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4 is five and 5 is four (Posted on 2017-02-04)

In what language, using Latin alphabet, does the word for the number 4 contain five letters and the word for the number 5 contain four?

In what language, using Latin alphabet, does the word for the number 4 contain five letters and so does the word for number 5?

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Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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4 contains five letters, 5 contains four:
Indonesian (empat, lima)
4 and 5 both have five letters:
Romanian (patru, cinci)
Several additional solutions exist (see solvers).

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2022-06-23 22:41:53
a partial list	Dej Mar	2017-02-05 17:43:22
A start	Jyqm	2017-02-04 14:56:46

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