Do you call mathematics as 'Math' or 'Maths'?

[♥ Lily ♥]

This question is for English speakers who aren't from the US or the UK. (Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Caribbean Islanders, etc.)

What do they call the abbreviated form of 'mathematics' - 'math' or 'maths'? Singular or plural (?) - considering that mathematics covers a large range of topics ... (i.e;- algebra, calculus and analysis, geometry and topology, combinatorics, logic, number theory, dynamical systems and differential equations, mathematical physics, etc...)

Also how do other people from countries where English isn't their first language say it when they're speaking in English? Plural or singular? And what is mathematics called in other languages? Is it abbreviated to a singular or a plural term in other languages?

Maths (UK English)
Math (US English)

The subject (singular) 'mathematics' incorporates many different types of calculations and equations etc. (plural) and therefore the correct abbreviation is 'maths'.

https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...-american-engl

I cringe whenever I see or hear people use the singular term of 'math' instead of the plural term of 'maths', as it sounds silly and incorrect. (I'm sorry Americans, there's many things that I absolutely love about the US - but the term 'math' irritates me ... agh!)

[frankhammer]

Maths

[de Burgh II]

Math; if I were to call it "maths" here in the U.S. many times in a sentence; people would think I have some kind of speech impediment or I have some weird fixation on the consonant "s."

lol (Not trying to be "wise" or offensive; just trying to break the ice with a playful joke)

:3

[Dandelion]

In Dutch it's called 'wiskunde' (from 'wis-' meaning certain in archaic Dutch), a word invented by a linguistic purist in the late 16th century. We also call physics 'natuurkunde' (though we also say fysica) and chemistry 'scheikunde' (though we also say chemie). We don't say 'mathemathiek' though, even though the word exists in our dictionaries.