The following is a list of names of the numbers from 1 to 10 in several different languages. You might notice that there are significant similarities between all of the Indo-European languages.
| English | one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | eins | zwei | drei | vier | fünf | sechs | sieben | acht | neun | zehn |
| Swedish | ett | två | tre | fyra | fem | sex | sju | åtta | nio | tio |
| Norwegian | en | to | tre | fire | fem | seks | syv | åtte | ni | ti |
| French | un | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept | huit | neuf | dix |
| Italian | uno | due | tre | quattro | cinque | sei | sette | otto | nove | dieci |
| Spanish | uno | dos | tres | cuatro | cinco | seis | seite | ocho | nueve | diez |
| Portuguese | um | dois | três | quatro | cinco | seis | sete | oito | nove | dez |
| Catalan | un | dos | tres | quatre | cinc | sis | set | vuit | nou | deu |
| Latin | unus | duo | tres | quattor | quinque | sex | septem | octo | novem | decem |
| Russian | odin | dva | tri | chetyre | pyat' | shest' | sem' | vosem' | devyat' | desyat' |
| Polish | jeden | dwa | trzy | cztery | pięć | sześć | siedem | osiem | dziewięć | dziesięć |
| Welsh | un | dau | tri | pedwar | pump | chwech | saith | wyth | naw | deg |
| Greek | eîs | dúo | treiîs | téssares | pénte | hex | heptá | októ | ennéa | déka |
| Finnish | yksi | kaksi | kolme | neljä | viisi | kuusi | seitsemän | kahdeksan | yhdeksan | kymmenen |
| Basque | bat | bi | hiru | lau | bost | sei | cazpi | zortzi | bederatzi | amar |
| Sanskrit | ekab | dvi | trayah | chatvarah | pancha | shash | sapta | ashta | nava | dasha |
| Swahili | moja | bili | tatu | 'nne | tano | sita | sabbah | nanne | tissa | kumi |
| Arabic | wahed | ithnain | thelatha | arba'a | hamza | sitta | seba'a | themania | tisa'a | ashara |
If you can fill me in on any other languages, please mathlair@allfunandgames.ca.