How to say “ten” around the world

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Dots of one colour begin with a similar sound. Colours group words by the class of their first consonant (a sound-class method used in linguistics): words that begin alike share a colour. This shows resemblance, not common origin — proving relationship needs case-by-case comparison. Readable forms come from Wiktionary translation tables; many smaller languages come from the ASJP word lists, in ASJP’s simplified transcription.

Language	Word	Romanization	Family
Chinese	十	shí	Sino-Tibetan
English	ten		Indo-European
Spanish	diez		Indo-European
Hindi	दस	das	Indo-European
Arabic	عَشَرَة	ʕašara	Afro-Asiatic
Bengali	দশ	doś	Indo-European
Indonesian	sepuluh		Austronesian
Portuguese	dez		Indo-European
French	dix		Indo-European
Russian	де́сять	désjatʹ	Indo-European
Japanese	十		Japonic
Marathi	दहा	dahā	Indo-European
Swahili	kumi		Atlantic-Congo
Turkish	on		Turkic
Telugu	పది	padi	Dravidian
Wu Chinese	十		Sino-Tibetan
Korean	열	yeol	Koreanic
German	zehn		Indo-European
Vietnamese	mười		Austroasiatic
Tamil	பத்து	pattu	Dravidian
Cantonese	十	sap⁶	Sino-Tibetan
Urdu	دس	das	Indo-European
Italian	dieci		Indo-European
Egyptian Arabic	عَشْرَة	ʕašra	Afro-Asiatic
Gujarati	દસ	das	Indo-European
Western Farsi	ده	dah	Indo-European
Min Nan Chinese	十	si̍p	Sino-Tibetan
Hakka Chinese	十	sṳ̍p	Sino-Tibetan
Hausa	gōmà		Afro-Asiatic
Kannada	ಹತ್ತು	hattu	Dravidian
Polish	dziesięć		Indo-European
Yoruba	ẹ̀wá		Atlantic-Congo
Xiang Chinese	十	shr⁶	Sino-Tibetan
Malayalam	പത്തു	pattu	Dravidian
Odia	ଦଶ	daśa	Indo-European
Burmese	တဆယ်	ta.hcai	Sino-Tibetan
Igbo	ìri		Atlantic-Congo
Ukrainian	де́сять	désjatʹ	Indo-European
Uzbek	oʻn		Turkic
Sindhi	ده	daha	Indo-European
Romanian	zece		Indo-European
Dutch	tien		Indo-European
Amharic	ዐሥር	ʿäśśər	Afro-Asiatic
Thai	สิบ	sìp	Tai-Kadai
Lingala	zómi		Atlantic-Congo
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian	де̏сет		Indo-European
Khmer	ដប់	dop	Austroasiatic
Somali	toban		Afro-Asiatic
Turkmen	on		Turkic
Cebuano	napulo		Austronesian
Assamese	দহ	doh	Indo-European
Sinhala	දහය	dahaya	Indo-European
Greek	δέκα	déka	Indo-European
Madurese	sapolo		Austronesian
Kurdish	deh		Indo-European
Tajik	даҳ	dah	Indo-European
Kazakh	он	on	Turkic
Hungarian	tíz		Uralic
Zulu	ishumi		Atlantic-Congo
Nyanja	khumi		Atlantic-Congo
Akan	adu		Atlantic-Congo
Southern Pashto	لس	las	Indo-European
Czech	deset		Indo-European
Uighur	ئون	on	Turkic
Afrikaans	tien		Indo-European
Min Dong Chinese	十	sĕk	Sino-Tibetan
Haitian	dis		Indo-European
