Numbers in other languages
361
learn_languages_total
88
Decimal
72
Vigesimal
31
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
A 30 languages
Acholi
Quinary-Decimal
Nilo-Saharan > Western Nilotic > Luo
Aczu Śavnecze
Decimal
Constructed > Artistic Language
Unknown
Perfume-Potter multiverse
Adyghe
адыгaбзэ
Vigesimal system with decimal features
Northwest Caucasian > Circassian
about 500,000
Republic of Adygea
Afata
Decimal
Constructed > Veda-derived
Unknown
Athanor (fictional world)
Afrihili
Decimal
Constructed > Zonal Auxiliary Language
Unknown
Ghana
Other African regions
Afrikaans
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > Low Franconian
Ainu
アイヌ イタク
Vigesimal
Language isolate
Unknown
Japan (Hokkaidō)
Russia (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, Kamchatka)
Albanian
Shqip
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Thraco-Illyrian
Aloápam Zapotec
Zapoteco de Aloápam
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Oto-Manguean > Zapotecan
Alsatian
Elsässisch
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic
about 700,000
France (Alsace region)
Alutiiq
Sugpiaq
Vigesimal
Eskimo–Aleut > Yupik
Amharic
አማርኛ
Decimal
Afro-Asiatic > Semitic
25.6 million
Ethiopia
Antillean Creole of Martinique
kréyòl, patwa
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Creole > French-based > Antillean Creoles
Arabic
العَرَبِيَّة
Decimal
Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Central Semitic
422 million
26 countries including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and others
Araki
Vigesimal
Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Northern Vanuatu
8
Vanuatu
Aramteskan
Quinary (Base-5)
Constructed language > Fictional language
Unknown
Fictional Empire of Aramtesh
Arbëresh
Arbërisht
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Albanian > Tosk dialect
about 100,000
Southern Italy
Sicily
Arhuaco
Ikʉ
Vigesimal
Chibchan
8,000
Colombia
Arikara
Vigesimal
Caddoan > Pawneean
Armenian
հայերեն
Decimal system with specific formations for teens and compound numbers
Indo-European > Armenian
Assiniboine
Nakʰóda
Vigesimal
Western Siouan > Siouan > Western
about 150
United States
Canada
Asturian
Asturianu
Decimal-Vigesimal hybrid
Indo-European > Romance > West Iberian
about 150,000
Spain (Asturias)
Atlantean
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Constructed > Inspired by Proto-Indo-European, Chinese, Hebrew, Latin, Greek
Unknown
Fictional Atlantis
Atrian
Decimal
Fictional > Constructed Languages > Alien Language
Unknown
Fictional Planet Atria
Aukan
Decimal
Creole > English-based creole
22,000
Suriname
Awa Pit
Cuaiquer or Kwaiker
Awan > Barbacoan
Ayeri
Vigesimal-duodecimal hybrid
South-Western-Kataynian > Artistic Constructed Language
Aymara
Aymar aru
Vigesimal
Aymaran > Aymara
2.2 million
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Azazilúŝ
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Artificial > Inspired by Semitic and Indo-European languages
Azerbaijani
Azərbaycan dili
Decimal
Altaic > Turkic > Oghuz
about 20 million
Azerbaijan
Dagestan
northwestern Iran
B 17 languages
Ba kom
Mixed Base (Decimal and Vigesimal)
Constructed Auxiliary Language
Babm
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Constructed > Auxiliary Language
Unknown
International
Baka
Mixed (Decimal and Vigesimal)
Niger–Congo > Ubangian
43,000
Cameroon
Gabon
Bambara
Bamanankan
Mixed vigesimal-decimal system
Niger-Congo > Mande > Western Mande
Barsoomian
Decimal
Constructed > Fictional
Bashkir
Башкортса
Decimal with vigesimal features
Turkic > Common Turkic > Kipchak branch
Basque
Euskara
Vigesimal
Language isolate
750,000
Basque Country (Spain)
Navarre (Spain)
French Basque Country
Bavarian
Boarisch
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > High German > Upper German
13.25 million
Germany (Bavaria)
Austria
Switzerland
+2
Belarusian
Беларуская мова
Decimal system with irregularities in teens and hundreds
Indo-European > Slavic > East Slavic
about 5.1 million
Belarus
Belter Creole
Decimal
Constructed Creole > Mixed Origins
Unknown
Asteroid Belt (The Expanse universe)
Bezhta
бежкьалас миц
Decimal system with compound formations
North Caucasian > Tsezic
6,200
Russia
Bocce
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Interplanetary Pidgin > Star Wars Universe Languages
Bolak
Decimal system with additive and multiplicative patterns
Constructed language > European-inspired
Breton
Brezhoneg
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Celtic > Brittonic
210,000
France (Brittany)
Brooding
Hexadecimal-based system with decimal components
Constructed > Artistic > Theatrical
Unknown
Harken (fictional land)
Bulgarian
български език
Decimal system with compound formations
Indo-European > Slavic > South Slavic
about 10 million
Bulgaria
Burushaski
بروشسکی
Vigesimal
