing (see below). - dcljr (talk) 08:54, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Note that this script (numbers, anyway) is also used in the Assamese Wikipedia. - dcljr (talk) 10:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tibetan

Well, at least these are actually on the page as words, but here are the symbols used in Tibetan: ༠ = 0, ༡ = 1, ༢ = 2, ༣ = 3, ༤ = 4, ༥ = 5, ༦ = 6, ༧ = 7, ༨ = 8, ༩ = 9. (I'll add these to the page later if someone hasn't beaten me to it.) - dcljr (talk) 08:59, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

This script also seems to be used (for numbers, anyway) on the Dzongkha Wikipedia. - dcljr (talk) 13:36, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Punjabi

The Punjabi Wikipedia appears to be using the Gurmukhī script for its numerals: ੦ = 0, ੧ = 1, ੨ = 2, ੩ = 3, ੪ = 4, ੫ = 5, ੬ = 6, ੭ = 7, ੮ = 8, ੯ = 9. - dcljr (talk) 09:13, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lao

The Lao script uses: ໐ = 0, ໑ = 1, ໒ = 2, ໓ = 3, ໔ = 4, ໕ = 5, ໖ = 6, ໗ = 7, ໘ = 8, ໙ = 9 (U+0ED0–U+0ED9 in Unicode). - dcljr (talk) 10:46, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oriya

And finally (I've now gone through all 212 Wikipedias listed at Meta), the Oriya script, used to write the Oriya language, uses these symbols: ୦ = 0, ୧ = 1, ୨ = 2, ୩ = 3, ୪ = 4, ୫ = 5, ୬ = 6, ୭ = 7, ୮ = 8, ୯ = 9. - dcljr (talk) 13:52, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of names of 1 to 10 in different languages

Unless anyone can suggest a reason for List of names of 1 to 10 in different languages to exist separately, the evident duplication should be eliminated by means of merging the two articles. Anyone? Man vyi 07:26, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I'll second that. The Jade Knight 18:01, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Fine, but I think this article format works better than the other article's format. Merge that into this one. - Gilgamesh 04:55, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
I agree, this page does have a nicer format, and this article is the original Poul818 14:57, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I was mistaken. >_< I thought this was the talk page for List of names of 1 to 10 in different languages. I was suggesting merging this article into that one, because the header and bullet list format works a lot better. Besides, this article is not really "the original"—I wrote List of names of 1 to 10 in different languages without the knowledge of this article's existence. I used outside sources for the list. - Gilgamesh 08:00, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
By original I meant that this article was written much earlier. 2003 vs. 2005 for List of names of 1 to 10 in different languages. But is that reason enough to merge it to this article? I do like those boxes, much nicer than the long list on your article. Poul818 14:31, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
In general, I'd say that this article is better in form, the other better in content. I've already made a beginning moving stuff from there to here. —IJzeren Jan In mij legge alle fogultjes een ij 16:45, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps, but I do think the other article is better for having individually anchored sections for each individual language, not just language family. - Gilgamesh 20:55, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion?

This list only has 0-10, would it make sense to expand this to more numbers for widely-spoken languages, like Chinese, French, etc.? Or maybe create them on a separate page? In an encyclopedia of general knowledge with over 1,250,000 articles it just doesn't seem right that you can't find out how to say eleven in French. --Cyde↔Weys 22:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

But how far would you want to expand the lists? Some languages have a vigesimal system with different numbers up to twenty. Wikipedia is not a dictionary but an encyclopedia; I think it's more appropriate to have full description of the numeral systems in the corresponding languages' article; then they can be used to form any number, not only those between 0 and an arbitrary (perhaps indo-eurocentric) border like "100". However, 1 to 10 is just as arbitrary, as well. — N-true 23:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grammatical differences?

I'm merging in lists from the other article, and some of them disagree. Are some of these lists gendered or cased? It would be nice to note that in general or for each. -- Beland 04:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, some of the lists give multiple forms, and that seems like an even better idea. -- Beland 04:29, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
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