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What happened to the Spanish ordinal numbers?
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Christian Weisgerber
Jul 23, 2022, 9:30:08 AM7/23/22
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Spanish cardinal and ordinal numbers:
https://omniglot.com/language/numbers/spanish.htm
Huh. Looks like Spanish doesn't have ordinal numbers. It's striking
for 20+, but already in the single digits, things are starting to
look iffy. Not sure about "cuarto" and "quinto", but "sexto" and
"séptimo" are so not Spanish.
I mean, there _are_ ordinal numbers, but they are clearly borrowed
from Latin and only indirectly related to the Spanish cardinal
numbers.
Portuguese looks similar. (Catalan patterns with French instead.)
What happened there?
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
https://omniglot.com/language/numbers/spanish.htm
Huh. Looks like Spanish doesn't have ordinal numbers. It's striking
for 20+, but already in the single digits, things are starting to
look iffy. Not sure about "cuarto" and "quinto", but "sexto" and
"séptimo" are so not Spanish.
I mean, there _are_ ordinal numbers, but they are clearly borrowed
from Latin and only indirectly related to the Spanish cardinal
numbers.
Portuguese looks similar. (Catalan patterns with French instead.)
What happened there?
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
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