Language isolate
C 20 languages
Caló
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Romance > Iberian Romance > Caló (Iberian Romani)
60,000
Spain
Portugal
Cape Verdean Creole
kabuverdianu
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Romance > Galician-Portuguese > Portuguese-based creoles
Carrier
Dakelh
Vigesimal
Dené-Yeniseian > Athabaskan
about one thousand
British Columbia
Castithan
Vigesimal
Constructed > Fictional Language
Unknown
Fictional universe of Defiance
Catalan
català
Decimal
Indo-European > Romance > Ibero-Romance
Central Tarahumara
Rarámuri
Vigesimal with decimal influences
Uto-Aztecan > Tarahumara
Ceqli
Decimal-vigesimal hybrid
Constructed language > Auxiliary language
Chakobsa
Vigesimal
Constructed > Fictional Languages > Dune Universe
Chavacano
Decimal
Creole > Spanish-based creole
Cherokee
ᏣᎳᎩ
Mixed base system (primarily decimal, with features of vigesimal)
Iroquoian > Southern Iroquoian
about 20,000
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Choapan Zapotec
Comaltepec Zapotec
Vigesimal
Oto-Manguean > Zapotecan
12,000
Oaxaca
Veracruz
Chuvash
Чӑвашла
Decimal
Turkic > Oghur branch
about 1 million
Chuvash Republic
Russian Federation
Ch’ol
Lak ty’añ
Vigesimal system with subtractive features
Mayan > Ch’ol branch
Cocama
Kokáma
Decimal
Tupian > Tupi-Guarani
about 2,000
Peru
Brazil
Colombia
Comox
Qʾomoχws
Vigesimal system with decimal-like components
Salishan > Coast Salish
Copala Triqui
xna’ánj nu̱’
Vigesimal
Oto-Manguean > Mixtecan > Triqui
Cornish
Kernowek
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Celtic > Brittonic
560 second-language speakers (2011)
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Corsican
corsu
Decimal
Indo-European > Romance > Italo-Dalmatian
about 250,000
Corsica
Crimean Tatar
Къырым тили
Decimal
Turkic > Kipchak
Czech
čeština
Decimal
Indo-European > Slavic > West Slavic
about 10.6 million
Czech Republic
D 9 languages
Dagbani
Decimal
Niger-Congo > Gur > Western Gur
3.1 million
Ghana
Dai
Decimal with vigesimal influences
Unknown
Unknown
Oklahoma, USA
Danish
dansk
Decimal with vigesimal influences
Indo-European > Germanic > North Germanic
5.6 million
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Greenland
+1
Digisk Folkspraak
Vigesimal (base-20)
Germanic > West Germanic > Anglo-Frisian
Dogrib
Tłı̨chǫ
Vigesimal
Na-Dené > Athabaskan > Northern Athabaskan
Dothraki
Constructed > Fantasy Language
Dovahzul
Decimal with compound formations
Constructed/Fictional Language > Fan-Extended Language
Unknown
Tamriel (Fictional)
Skyrim Community
Dzambazi Romani
Vigesimal (base-20)
Indo-European > Indo-Aryan > Romani > Balkan Romani > Southern Balkan
D’ni
Mixed base system
Constructed > Fictional Language
E 8 languages
Elder Speech
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Celtic > Welsh-inspired
Unknown
The Witcher universe (fictional)
Fans and linguistic enthusiasts
English
Decimal
Indo-European > West Germanic
Engsvanyáli
Decimal with Vigesimal elements
Khíshan > Unknown > Unknown
Unknown
Fictional Empire of the Petal Throne
Engála
Mixed base system (quinary-vigesimal)
Constructed language > Conlang > Rabbit language
Unknown
Unknown
Eonavian
Eonaviego
Decimal
Indo-European > Italic > Romance > Western Romance > Galician-Portuguese
Esperanto
Decimal
Constructed language > International auxiliary language
about 100,000 very active speakers, 2 million fluent speakers
Global
Estonian
eesti keel
Decimal
Uralic > Finno-Ugric
Ewokese
Decimal
Fictional > Star Wars Universe > Constructed Language
Unknown
Endor
F 5 languages
Faroese
føroyskt
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Germanic > North Germanic
about 50,000
Faroe Islands
Finnish
suomi
Decimal
Uralic > Finno-Ugric
about 6 million
Finland
Sweden (minority language)
Folkspraak
Decimal
Germanic > West Germanic > Anglo-Frisian
French
français
Mixed vigesimal-decimal system
Indo-European > Romance
about 80 million native speakers
France
Belgium
Switzerland
+1
Friulian
Furlan
Vigesimal-Decimal
Indo-European > Romance > Italo-Western
800,000
Italy
G 19 languages
Ga
Gã
Decimal with Vigesimal features
Niger-Congo > Kwa
745,000
Ghana
Galician
Galego
Decimal with vigesimal elements
Indo-European > Romance > Western Romance
Gallo
Vigesimal system with decimal influences
Indo-European > Romance > Oïl dialects
20,000
Upper Brittany
Maine (around Le Mans)
Normandy
Gandal
Decimal
Constructed > Fictional > Video Game Languages
Unknown
Athanor (fictional world)
Garifuna
Karif
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Arawakan > Cariban > Kali’na
Georgian
ქართული
Vigesimal (base-20) system
Kartvelian > South Caucasian
German
Deutsch
Decimal (base-10)
Indo-European > West Germanic
100 million
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
+2
Giak
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Artificial Language > Constructed Language
