How to count like a Basque Miller

Follow the simple instructions above.
If you want to say the numbers, they are as follows:-
| 0 | zero, or huts | |
| 1 | bat | |
| 2 | bi | |
| 3 | hiru | |
| 4 | lau | |
| 5 | bost | |
| 6 | sei | |
| 7 | zazpi | |
| 8 | zortzi | |
| 9 | bederatzi | |
| 10 | hamar | |
| 11 | hamaika | |
| 12 | hamabi | |
| 13 | hamahiru | |
| 14 | hamalau | |
| 15 | hamabost | |
| 16 | hamasei | |
| 17 | hamazazpi | |
| 18 | hemezortzi | |
| 19 | hemeretzi | |
| 20 | hogei | |
| 21 | hogeita bat | |
| 22 | hogeita bi | |
| 23 | hogeita hiru | |
| 30 | hogeita hamar | (literal meaning split: hogei-ta-hamar = twenty-and-ten = 20+10) |
| 31 | hogeita hamaika | (hogei-ta-hamaika = twenty-and-eleven = 20+11) |
| 40 | berrogei | (ber-hogei = two times-twenty = 2×20) |
| 50 | berrogeita hamar | (ber-hogei-ta-hamar = two times-twenty-and-ten = 2×20+10) |
| 60 | hirurogei | (hirur-hogei = three times-twenty = 3×20) |
| 70 | hirurogeita hamar | (hirur-hogei-ta-hamar = three times-twenty-and-ten = 3×20+10) |
| 80 | laurogei | (laur-hogei = four times-twenty = 4×20) |
| 90 | laurogeita hamar | (laur-hogei-ta-hamar = four times-twenty-and-ten = 4×20+10) |
| 100 | ehun | |
| 200 | berrehun | |
| 300 | hirurehun | |
| 1000 | mila | |
| 2000 | bi mila | |
| 1,000,000 | milioi bat |
(hat tip, Wikipedia)

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