This is how you count to ten in 70 countries
“One, two, three... One, two, three... Un, deux, trois... One, due, tre...” In how many languages can you count to three? And up to ten?
More than 7,000 different languages are spoken in the world. 7,117, to be exact, according to the Ethnologue portal. Many people in many countries count to ten on their fingers And this video shows how they do it in 70 different countries!
German, French, Italian, Hindi, Punjabi, Mandarin, Russian, Japanese... How many are you able to learn?
ENGLISH, THE MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
It should be noted that the figure of 7,117 languages is constantly changing, and even the languages themselves are changing. Languages are alive, dynamic and approximately 40% of them are now in danger , often with fewer than 1,000 speakers.
On the other hand, there are 23 languages that represent more than half of the world population.
According to the list of the 200 most spoken languages in the world in its 2019 version, prepared by Ethnologue, English supersedes Chinese and is placed in first position, with 1,132 million speakers.
In the video we can hear several people from different countries counting to ten in English, specifically: South Africa, Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, New Zealand, Philippines, Jamaica, Canada, Guyana, United Kingdom, Bahamas, Belize, United States, Australia, Singapore.
In some of these countries there are more co-official languages. For example, in the Philippines the official languages are Filipino and English; in Kenya Swahili and English; and in Singapore English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.
"One, two, three..." In how many languages can you count to ten?
NO HAO! HOW DO YOU COUNT TO TEN IN CHINESE?
More than 1,117 million speakers , Mandarin Chinese is the second most spoken language in the world. Now, would you know how to say something more than the well-known "Nǐ hǎo" (hello)?
The numbers from one to ten in Chinese would be the following: “一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十”.
As for the pronunciation, things get complicated: “yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí”.
HINDI, SPANISH AND FRENCH
Hindi is the third most spoken language in the world (615 million people), followed by Spanish (534 million) and the French (280 million), according to Ethnologue.
How do you count to ten in hini? “Very simple”, it would be like this: “एक, दो, तीन, चार, पाँच, छह, सात, आठ, नौ, दस" , and would be pronounced like this: “ek, do, teen, chaar, paanch, chhah, saat, aath, nau, das”.
As for the Spanish , in the video we can see counting several people from the following countries: Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Spain, Venezuela, Chile and the Dominican Republic.
On the other hand, speakers of Ivory Coast, France and Haiti They will teach us to say it in French: “un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix”.
Let's learn counting!
LET'S KEEP LEARNING!
Still curious to learn more? In Swahili , for example, spoken in Tanzania, would be counted like this: “moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano, sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi” and in Norwegian like this: “en, to, tre, fire, fem, seks, syv, åtte, ni, ti”.
The Greeks, for their part, count thus: “ένα, δύο, τρία, τέσσερα, πέντε, έξι, επτά, οκτώ, εννέα, δέκα” (éna, dýo, tría, téssera, pénte, éxi, eptá, októ, ennéa, déka) and the Russians like this: “один, два, три, четыре, пять, шесть, семь, восемь, девять, десять” (odin, dva, tri, chetyre, pyat', shest', sem', vosem', devyat', desyat').
If you ever travel to Germany and you need to order one, two or ten beers, it will be good for you to know that the numbers from one to ten are: “eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn”.
If you opt for a more exotic destination, such as Vietnam , memorize this: “một, hai, ba, bốn, năm, sáu, bảy, tám, chín, mười”.
Press play and enjoy the rest of the languages! How many are you able to learn?