Unknown
Helgedad (fictional setting)
Gilbertese
Mixed base-10 and base-20 system
Austronesian > Oceanian > Micronesian
Globasa
Decimal system with additive and multiplicative patterns
Constructed auxiliary language > Creole-inspired features
Unknown
Global
Glosa
Decimal system
Constructed auxiliary language
Gottscheerish
Göttscheabarisch
Vigesimal-Decimal
West Germanic > Upper German
Unknown
Slovenia
Grayis
Mixed base-9 and decimal system
Constructed language > Fictional alien language
Guarani
Avañe’ẽ
Vigesimal
Tupi–Guarani > Tupian
Gujarati
ગુજરાતી
Decimal-vigesimal hybrid
Indo-European > Indo-Aryan > Western Indo-Aryan
46 million
India (Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli)
Gunganese
Decimal
Constructed > Fictional > Star Wars Universe
Unknown
Naboo
Guosa
Decimal system with vigesimal influences for certain patterns
Constructed language > Zonal auxiliary language
Unknown
West Africa
Gwere
Lugwere
Decimal with special modifications for tens, hundreds, and thousands
Niger-Congo > Atlantic-Congo > Benue-Congo > Bantoid > Bantu
G’Vunna
Zudǝllǝ g’Vunnǝ
Decimal
Constructed Languages > Fictional Languages > Arena of Valor Languages
Unknown
Lokheim (Fictional Region)
H 15 languages
Haida
Hlg̱aagilda X̱aayda Kil / X̱aad Kil
Vigesimal
Language isolate within North American Indian languages
about 275
Canada (Queen Charlotte Islands)
Alaska (Prince of Wales Island)
Haitian Creole
Kreyòl Ayisyen
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Creole > French-based creole > Atlantic Creole languages
about 8 million in Haiti, over 1 million in Caribbean regions
Haiti
Bahamas
Cuba
+2
Halkomelem
Hul’q’umi’num’
Vigesimal
Salishan > Coast Salish > Halkomelem
500
Vancouver Island
Southwestern British Columbia
Hausa
Harhsen, هَرْشَن هَوْسَ
Mixed decimal-vigesimal system
Afroasiatic > Chadic > West Chadic
Hebrew
עִבְרִית
Decimal
Semitic > Canaanite
9 million
Israel
High Valyrian
Mixed Base (Decimal and Vigesimal)
Constructed > Fictional Language
Hindi
हिन्दी
Decimal with Indian grouping (lakh, crore, arab)
Indo-European > Indo-Aryan
322 million
India
Hiuʦɑθ
Constructed > Artistic > Artistic Languages
Hopi
Hopíí
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Uto-Aztecan > Numic > Western Numic
about 5,000
Northeastern Arizona
Huli
Pentadecimal (Base-15)
Engan > Papuan Highlands
150,000
Papua New Guinea
Hungarian
magyar nyelv
Decimal with compound formations and irregularities
Uralic > Finno-Ugric
Hunsrik
Vigesimal with decimal influences
West Germanic > Moselle Franconian
about 3 million
Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná)
Argentina (Misiones)
Paraguay (south)
Hupa
Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe’
Vigesimal-Decimal hybrid
Na-Dené > Athapaskan > Pacific Coast Athapaskan
8
United States
Huttese
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Fictional > Star Wars Universe > Constructed Language
Unknown
Nal Hutta
Varl
Hylian
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Constructed > Fictional Languages > Video Game Languages
Unknown
Hyrule (fictional)
I 22 languages
Icelandic
Íslenska
Vigesimal-Decimal hybrid
Indo-European > Germanic > North Germanic
360,000
Iceland
Idiom neutral
Decimal
International Auxiliary Languages > Constructed Languages
Ido
Decimal
Constructed language > International auxiliary language
Unknown
International
Igbo
Asụsụ Igbo
Mixed base system (decimal and vigesimal)
Niger-Congo > Atlantic-Congo > Volta-Niger
about 18 million
Southeastern Nigeria
Niger Delta
Illitan
Decimal system
Constructed > Designed Language
Unknown
Ul Qoma
Inari Sami
anarâškielâ
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Sami
about 300
Finland
Indojisnen
Vigesimal (base-7)
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia
Decimal
Austronesian > Malayan
Ingrian
Ižorkan or Ižoran
Vigesimal
Uralic > Finnic
about 360 speakers
Russia
Ingush
ГІалгІай, Ğalğaj
Vigesimal (base-20) system with mixed compound formations
Nakh > Northeast Caucasian
Innu
Innu-aimun
Vigesimal
Algonquian > Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi
10,000
Quebec
Labrador
Intal
Decimal
Constructed Languages > International Auxiliary Languages
Interlingua
Decimal with some vigesimal influences in specific multiples
International Auxiliary Language > Naturalistic IAL > A posteriori language based on European languages
Unknown
International
Interlingue
Decimal
International Auxiliary Languages > Constructed Languages
Interslavic
Medžuslovjansky / Меджусловјанскы
Decimal system with Slavic-specific formations
Zonal constructed language > Slavic languages
Inupiaq
Iñupiaq
Vigesimal system with additive and multiplicative patterns
Eskimo-Aleut > Inuit languages > Inupiaq dialects
about 2,000
Alaska
Northwest Territories
Irathient
l’irathi
Vigesimal
Constructed > Fictional Languages > Votan Languages
