#lingusitic — Public Fediverse posts
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How do #languages count from 10 to 19? There is a surprising variety. Some say "number-ten", others "ten-number". Some use both:
Romance languages and Greek at some point change from "number + ten" to "ten + number". Germanic languages have a special roots from 11 and 12.