English has special words until twelve. Until nineteen it follows a pattern. The few exceptions to that pattern also apply to the multiples of ten. twelve-twenty, thirteen-thirty, fifteen-fifty, and that's it. It could be much, much worse.
Twenty is special. That destroys the entire 20-29 series.
In Spanish, just 11 to 15.
Re:Norwegian: Bokmål vs. Nynorsk
by FeteCommuniste on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @11:44AM
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In Greek only 11 and 12 are different, with 12 (δώδεκα = dodeka) being obvious to anyone who learned geometry.
Some languages have it much worse... I think Hindi is pretty irregular up to 100 .