Unknown
Fictional Votan Territories
Irish
Gaeilge
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Celtic > Goidelic
78,000
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Isthmus Zapotec
diidxazá
Vigesimal system with decimal influences
Oto-Manguean > Zapotecan
Italian
Italiano
Decimal
Indo-European > Romance
62 million
Italy
San Marino
Vatican City
+1
Ithkuil
Iţkuîl
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Constructed > Experimental > Philosophical and Logical Language
Unknown
Online communities
Constructed language enthusiasts
Itláni
Decimal
Unknown
Unknown
Itlán
J 5 languages
Jakaltek
Popti’
Vigesimal
Mayan > Qʼanjobalan > Western branch
40,000
Guatemala
Chiapas, Mexico
Japanese
日本語
Decimal
Japonic > Japanese and Ryukyuan languages
Jaqaru
Vigesimal
Aymaran > Western Aymaran
Jawaese
Hybrid (Decimal with Vigesimal elements)
Fictional > Star Wars Universe > Jawa Language
Unknown
Tatooine
Jèrriais
Vigesimal-Decimal
Indo-European > Gallo-Romance > Oïl languages
2,600
Jersey
K 23 languages
Kabiye
Mixed base (Vigesimal-Decimal)
Niger–Congo > Gur
Kalderash Romani
Kaldarári
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Indo-Aryan > Romani > Vlax > Northern Vlax
Kali’na
Vigesimal
Cariban > Carib
about 10,000
Venezuela
Brazil
Guyana
+2
Kaqchikel
Vigesimal
Mayan > Quichean-Mamean
Karelian
karjala
Decimal
Uralic > Finnic
about 35,000
Russian Republic of Karelia
North Karelia, South Karelia in Finland
Tver Oblast
Kazakh
қазақ тілі
Decimal
Turkic > Kipchak
15 million
Kazakhstan
Altai Republic of Russia
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang, China
Kerch
Vigesimal
Unknown
Unknown
Kerch Island in the True Sea
Kiitra
Mixed vigesimal-decimal
Unknown > Unknown > Unknown
Unknown
Alplaa
Solar System
KiLiKi
Mixed (Decimal and Vigesimal)
Fictional > Constructed Language
Unknown
Fictional Kalakeya tribe in Baahubali universe
Kiliwa
K’olew Ñaja’
Mixed base (Vigesimal-Decimal)
Yuman > Hokan
about 30
Baja California, Mexico
Kinuk’aaz
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Constructed > Fictional Universe > Omec
Unknown
Fictional universe of Defiance
Kirmanjki
Decimal-vigesimal hybrid
Indo-European > Iranian > Western Iranian
about 140,000
Turkey
Kituba
Monokutuba or Munukutuba
Decimal
Bantu > Kongo languages > Kongo family
5.4 million
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Klallam
nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən
Decimal system with compound formations for larger numbers
Salishan > Straits branch > Central Coast Salish
about 10
British Columbia, Canada
Washington, USA
Klingon
tlhIngan Hol
Decimal
Constructed language > Artistic language > Fictional language
Unknown
Worldwide (Star Trek fandom)
Koasati
Kowassá:ti
Vigesimal
Muskogean > Eastern Muskogean
about 200
Allen Parish, Louisiana
Livingston, Texas
Korean
한국어 / 조선말
Decimal with native Korean and Sino-Korean numerals
Language isolate
77.2 million
South Korea
North Korea
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, China
+1
Kotava
Decimal
Constructed language > Auxiliary language
Unknown
International
Kristang
Papia Kristang
Vigesimal-Decimal hybrid
Malayo-Portuguese Creole > Creole languages > Malacca Portuguese influence
about one thousand
Malaysia
Singapore
Kutenai
Ktunaxa
Mixed vigesimal-decimal
Language isolate
170
Montana
Idaho
British Columbia
Kven
Kainu
Decimal system with specific Finnic features
Uralic > Finnic > Northern Finnic
between 1,500 and 10,000
Northern Norway
Kyrgyz
Кыргызча
Decimal system with specific compound formation rules
Turkic > Kipchak branch
about 4.3 million
Kyrgyzstan
Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan
Kēlen
Mixed Quinary-Decimal
Constructed > Alien Language
Unknown
Terjemar
L 26 languages
Lachixío Zapotec
Zapoteco Lachixío
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Oto-Manguean > Zapotecan > Zapotec
Ladin
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Romance > Gallo-Italic
about 30,000
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Veneto
Lakota
Lakȟótiyapi
Vigesimal
Siouan > Western Siouan > Mississippi Valley Siouan
Lango
Decimal
Nilo-Saharan > Nilotic > Western Nilotic > Luo
Langue nouvelle
Vigesimal
Constructed > A Priori Language
Unknown
Global (constructed language community)
Latin
Decimal
Indo-European > Italic > Latin
Unknown
Vatican City
Historical Latin-speaking regions
Latino sine flexione
Decimal
Constructed language > Auxiliary language
Unknown
International
Latvian
latviešu valoda
Decimal
Indo-European > Baltic > Baltic Proper
Laz
ლაზური ნენა
Vigesimal system
Family > Branch > Sub-branch
about 30,000
Turkey
Georgia
Lezgian
лезги чӏал
Vigesimal
Northeast Caucasian > Nakh-Daghestanian
655,000
Dagestan
Northeastern Azerbaijan
Lingala
Lingála
Decimal with compound formations
Niger-Congo > Bantu
2 million
