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The counting numbers 1-10, in various languages.
(define numbers-in-languages '#hash(
; (language . #[ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ])
(english . #[ zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten ])
(spanish . #[ cero uno dos tres quatro cinqo seis siete ocho nueve dies ])
(italian . #[ zero uno due tre quattro cinque sei sette otto nove dieci ])
(german . #[ null eins zwei drei vier fuenf sechs sieben acht neun zehn ])
(dutch . #[ nul een twee drie vier vijf zes zeven acht negen tien ])
(croatian . #[ nula jedan dva tri cetiri pet sest sedam osam devet deset ])
(hungarian . #[ nulla egy ketto harom negy ot hat het nyolc kilenc tiz ])
(finnish . #[ nolla yksi kaksi kolme nelja viisi kuusi seitseman kahdeksan yhdeksan kymmenen ])
(welsh/f . #[ dim un dwy tair pedair pump chwech saith wyth naw deg ])
(french . #[ zero un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf dix ])
(esperanto . #[ nul unu du tri kvar kvin ses sep ok nau dek ])
(latin . #[ nihil unus duo tres quattor quinque sex septem octo noven decem ])
(sanskrit . #[ sunya ekam dve trini catvari panca sat sapta asta nava dasa ])
(hindi . #[ sunya ek do tin car panc chah sat ath nau das ])
(tamil . #[ culiyam ondu irandu mundru nangu aindhu aru elu ettu ombadhu paththu ])
(chinese . #[ ling yi er san si wu liu qi ba jiu shi ])
(japanese . #[ rei ichi ni san yon go roku nana hachi kyuu juu ])
; urdu -- same pronounciation as hindi (except "0"), but no standard latin alphabet?
))
; Largely based on:
; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers_in_various_languages
; http://www.marijn.org/everything-is-4/counting-0-to-100/all-languages/
; Accented characters often omitted, sorry (I was wanting to generate easy-to-type temporary passwords)
; keywords: numbers counting natural langauge 1 10 one ten racket scheme lisp clojure
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