Re: Numbers ancient & modern (was: Unilang report)

daniel wrote:

>OK. So it looks like this from north to south:
>Belgium:  septante     | quatre-vingt | quatre-vingt-dix
>France:   soixante-dix | quatre-vingt | quatre-vingt-dix
>N. Switz: septante     | octante      | nonante
>S. Switz: septante     | huitante     | neuvante
I was under the impression that octante and nonante were also in use
in Belgium. Doesn't the male lead in "A Bout de Souffle" use one of
these forms, identifying himself to French audiences as a Belgian?

Kou

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