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Lingua Franca Nova
Decimal
Romance-based creole language
Unknown
Global communities interested in constructed languages
Lingwa de planeta
Decimal
Constructed language > International auxiliary language
Unknown
Global online community
Lithuanian
lietuvių kalba
Decimal
Indo-European > Baltic
about 3.5 million
Lithuania
Livonian
Līvõ kēļ
Vigesimal (base-20) system with additive and subtractive features
Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Livonian
about 40 in 2001
Latvia
Livyáni
Decimal-vigesimal hybrid
Constructed > Artistic Language
Llanito
Vigesimal
Mixed language > Andalusian Spanish and British English influence
Unknown
Gibraltar
Loglan
Decimal
Constructed language > Logical language
Lojban
Decimal with additive and multiplicative components
Constructed language > Logical language
Unknown
Global
Lombard (Milanese)
Lumbaart
Decimal system with unique compound formations
Romance > Gallo-Italic > Western Lombard
3.5 million
Italy (Lombardy, Piedmont)
Switzerland (Ticino, Grisons)
Lower Sorbian
dolnoserbšćina
Decimal system with vigesimal influences for tens and compound formations
Indo-European > Slavic > West Slavic
about 7,000
Germany
Lower Lusatia
Cottbus
Lowland Oaxaca Chontal
Huamelultec or Huamelula Chontal
Vigesimal
Hokan > Tequistlatecan > Chontal
about 1,100
Oaxaca, Mexico
Lule Sami
Julevsámegiella
Vigesimal
Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Sami
about 2,000
Sweden
Norway
Lushootseed
dxʷləšúcid
Mixed decimal-vigesimal
Salishan > Coast Salish
Unknown
British Columbia
Puget Sound region, Washington
Luxembourgish
Lëtzebuergesch
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Germanic > West Central German
390,000
Luxembourg
Belgium
France
+1
Láadan
Mixed base system (decimal and vigesimal)
Constructed language > Feminist linguistic experiment
M 27 languages
Macedonian
македонски
Decimal system with specific suffixes for tens and hundreds, and compound formations for numbers 11-99
Indo-European > Slavic > Eastern South Slavic
Makhuwa
Emakuana
Mixed base system
Niger–Congo > Bantu
6.6 million
Northern Mozambique
Malagasy
Decimal with compound formations and specific large number names
Austronesian > East Barito
about 20 million
Madagascar
Mayotte
Comoros archipelago
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Algonquian > Eastern Algonquian
600
United States
Canada
Maltese
Malti
Decimal
Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > Central Semitic
520,000
Malta
Mandalorian
Decimal and Vigesimal Hybrid
Fictional > Star Wars universe > Mandalorian
Unknown
Mandalore
Star Wars universe
Mandinka
Niger-Congo > Atlantic-Congo > Mande
1.3 million
Mali
Senegal
The Gambia
+7
Manx Gaelic
Gaelg, Gailck
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Celtic > Insular Celtic
Fifty native speakers, about 1,800 second-language speakers
Isle of Man
Mapudungun
Vigesimal
Araucanian family of the South American Indian languages family
Marshallese
Kajin M̧ajeļ
Mixed base-10 and base-20 system
Austronesian > Oceanic > Micronesian
50,000
Marshall Islands
Nauru
United States
Mauritian Creole
kreol morisien
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
French-based Creole > Bourbonnais Creole
1.2 million
Mauritius
Mazahua
Jñatrjo (Central Mazahua), Jñatjo (Michoacán Mazahua)
Vigesimal
Oto-Manguean > Otomian
Menominee
Oma͞eqnomenēw
Vigesimal with decimal features
Algic > Algonquian
20 to 30
Northeastern Wisconsin
Miami-Illinois
Decimal
Algonquian > Central > Miami-Illinois
Michif
Vigesimal with decimal features
Algic > Cree-Métis French hybrid
Micmac
Mi’kmaq
Decimal with compound formations and suffixes
Algic > Algonquian
10,000
Maine
Massachusetts
Atlantic Canada
+1
Minangkabau
Decimal
Austronesian > Malayan > Malayo-Polynesian
5.5 million
Indonesia
Mohawk
Kanien’keha
Vigesimal
Iroquoian > Northern Iroquoian > Haudenosaunee
Mohegan-Pequot
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Algonquian > Eastern Algonquian
Moloko
Məlokwo
Decimal with vigesimal influences
Chadic > Biu–Mandara > Central Chadic
8,500
Cameroon
Mondial
Vigesimal-Decimal
Romance > Romance-based auxiliary languages
Unknown
International community of auxiliary language enthusiasts
Mondir
Vigesimal
Proto-Indo-European > Latin > Romance > Classical Mondir
Unknown
L’ourldĕ
Mondlango
Decimal counting system
Esperanto-based auxiliary language
Unknown
International
Mussau-Emira
Vigesimal
Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic
Mwani
Kimwani
Decimal
Niger-Congo > Bantu
about 100,000
Mozambique
Mwotlap
M̄otlap
Decimal with Quinary features
Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic
2100
Vanuatu
Māori
Te Reo Māori
Vigesimal
Austronesian > Eastern Polynesian > Tahitic
148,000
New Zealand
N 16 languages
Navajo
Diné bizaad
Vigesimal
Dené-Yeniseian > Athabaskan
Na’vi
