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'''{{ttsX|Sorji}}''' ([[wikt:數字|數字]]; {{w|Numeral system}})

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==Usage Notes==
There are two sets of numbers in Taiwanese: colloquial style (''peh'') and the literary style (''buun''). The colloquial readings come from Ancient Han Chinese/Old Chinese ([[Kor Harnguo]]) (ca. 0 BCE/CE), whereas the literary readings come from Han Chinese during the Southern [[Sorngtiaau|Song Dynasty]] (1127-1279) ([[Kixntai Harnguo]]). Nowadays, the ''peh'' style is used most, whereas the ''buun'' style is mostly used to recite telephone numbers ([[tiexn'oe]]). See [[Buun-peh-i-thak]] for more info.

===Colloquial===
'''{{tts|cit, nng, svaf, six, go, lak, chid, peq, kao}}'''

These are generally used for counting objects and will usually be followed by a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] and thus obey [[tone sandhi]]. For example, '''{{tts|cidtaai [[tiexnsi]]}}''' (one television), or '''[[Cidbøea Hii]]''' (one fish).

Note: '''{{tts|ji}}''' is used in the ones, tens and hundreds place, whereas '''nng''' is used for multiples of numbers 100 and greater. This is analogous to the use of 二 and 兩 in [[Mandarin]].
;{{tts|ji-zap-kao-taai chiaf}} :29 cars
;{{tts|nngxpaq, nngxchiefn, nngxban}} :200, 2000, 20,000

===Literary===
([[Thag'ym]]/[[buun]]): {{tts|0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.}}

*Telephone digits are grouped according to certain rules and [[tone sandhi]] is applied. For example, {{tts|3945068}} is read: safm kiuo sux, gvor [[0|khoxng]], liok pad (see [[Khax Tiexn'oe]]).
*[[Ordinal numbers]]: only "1st" and "2nd" use literary, the rest use colloquial
**;{{tts|tøexid, tøexji}} 第一, 第二: First, second 
**;{{tts|tøexsvaf, tøexsix, tøexgo}} : Third, fourth, fifth, etc

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