John Cowan wrote:
> > Not come across "huitante" before. Where is it used?
> > Canada??
> I'm not sure. Belgium, perhaps.
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
So what to expect in the future? Obviously the decimal
forms are spreading. The question is if "octante/nonante"
or "huitante/neuvante" will win.
||| daniel
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