Mixed base (octal and decimal)
Constructed language (conlang)
Unknown
Pandora (fictional)
Fan communities
Ndom
Senary (base-6) with additive and multiplicative components
Trans–New Guinea > Kolopom
Neimoidian
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Fictional > Star Wars Universe > Neimoidian Language
Nengone
Vigesimal
Austronesian > Oceanic > New Caledonian
Nigerian Fulfulde
Fulfulde
Mixed Quinary-Decimal
Niger–Congo > Atlantic–Congo > Volta–Niger
14.5 million
Nigeria
Cameroon
Chad
North Frisian
Frasch
Mixed base-10 and base-20 system
Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic
about 10,000
Germany
Northern Kurdish
Kurmancî
Mixed base system (vigesimal and decimal)
Indo-European > Iranian > Western Iranian
about 9 million
Eastern Turkey
Southeastern Turkey
Syria
+2
Northern Sami
davvisámegiella, sámegiella
Vigesimal with decimal influences
Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Sami
Northern Yi
Nuosu, Nosu (Nuosuhxop, ꆈꌠ꒿)
Decimal with vigesimal influences
Sino-Tibetan > Lolo–Burmese
Over 2 million
China
Vietnam
Thailand
Norwegian (Bokmål)
Norsk (Bokmål)
Decimal with Vigesimal features
Indo-European > North Germanic > West Scandinavian
Nove Latina
Decimal
Zonal Auxiliary Language > Based on Latin
Unknown
Europe
Nume
Tarasag
Vigesimal
Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Southern Oceanic
900
Vanuatu
Nyungwe
Decimal
Niger–Congo > Bantu
440,000
Mozambique
Nêlêmwa
Mixed quinary-vigesimal system
Austronesian > New Caledonian languages
about 1,000
New Caledonia
Nìmpyèshiu
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Constructed > Artistic Language
Unknown
Sha̤nhaa
O 6 languages
Occitan
Decimal
Indo-European > Romance > Gallo-Romance
Odia
ଓଡ଼ିଆ
Decimal-vigesimal hybrid
Indo-European > Indo-Aryan
about 60 million
India (Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand)
Ojibwa
ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ
Vigesimal-decimal hybrid
Algonquian > Central Algonquian > Ojibwe
about 80,000
Canada
Okanagan
Nsyilxcən (n̓səl̓xcin̓)
Vigesimal
Salishan > Interior Salish
150 deeply fluent speakers
British Columbia, Canada
Oneida
Onʌyotaʔa·ka
Vigesimal
Iroquoian > Northern Iroquoian > Haudenosaunee languages
about 200
United States (New York, Wisconsin)
Canada (Ontario)
Oromo
Afaan Oromoo
Decimal
Cushitic > East Cushitic > Oromo
35 million
Ethiopia
Kenya
P 14 languages
Paicî
Vigesimal with quinary elements
Austronesian > New Caledonian
5500
New Caledonia
Pandunia
Decimal
Constructed > International Auxiliary Language
about a hundred
Reddit
Telegram
Pennsylvania German
Pennsilfaanisch-Deitsch
Decimal
Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > High German
300,000
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
+1
Persian
فارسی
Decimal
Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Western Iranian
about 70 million
Iran
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
Picard
Decimal
Indo-European > Romance > Langues d’oïl
700,000
Northern France
Southern Belgium
Pite Sami
Bidumsámegiella
Vigesimal
Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Sami
about 20 speakers
Sweden
Plautdietsch
Decimal with vigesimal influences in tens formation
Germanic > West Low German > East Low German
Polari
Decimal with influences of vigesimal elements
English-based cant / cryptolect, derived from Parlyaree and Italian influences
Unknown
United Kingdom
Ireland
Polish
język polski, polszczyzna
Decimal
Indo-European > Slavic > West Slavic
about 43 million
Poland
Lithuania
Belarus
+1
Portuguese (Brazil)
Português brasileiro
Decimal system with specific word formations for units, tens, hundreds, and large numbers
Indo-European > Romance > Ibero-Romance
roughly 170 million
Brazil
Portugal
Angola
+6
Portuguese (Portugal)
Português
Decimal
Indo-European > Romance > Ibero-Romance
roughly 10 million in Portugal and 170 million in Brazil
Portugal
Brazil
Proto-Indo-European
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Anatolian and European branches
Punu
Yipunu
Mixed base system (Vigesimal and Decimal)
Niger-Congo > Bantu > Makaa-Nyunsia
Purépecha
P’urhépecha
Vigesimal
Language isolate
125,000
Michoacán, Mexico
Q 2 languages
R 10 languages
Rapa Nui
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Austronesian > Eastern Polynesian
about one thousand native speakers
Chile (Easter Island)
Ravkan
Vigesimal-Decimal hybrid
Constructed > Inspired by Russian and Mongolian
Unknown
Ravka (fictional)
Rincón Zapotec
Didza Xidza
Vigesimal
Oto-Manguean > Zapotecan > Zapotec
Ro
Decimal
Constructed > Philosophical Languages
Unknown
Unknown
Rohingya
Ruáingga
Mixed decimal and vigesimal system
Indo-European > Indo-Aryan > Bengali–Assamese
1.8 million
Myanmar (Rakhine State)
Romani
Decimal with compound formations for numbers above ten
Indo-European > Indo-Aryan > Central Zone
about 3 million
