Appendix:Livonian numerals
There are considerable differences in the way Finnic languages treat numerals from their treatment in, for example, Indo-European languages. For example, in most Finnic languages a noun following a numeral larger than 1 is in the singular partitive in the absence of other grammatical relations, and in case of grammatical relations, both the numeral and the noun take the respective case in the singular.
In text corpora, however, there appears to be considerable variability in how numerals are treated, often in a way reminiscent of Indo-European languages, very likely under the influence of Latvian.
Attested examples
[edit]Considerable variations can be encountered in the treatment of numerals, such as only the noun expressing specific relationships without modifying the numeral (which stays in the nominative): seis skūolsõ and kuolm āigastõks instead of seisõs skūolsõ, kuolmõks āigastõks (compare Estonian seitsmes koolis, kolmeks aastaks).
Other variations are also seen, e.g., kuolms ežmižis lugdõbrōntiš (peculiarly, the nouns in the last example are in plural as well; source). This is likely due to Latvian influence, since in Latvian, some numerals are indeclinable and in all cases the corresponding nouns are in the plural. Following numeral usage conventions of other Finnic languages could arguably be the most consistent approach.