njëzetë

Njëzetë is a numeral form that appears in Albanian as a less common, dialectal or historical variant of the standard twenty. The contemporary standard Albanian word for the number twenty is njëzet. Njëzetë is thus typically understood as an alternative spelling or pronunciation of the same value, found in some regional texts or older writings.

Morphology and orthography: in Albanian, the digit twenty is usually written as njëzet, with variations in pronunciation and spelling across dialects. The form njëzetë may reflect regional phonological patterns or older orthographic practice where an -ë ending is added. Because it is not part of standard modern usage, vetëm in specialized sources one may encounter njëzetë as a variant rather than a separate numerical value.

Usage and context: njëzetë is not commonly used in contemporary standard Albanian. It may appear in historical documents, dialect dictionaries, or regional literature, where it coexists with the standard form njëzet. For numbers in the 21–29 range, Albanian typically uses the construction njëzet e një, njëzet e dy, and so on, to form twenty-one through twenty-nine.

Relationship to related numbers: twenty (njëzet) serves as the base for higher tens in Albanian, such as tridhjetë (thirty) and dyzet (forty). Understanding njëzetë mainly helps in reading older dialectal texts or regional spellings where that variant may occur, but modern usage favors njëzet.