The Number System of Scots

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The Number System of Scots

This page is based on Scots on the Wab. Scots is a language similar to English, and it is different from Scots Gaelic.

Number	Reading	Meaning
0	?	-
1	ane	1
2	twa	2
3	three	3
4	fower	4
5	five	5
6	sax	6
7	seeven	7
8	echt	8
9	nine	9
10	ten	10
11	aleeven	11
12	twal	12
13	therteen	3^* + 10^*
14	fowerteen	4 + 10^*
15	feifteen	5^* + 10^*
16	saxteen	6 + 10^*
17	seiventeen	7^* + 10^*
18	echteen	8 + 10^*
19	ninteen	9^* + 10^*
20	twintie	2^* × 10^†
21	twintie ane	2^* × 10^† + 1
22	twintie twa	2^* × 10^† + 2
23	twintie three	2^* × 10^† + 3
24	twintie fower	2^* × 10^† + 4
25	twintie five	2^* × 10^† + 5
26	twintie sax	2^* × 10^† + 6
27	twintie seeven	2^* × 10^† + 7
28	twintie echt	2^* × 10^† + 8
29	twintie nine	2^* × 10^† + 9
30	thertie	3^* × 10^†
31	thertie ane	3^* × 10^† + 1
32	thertie twa	3^* × 10^† + 2
33	thertie three	3^* × 10^† + 3
34	thertie fower	3^* × 10^† + 4
35	thertie five	3^* × 10^† + 5
36	thertie sax	3^* × 10^† + 6
37	thertie seeven	3^* × 10^† + 7
38	thertie echt	3^* × 10^† + 8
39	thertie nine	3^* × 10^† + 9
40	fowertie	4 × 10^†
41	fowertie ane	4 × 10^† + 1
42	fowertie twa	4 × 10^† + 2
43	fowertie three	4 × 10^† + 3
44	fowertie fower	4 × 10^† + 4
45	fowertie five	4 × 10^† + 5
46	fowertie sax	4 × 10^† + 6
47	fowertie seeven	4 × 10^† + 7
48	fowertie echt	4 × 10^† + 8
49	fowertie nine	4 × 10^† + 9
50	fuftie	5^* × 10^*
51	fuftie ane	5^* × 10^* + 1
52	fuftie twa	5^* × 10^* + 2
53	fuftie three	5^* × 10^* + 3
54	fuftie fower	5^* × 10^* + 4
55	fuftie five	5^* × 10^* + 5
56	fuftie sax	5^* × 10^* + 6
57	fuftie seeven	5^* × 10^* + 7
58	fuftie echt	5^* × 10^* + 8
59	fuftie nine	5^* × 10^* + 9
60	saxtie	6 × 10^†
61	saxtie ane	6 × 10^† + 1
62	saxtie twa	6 × 10^† + 2
63	saxtie three	6 × 10^† + 3
64	saxtie fower	6 × 10^† + 4
65	saxtie five	6 × 10^† + 5
66	saxtie sax	6 × 10^† + 6
67	saxtie seeven	6 × 10^† + 7
68	saxtie echt	6 × 10^† + 8
69	saxtie nine	6 × 10^† + 9
70	seeventie	7 × 10^†
71	seeventie ane	7 × 10^† + 1
72	seeventie twa	7 × 10^† + 2
73	seeventie three	7 × 10^† + 3
74	seeventie fower	7 × 10^† + 4
75	seeventie five	7 × 10^† + 5
76	seeventie sax	7 × 10^† + 6
77	seeventie seeven	7 × 10^† + 7
78	seeventie echt	7 × 10^† + 8
79	seeventie nine	7 × 10^† + 9
80	echtie	8 × 10^†
81	echtie ane	8 × 10^† + 1
82	echtie twa	8 × 10^† + 2
83	echtie three	8 × 10^† + 3
84	echtie fower	8 × 10^† + 4
85	echtie five	8 × 10^† + 5
86	echtie sax	8 × 10^† + 6
87	echtie seeven	8 × 10^† + 7
88	echtie echt	8 × 10^† + 8
89	echtie nine	8 × 10^† + 9
90	nintie	9^* × 10^†
91	nintie ane	9^* × 10^† + 1
92	nintie twa	9^* × 10^† + 2
93	nintie three	9^* × 10^† + 3
94	nintie fower	9^* × 10^† + 4
95	nintie five	9^* × 10^† + 5
96	nintie sax	9^* × 10^† + 6
97	nintie seeven	9^* × 10^† + 7
98	nintie echt	9^* × 10^† + 8
99	nintie nine	9^* × 10^† + 9
100	hunner	100

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