Kanuri	megú		Saharan
Swedish	tio		Indo-European
Azerbaijani	on		Turkic
Iloko	sangapulo		Austronesian
Bulgarian	де́сет	déset	Indo-European
Hiligaynon	napulo		Austronesian
Xhosa	ishumi		Atlantic-Congo
Tachelhit	mraw		Afro-Asiatic
Belarusian	дзе́сяць	dzjésjacʹ	Indo-European
Tigrinya	ዓሰርተ	ʿasärtä	Afro-Asiatic
Central Kurdish	دە	de	Indo-European
Santali	ᱜᱮᱞ	gel	Austroasiatic
Tumbuka	khumi		Atlantic-Congo
Kikuyu	ikũmi		Atlantic-Congo
Luba-Lulua	dikumi		Atlantic-Congo
Northern Thai	ᩈᩥ᩠ᨷ		Tai-Kadai
Danish	ti		Indo-European
Slovak	desať		Indo-European
Minangkabau	sapuluah		Austronesian
Finnish	kymmenen		Uralic
Lao	ສິບ	sip	Tai-Kadai
Norwegian	ti		Indo-European
Tatar	ун	un	Turkic
Buginese	pulo		Austronesian
Catalan	deu		Indo-European
Sicilian	deci		Indo-European
Kirghiz	он	on	Turkic
Swiss German	zää		Indo-European
Armenian	տասը	tasə	Indo-European
Bambara	tan		Mande
Balinese	dəsə		Austronesian
S'gaw Karen	တဆံ	ta hsee	Sino-Tibetan
Lithuanian	dešimt		Indo-European
Tok Pisin	tenpela		Indo-European
Lombard	des		Indo-European
Georgian	ათი	ati	Kartvelian
Goan Konkani	धा	dhā	Indo-European
Acehnese	siplôh		Austronesian
Mazanderani	ده	da	Indo-European
Albanian	dhjetë		Indo-European
Shan	သိပ်း	síp	Tai-Kadai
Mongolian	арав	arav	Mongolic-Khitan
Gilaki	ده	da	Indo-European
Bikol	sampulo		Austronesian
Galician	dez		Indo-European
Pampanga	apulu		Austronesian
Slovenian	desét		Indo-European
Esperanto	dek		Artificial Language
Kʼicheʼ	lajuj		Mayan
Macedonian	де́сет	déset	Indo-European
Sichuan Yi	ꊰ	ci	Sino-Tibetan
Piedmontese	des		Indo-European
Venetian	diese		Indo-European
Zhuang	cib		Tai-Kadai
Rohingya	doc		Indo-European
Afar	taban		Afro-Asiatic
Kabardian	пщӏы	pśʼə	Abkhaz-Adyge
Bini	ìgbé		Atlantic-Congo
Igala	ẹ̀gwá		Atlantic-Congo
Makasar	pulo		Austronesian
Latvian	desmit		Indo-European
Quechua	chunka		Quechuan
Scots	ten		Indo-European
Tày	slip		Tai-Kadai
Chechen	итт	itt	Nakh-Daghestanian
Emilian	dēś		Indo-European
Tonga (Zambia)	ikumi		Atlantic-Congo
Estonian	kümme		Uralic
Bashkir	ун	un	Turkic
Tibetan	བཅུ	bcu	Sino-Tibetan
Muong	mươl		Austroasiatic
Maguindanao	sapulu		Austronesian
Romagnol	diṣ		Indo-European
Tausug	hangpu'		Austronesian
Soninke	tanmu		Mande
Kinaray-a	napulo		Austronesian
Gorontalo	opulu		Austronesian
Kabuverdianu	dés		Indo-European
Mon	စှ်		Austroasiatic
Western Frisian	tsien		Indo-European
Tigre	ዐስር	ʿäsr	Afro-Asiatic
Kalmyk	арвн	arvn	Mongolic-Khitan
Maranao	sapolo'		Austronesian
Avar	анцӏго	ancʼgo	Nakh-Daghestanian
Talysh	da		Indo-European
Tai Dam	ꪎꪲꪚ		Tai-Kadai
Basque	hamar		Isolates
Chuvash	вуннӑ	vunnă	Turkic
