“Twelve” in every Philippine language
Twelve across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Twelve |
|---|---|
| English | Twelve |
| Tagalog | Labindalawa |
| Ilocano | Sangapulo ket dua |
| Cebuano | Napulog duha |
| Hiligaynon | Napulo kag duha |
| Waray | Napulo kag duha |
| Bikol | Kagduwa |
| Kapampangan | Labingadwa |
| Pangasinan | Labinduara |
What the pattern shows
Two ways of building it. Tagalog labindalawa, Kapampangan labingadwa and Pangasinan labinduara use a labi- prefix; the Visayan languages and Ilocano spell it out as ten and two — napulog duha, sangapulo ket dua. Bikol kagduwa contracts the same idea.
Where they agree
- Napulo kag duha — Hiligaynon, Waray
Standing alone: Tagalog (Labindalawa), Ilocano (Sangapulo ket dua), Cebuano (Napulog duha), Bikol (Kagduwa), Kapampangan (Labingadwa) and Pangasinan (Labinduara).
More numbers
The whole category as a word list: Ilocano Numbers · Tagalog Numbers
Where this comes from
This row is one of 161 concept pages drawn from a parallel set of everyday vocabulary held across nine languages. You can browse all of them, download the whole set under CC BY-SA 4.0, or paste text to find out which language it is.
Compiled from published general reference and pending review by native speakers. If something here is wrong in a language you speak, please tell us.