Balkan countries
Baltic states
Carpathian regions
+4
Romanid
Decimal system with specific compound formations
Constructed language > Zonal > Romance-based vocabulary
Romansh
Rumantsch
Mixed decimal-vigesimal
Indo-European > Romance > Western Romance
Romulan
Decimal system with compound formations
Constructed > Fictional > Star Trek Universe
Unknown
Fictional Romulan Star Empire
Russian
русский язык
Decimal system with irregularities for specific numbers
Indo-European > Slavic > East Slavic
164 million
Russia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
+2
S 37 languages
Saanich
Sənčaθən or SENĆOŦEN
Decimal
Salishan > North Straits Salish
about 20 speakers
Washington (USA)
British Columbia (Canada)
Sango
Sängö
Mixed (Decimal and Vigesimal)
Niger–Congo > Ubangian
Santa Ana Yareni Zapotec
Vigesimal with decimal features
Oto-Manguean > Zapotecan
about 3,000
Mexico
Sardinian
Sardu
Decimal
Indo-European > Romance > Southern Romance
1.2 million
Sardinia
Saterland Frisian
Seeltersk
Decimal system with compound formations
Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > Anglo-Frisian
Scots
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
West Germanic > Anglic
1.5 million
Scotland
Ulster in Ireland
Scottish Gaelic
Gàidhlig
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Celtic > Goidelic
Serbian
Српски
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Slavic > South Slavic
about 7 million
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shiväisith
Vigesimal (base-20)
Finno-Ugric-inspired > Fictional language for cinematic universe
Unknown
Asgard (fictional context)
Shona
chiShona
Decimal
Niger-Congo > Bantu
Shuswap
Secwepemctsín
Decimal
Salishan > Interior Salish
about 200 native speakers
British Columbia, Canada
Shyriiwook
Mixed base (Quinary-Decimal)
Fictional > Star Wars Universe > Wookiee Languages
Unknown
Kashyyyk
Wartaki Islands
Sierra Otomi
Yųhų or Yuhú
Vigesimal
Oto-Manguean > Otomian
50,000
Mexico
Siinyamda
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Constructed > Artistic Language
Unknown
Fictional Region in Sci-Fi Film
Siletz dee-ni
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Na-Dené > Athapaskan > Pacific Coast Athapaskan
Sindarin
Edhellen
Vigesimal-duodecimal hybrid
Constructed > Fictional Languages > Elvish Languages
Skolt Sami
sääˊmǩiõll, Nuõrttsää’m
Vigesimal with decimal influences
Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Sami
Slovak
slovenčina
Decimal
Indo-European > Slavic > West Slavic
Slovene
slovenščina
Decimal counting system
Indo-European > Slavic > South Slavic
Slovio
Decimal
Constructed language > Slavic lexicon > Auxiliary language
Unknown
International auxiliary language community
Soga
Lusoga
Decimal
Niger-Congo > Atlantic-Congo > Benue-Congo > Bantoid > Bantu
Solresol
Mixed base (primarily vigesimal with additional patterns)
Constructed/Artificial language
Somali
Af Soomaali
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Afro-Asiatic > Cushitic > East Cushitic
14 million
Somalia
Djibouti
Ethiopia (Somali region)
+1
Sona
Decimal
Constructed > International Auxiliary Language
Soninke
Sooninkanxanne
Decimal with compound formations
Niger-Congo > Mande > Western Mande
South Efate
Fate, Erakor
Vigesimal
Malayo-Polynesian > Oceanic > Southern Oceanic
about 6,000
Vanuatu
Southern Quechua
Urin qichwa
Vigesimal
Quechuan > Quechua II > Quechua II-C
6.9 million
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Southern Sami
Åarjelsaemien gïele
Vigesimal-Decimal
Uralic > Finno-Ugric
about 600
Norway
Spanish
español
Decimal
Indo-European > Romance > Ibero-Romance
330 million
Spain
Mexico
Colombia
+1
Spokil
Decimal
Constructed > Auxiliary Languages
Squamish
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
Vigesimal
Salishan > Coast Salish
about 15 speakers
Canada
Sranan Tongo
Decimal with compound formations for tens and hundreds
Creole > English-based creole
Sunúz
Mixed base with octal and additive components
Constructed > Fictional > Role-playing game language
Unknown
Fictional planet Tékumel
Susu
sosoxui
Mixed base system
Mande > Western Mande > Manding
about one million
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Guinea Bissau
Swahili
Kiswahili
Decimal
Niger-Congo > Bantu
about 5 million first language speakers, 30 million second language speakers
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
+8
Swedish
svenska
Decimal with vigesimal elements
Indo-European > North Germanic > Scandinavian
9.2 million
Sweden
Finland
Swiss German
Schweizerdeutsch
Decimal
Indo-European > Germanic > Alemannic
about 6.5 million
Switzerland
Northern Italy (Alpine communities)
Liechtenstein
+1
T 23 languages
Tahitian
Reo Tahiti
Vigesimal
Austronesian > Eastern Polynesian > Tahitic
Tamazight
Vigesimal with mixed influences
Afro-Asiatic > Berber > Northern Berber
3 million