Welsh	deg		Indo-European
Yucatec Maya	lajun		Mayan
Hawai'i Creole English	ten		Indo-European
Hlai	fuet		Tai-Kadai
Kok Borok	chi		Sino-Tibetan
Lü	ᦉᦲᧇ	ṡiib	Tai-Kadai
Tai Nüa	ᥔᥤᥙᥴ	síp	Tai-Kadai
Lezghian	цӏуд	c̣ud	Nakh-Daghestanian
Rusyn	де́сять	désjatʹ	Indo-European
Morisyen	dis		Indo-European
Réunion Creole French	dis		Indo-European
Walloon	dijh		Indo-European
Adyghe	пшӏы	pšʼə	Abkhaz-Adyge
Classical Syriac	ܥܣܪܐ	ʿesrā	Afro-Asiatic
Maltese	għaxra		Afro-Asiatic
Crimean Tatar	on		Turkic
Occitan	dètz		Indo-European
Vlax Romani	deś		Indo-European
Ligurian	dêxe		Indo-European
Mizo	shom		Sino-Tibetan
Mari	лу	lu	Uralic
Tetum	sanulu		Austronesian
Silesian	dźeśyńć		Indo-European
Asturian	diez		Indo-European
Yakut	уон	uon	Turkic
Bassa	ɓaɖa-bùè		Kru
Samoan	sefulu		Austronesian
Sranan Tongo	tin		Indo-European
Ibanag	mafulu		Austronesian
Fijian	sagavulu		Austronesian
Dhivehi	ދިހަ	diha	Indo-European
Papiamento	dies		Indo-European
Icelandic	tíu		Indo-European
Karachay-Balkar	он	on	Turkic
Friulian	dîs		Indo-European
Mapuche	mari		Araucanian
Tuvinian	он	on	Turkic
Aari	tammá		South Omotic
Saho	taman		Afro-Asiatic
Udmurt	дас	das	Uralic
Jarai	pluh		Austronesian
Plautdietsch	tieen		Indo-European
Nama	disi		Khoe-Kwadi
Dzongkha	བཅུ་ཐམ	bcu tham	Sino-Tibetan
Buriat	арбан	arban	Mongolic-Khitan
Māori	tekau		Austronesian
Extremaduran	dieci		Indo-European
Abkhaz	жәаба	ẑʷaba	Abkhaz-Adyge
Garifuna	dîsi		Arawakan
Navajo	neeznáá		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Komi	дас	das	Uralic
Lak	ацӏва	acʼwa	Nakh-Daghestanian
Corsican	deci		Indo-European
Pennsylvania German	zehe		Indo-European
Irish	deich		Indo-European
Ladino	diez		Indo-European
Aromanian	dzatsi		Indo-European
Kashubian	dzesãc		Indo-European
Breton	dek		Indo-European
Mwani	kumi		Atlantic-Congo
Erzya	кемень	kemeń	Uralic
Võro	kümme		Uralic
Tabasaran	йицӏуб	jic̣ub	Nakh-Daghestanian
Sikkimese	ཆོམ་བ	chom ba	Sino-Tibetan
Faroese	tíggju		Indo-European
Tahitian	hō'ē 'ahuru		Austronesian
Komi-Permyak	дас	das	Uralic
Marshallese	joñoul		Austronesian
Zou	som		Sino-Tibetan
Scottish Gaelic	deich		Indo-European
Mansaka	samporo		Austronesian
Southern Altai	он	on	Turkic
Sanskrit	दश	daśa	Indo-European
Abaza	жваба	žʷaba	Abkhaz-Adyge
Argobba	ሀስራ	asara	Afro-Asiatic
Khakas	он	on	Turkic
Dungan	шы	šɨ	Sino-Tibetan
Romansh	desch		Indo-European
Karelian	kymmeni		Uralic
Plains Cree	mitâtaht		Algic
Higaonon	sampulo		Austronesian
Ladin	diesc		Indo-European
Hawaiian	ʻumi		Austronesian
North Saami	logi		Uralic
Kajtak	вецӏал	vec̣al	Nakh-Daghestanian
Lamboya	kabullu		Austronesian
