>>220793278
Ours is actually 9x10+2, nine tens two. There's no word for 90.

For some reason, 2+90 bothers me more than 4x20+12.

>>220793497
Same.

>>220793278
I've heard that Danish uses a normal word for ninety, but the word somehow originated from the equation 4.5x20. French is by far the weirdest one, as they literally say "four twenty twelve"

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>>220793278
>t.

>>220793278
True
Quatre-vingt-douze

>>220793278
the german way of saying is similar to arabic which is imteresting

>>220793936
For some bizarre reason both the French swiss and Belgians say nonante instead

>>220793278
There is no way that's what they say in danish
Can someone explain it?

>>220793278
Devetdeset i dve
Nine-tens and two

that's what we call it

>>220794673
halvfems
Clipping of halvfemsindstyve.
Older form of halvfems. From halvfemte (“four and a half”, literally “half fifth”) + sinde (“times”) + tyve (“twenty”).
they really do sort of t. wiktionary

>>220793497
same. 90 is nouăzeci which is literally nine tens

>>220793278
>4x20+12
Same in Basque: laurogeita hamabi

>>220793278
it's not really bizzare multiplication, they're just using base 20 for their numbers instead of base 10
>In several European languages like French and Danish, 20 is used as a base, at least with respect to the linguistic structure of the names of certain numbers (though a thoroughgoing consistent vigesimal system, based on the powers 20, 400, 8000 etc., is not generally used). The Celtic languages use a base 20 counting system, and French having extensive influence from Gaulish also uses a base 20 system. Most variations of French in the modern day uses a hybrid system, with more numbers in Quebec and Wallonia being base 20. In other regions like French Switzerland base 20 is exclusively used.

>>220793278
What the fuck is wrong with the french