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| ''faman'' "how much, how many" || ''qaman'' "that many" || ''qraman'' "that many" || ''paman'' "this many" || ''maman'' "a certain number"
| ''faman'' "how much, how many" || ''qaman'' "that many" || ''qraman'' "that many" || ''paman'' "this many" || ''maman'' "a certain number"
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===Numbers===
====Cardinal====
Kelt used a vigesimal numerical system (based on the number 20) with a sub-base of 5. The first 20 numbers are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25px;" | 1
| width="100px;" | ''wan''
! width="25px;" | 6
| width="100px;" | ''maswan''
! width="25px;" | 11
| width="100px;" |'' tulwan''
! width="25px;" | 16
| width="100px;" | ''petwan''
|-
! width="25px;" | 2
| width="100px;" | ''ģak''
! width="25px;" | 7
| width="100px;" | ''masģak''
! width="25px;" | 12
| width="100px;" |'' tulģak''
! width="25px;" | 17
| width="100px;" | ''petģak''
|-
! width="25px;" | 3
| width="100px;" | ''fap''
! width="25px;" | 8
| width="100px;" | ''masfap''
! width="25px;" | 13
| width="100px;" |'' tulfap''
! width="25px;" | 18
| width="100px;" | ''petfap''
|-
! width="25px;" | 4
| width="100px;" | ''wak''
! width="25px;" | 9
| width="100px;" | ''maswak''
! width="25px;" | 14
| width="100px;" |'' tulwak''
! width="25px;" | 19
| width="100px;" | ''petwak''
|-
! width="25px;" | 5
| width="100px;" | ''mas''
! width="25px;" | 10
| width="100px;" | ''tul''
! width="25px;" | 15
| width="100px;" |'' pet''
! width="25px;" | 20
| width="100px;" | ''sel''
|}
Above 20 the pattern repeats, but the 'twenties' are separated by a hyphen, e.g. ''sel-wan'' "21", ''sel-tul'' "30", ''sel-tulwak'' "34". Multiples of 20 are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="25px;" | 40
| width="100px;" | ''ģaksel''
! width="25px;" | 60
| width="100px;" | ''fapsel''
! width="25px;" | 80
| width="100px;" |'' waksel''
! width="25px;" | 100
| width="100px;" | ''yan''
|}
''Yan'' "100" is the highest unique numeral. Above this, tens and units follow after the conjunctive particle ''i'', e.g. ''yan i wan'' "101", ''yan i waksel-tulfap'' "193".
Multiples of 100 are formed like multiples of 20 but continue beyond "4x", e.g. ''ģakyan'' "200", ''fapyan'' "300", ''maswanyan'' "600", ''tulyan'' "1,000", ''petyan'' "1,500", ''selyan'' "2,000".
Higher numbers (above 100) are rarely attested; the system for counting above 2,000 is unknown and may not have existed. The word ''hatmara'' occurs in some contexts and appears to have originally meant "a great number" but may have been used in later Kelt to translate Latin ''milia'' "thousand".
====Ordinal====
Ordinals are formed simply by adding the suffix ''-im'' to the cardinal number or to the end of a hyphenated string, e.g. ''wanim'' "first", ''maswakim'' "ninth", ''sel-tulim'' "30th". With "100" and above, the suffix is added to the hundred, e.g. ''yanim i wan'' "101st", ''tulyanim i sel-tulwak'' "1034th".


===Syntax===
===Syntax===
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