Morocco
Telugu
తెలుగు
Decimal-Vigesimal Hybrid
Dravidian > South-Central
81 million
India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Yanam)
Tetun Dili
Decimal
Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian
Tezoatlán Mixtec
Vigesimal
Oto-Manguean > Mixtec > Silacayoapan Mixtec
Timbisha
Nümünangkawih
Vigesimal
Uto-Aztecan > Numic
less than twenty
California
Tlingit
Lingít
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Na-Dene > Athabaskan > Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Tok Pisin
Decimal
Creole > English-based creole > Melanesian Pidgin
Toki Pona
Quinary-Vigesimal
Constructed language > Artistic > Philosophical
Tolowa
Taa-Laa-Wa
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Na-Dené > Athabaskan > Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Unknown
California
Tongan (telephone-style)
lea fakatonga
Decimal
Austronesian > Oceanic > Polynesian
Totontepec Mixe
Ayöök
Vigesimal
Mixe–Zoque > Mixe
5500
Oaxaca, Mexico
Tpaalha
Senary (Base-6)
Constructed > Conlang > Artistic
Unknown
Fictional Oppossum Territories
Trigedasleng
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Constructed > Fictional Language > Developed for TV Series
Unknown
Post-apocalyptic Earth (fictional setting)
Tsez
цезйас мец
Vigesimal-Decimal
Northeast Caucasian > Northeast Caucasian languages > Didoic
about 15,000
Southern Dagestan
Tsolyáni
Decimal system with compound formations for tens, hundreds, thousands, and millions
Constructed language inspired by Urdu, Pashto, Mayan, Nahuatl
Tsonga
Xitsonga
Mixed base-10 and base-20 system
Niger–Congo > Bantu
12 million
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Tswana
Setswana
Vigesimal (Base-20) System
Niger–Congo > Bantu
Tukudede
Quinary
Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian
Tunica
Luhchi Yoroni
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Language isolate
about 32 second-language speakers
Louisiana
Turkish
Türkçe
Decimal
Altaic > Turkic
Tutonish
Decimal system with specific suffixes for tens, hundreds, and large numbers
Constructed > Germanic-based > Unifying English and Germanic languages
Unknown
Constructed language community
Tüchte
Tüxtə
Vigesimal
Linguistic isolate
U 6 languages
Ukrainian
українська мова
Decimal
Indo-European > Slavic > East Slavic
Ume Sami
ubmejesámiengiälla
Vigesimal
Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Sami
Universalglot
Mixed base-10 and base-20 system
Romance-Germanic Hybrid > Constructed Auxiliary Language
Upper Sorbian
Hornjoserbšćina
Decimal-vigesimal hybrid
Indo-European > Slavic > West Slavic
Uropi
Decimal with special forms for teens and compound numbers
Indo-European > Romance-based > Constructed auxiliary language
Unknown
Global
Uyghur
ئۇيغۇر تىلى
Decimal
Turkic > Common Turkic > Karluk
about 10 million
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
+1
V 8 languages
Va Ehenív
Vigesimal (base-20)
Constructed > Inspired by Japanese grammar
Unknown
Unknown
Veda
Decimal with subtractive forms for 7-9
Constructed > Fictional Language for Video Game
Unknown
Athanor (fictional world)
Venetian
vèneto
Vigesimal
Indo-European > Romance > Italo-Western
Veps
Vepsän
Mixed decimal-vigesimal
Uralic > Finnic > Northern Finnic
5700
Russian Republic of Karelia
Vologda Oblast
Ingria
Verdurian
Decimal
Constructed > European-inspired
Volapük
Decimal
Constructed language > International auxiliary language
Votic
vađđa ceeli or maa ceeli
Decimal with compound formations for tens and hundreds
Uralic > Finno-Ugric > Finnic
about 15
Russia (Ingria)
Vulcan
Decimal
Constructed > Artificial Language
Unknown
Star Trek universe
W 6 languages
Wardwesân
Mixed Base System
Constructed > Fictional
Wayuu
Wayuunaiki
Vigesimal
Arawakan > Northern Arawakan > Western Greater Antillean
305,000
Venezuela
Colombia
Welsh
Cymraeg
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Celtic > Brittonic
about 700,000
Wales
England
Argentina
West Frisian
Frysk
Vigesimal-Decimal Hybrid
Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic
about 600,000
Netherlands (Friesland)
Wymysorys
Wymysiöeryś
Vigesimal (base-20) system with decimal influences
West Germanic > High Germanic > West Germanic
Wóxtjanato
Vigesimal (Base-20)
Constructed > Unique language
Unknown
Old Earth's western Europe
Y 5 languages
Yakut
саха тыла
Vigesimal
Turkic > Siberian Turkic
450,000
Russia (Sakha Republic / Yakutia)
Yao
chiYao / ciYao
Mixed base system
Niger–Congo > Bantu
3.1 million
Malawi
Tanzania
Mozambique
Yiddish
יידיש
Decimal system with special formations for 13-19 and compound numbers
Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic
about 2 million
Ukraine
Israel
United States
Yup’ik
Vigesimal
Eskimo-Aleut > Eskimo > Yupik
around 20,000
Alaska (western and southwestern)
Yán Koryáni
Vigesimal
Khíshan Family > Tékumel Languages > Engsvanyáli Descendants