Pijin	ten		Indo-European
Rarotongan	ngaʻuru		Austronesian
Central Yupik	qula		Eskimo-Aleut
Evenki	дя̄н	ʒān	Tungusic
Western Bukidnon Manobo	sepulu'		Austronesian
Tohono O'odham	vestmam		Uto-Aztecan
Drung	tical		Sino-Tibetan
Western Apache	goneznán		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Upper Sorbian	dźesać		Indo-European
Tuvalu	sefulu		Austronesian
Abanyom	wóbá		Atlantic-Congo
Cherokee	ᏍᎪᎯ	sgohi	Iroquoian
Yagnobi	дас	das	Indo-European
Innu-aimun	kutunnu		Algic
Bislama	ten		Indo-European
Northern Frisian	tjiin		Indo-European
Louisiana Creole	dis		Indo-European
Niuean	hogofulu		Austronesian
Kalo Finnish Romani	deȟ		Indo-European
Zuni	asdemła		Isolates
Nauru	ata		Austronesian
Aragonese	diez		Indo-European
Udi	вицӏ	vic̣	Nakh-Daghestanian
Hopi	pakwt		Uto-Aztecan
Lower Sorbian	źaseś		Indo-European
Even	мян	mẹn	Tungusic
Chukchi	мынгыткэн	myngytkėn	Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Jejueo	열	yeol	Koreanic
Rapanui	angahuru		Austronesian
Dolgan	уон		Turkic
Mrassu Shor-Tutal	он	on	Turkic
Moksha	кемонь	kemoń	Uralic
Lakota	wikčémna		Siouan
Mòcheno	zeichen		Indo-European
Manx	jeih		Indo-European
Interlingua	dece		Artificial Language
Nanai	дёан	ʒoan	Tungusic
Veps	kümne		Uralic
Oroqen	dʒa꞉n		Tungusic
Pipil	majtakti		Uto-Aztecan
Archi	вицӏ	wicʼ	Nakh-Daghestanian
Hadza	ikhumi		Isolates
Cornish	dek		Indo-European
Southern Sami	luhkie		Uralic
Pacific Gulf Yupik	qulen		Eskimo-Aleut
Skolt Sami	lååi		Uralic
Pela	tə̆.tʰai⁵⁵		Sino-Tibetan
Inari Sami	love		Uralic
Aleut	hatix		Eskimo-Aleut
Budukh	йицӏыд	jicʼıd	Nakh-Daghestanian
Amur Nivkh	мӽоӈ	mẋoŋ	Nivkh
Nganasan	бииˮ	biiʔ	Uralic
Ingrian	kymmen		Uralic
Chickasaw	pokkó'li		Muskogean
Dena'ina	qeluzhun		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Negidal	ӡа̄н		Tungusic
Wymysorys	caon		Indo-European
Votic	čümme		Uralic
Orok	ӡон	ʒon	Tungusic
Maricopa	cexuk		Cochimi-Yuman
Manchu	ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ	juwan	Tungusic
Tundra Enets	биуʼ	biuʔ	Uralic
Central Sierra Miwok	naˀá·ča-		Miwok-Costanoan
Ainu	ワン	wan	Ainu
Forest Enets	биуʼ	biuʔ	Uralic
Chamicuro	chunka		Arawakan
Ahom	𑜏𑜢𑜆𑜫	sip	Tai-Kadai
Aklanon	napueo'		Austronesian
Aramaic	עַסְרָא	ʿasrā	Afro-Asiatic
Western Neo-Aramaic	ܥܣܪܐ	ʿasra	Afro-Asiatic
Atong (India)	chyigyk		Sino-Tibetan
Aymara	tunka		Aymaran
Banjar	pulu		Austronesian
Cemuhî	pajilu		Austronesian
Central Atlas Tamazight	ⵎⵔⴰⵡ	mraw	Afro-Asiatic
Tedim Chin	sawm		Sino-Tibetan
Dalmatian	dic		Indo-European
Ifè	maá		Atlantic-Congo
Etruscan	𐌆𐌀𐌓	zar	Isolates

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