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Value All ordinal numerals are suppletive
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals
Examples
un/primer, dos/sgund, tres/terser
un/primer,
one/first
dos/sgund,
two/second
tres/terser
three/third
one/first, two/second, three/third
Portuguese:
um/primeiro, dois/segundo, três/terceiro
kuat/kuart, sink/kint, seis/sest
kuat/kuart,
four/fourth
sink/kint,
five/fifth
seis/sest
six/sixth
four/fourth, five/fifth, six/sixth
Portuguese:
quatro/quarto, cinco/quinto, seis/sexto
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