Ibero-Romance numbers comparison

Numbers 0 To 10 in Different Iberian-Romance Languages

Compare how to say the numbers from zero to ten across English, Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Extremaduran, Spanish, Aragonese, Catalan, Aranese and Llanito. Use the language pills, filter, table/cards view and 2-column mode to explore patterns and similarities.

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123 What this page compares

This page compares numbers 0 to 10 across Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Extremaduran, Spanish, Aragonese, Catalan, Aranese and Llanito, with English as the reference column.

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123 Numbers 0 to 10 across Ibero-Romance languages

English	Portuguese	Galician	Asturian	Extremaduran	Spanish	Aragonese	Catalan	Aranese	Llanito
zero	zero	cero	cero	ceru	cero	zero	zero	zèro	sero
one	um uma	un unha	un una	unu una	uno una	uno una	u / un una	un ua	uno una
two	dois duas	dous dúas	dos	dos	dos	dos	dos dues	dus dues	dô
three	três	tres	tres	tres	tres	tres	tres	tres	trê
four	quatro	catro	cuatro	quatru	cuatro	quatro	quatre	quate	kwatro
five	cinco	cinco	cinco	cinco	cinco	cinco	cinc	cinc	sinko
six	seis	seis	seis	seis	seis	seis	sis	sies	seî
seven	sete	sete	siete	sieti	siete	siete	set	sèt	siete
eight	oito	oito	ocho	ochu	ocho	ueito	vuit	ueit	oxo
nine	nove	nove	nueve	nuevi	nueve	nueu	nou	nau	nweve
ten	dez	dez	diez	dies	diez	diez	deu	dètz	diêh

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✧ Patterns to notice

Portuguese and Galician closeness Portuguese and Galician are especially close in forms such as zero/cero, dois/dous, três/tres, oito/oito and nove/nove.

Catalan and Aranese links Catalan and Aranese often sit together: cinc/cinc, sis/sies, set/sèt, vuit/ueit and deu/dètz.

Llanito spellings Llanito forms show a more phonetic local style in this table: sero, dô, trê, kwatro, sinko, oxo, nweve and diêh.

Gender in 1 and 2 Some languages show masculine and feminine forms for one and two, such as um/uma, un/unha, dois/duas and dos/dues.

LAT Where do these number words come from?

Numbers from 1 to 10 in the listed Romance languages ultimately derive from Latin number forms. The word for zero derives from Arabic صفر (ṣifr).

1: ūnus, ūna, ūnum
2: duo, duae, duo
3: trēs, tria
4: quattuor
5: quīnque
6: sex
7: septem
8: octō
9: novem
10: decem

◎ Quick facts

11 number rowsZero to ten are compared side by side.

9 Romance varietiesPortuguese, Galician, Asturian, Extremaduran, Spanish, Aragonese, Catalan, Aranese and Llanito.

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? Ibero-Romance numbers FAQ

What does this page compare?

It compares numbers from zero to ten in English, Portuguese, Galician, Asturian, Extremaduran, Spanish, Aragonese, Catalan, Aranese and Llanito.

Why do many of these numbers look similar?

Most of the number words from one to ten come from Latin, so related Romance languages often preserve similar roots with different spelling and sound changes.

Which number is different in origin?

Zero is different because it ultimately derives from Arabic ṣifr, unlike the numbers from one to ten, which come from Latin forms.

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