Re: Number system

I've created a new number system for my current conlang on which I work

(It doesn't have a name but let's call it "vbazi" for now, which means "I
speak")

It's a system based on 20

(I'll tell the phonetic for the numbers whose prononouciation is less
obvious)

from 0 to 19:
0  khe /k_he/
1  nii /ni:/
2  bije
3  naivy /naivE/
4  hiz
5  leje
6  digm /degm=/
7  jetha /jet_ha/
8  bvage
9  bawde /baude/
10 wag
11 gawvje
12 dyily /dEilE/
13 geivii
14 jape
15 nehe
16 khywpe /k_hEupe/
17 laza
18 hepq /hepN=/
19 maiwyi /maiwEi/

after there is a word for each number spaced of 20 from each others

20  zyn /zEn/
40  zib
60  kha
80  wele
100 jawe
120 niihi
140 ki
160 phym /p_hEm/
180 vgal
200 jyg
220 dzeige /dz)eige/
240 njab
260 byzdii
280 gewnai
300 tath /tath=/
320 qigl /Nigl=/
340 dadiwl
360 hyik
380 bwe

For the numbers between those, I simply paste a prefix corresponding to each
numbers from 1 to 19

That prefix is always made of the first (C)CV(V) sounds of the number

20 = zyn
21 = niizyn (from 1 = nii)
22 = bizyn (from 2 = bije)
23 = naizyn (from 3 = naivy)
24 = hizyn (from 4 = hiz)

300 = tath
315 = netath
318 = hetath


After there are words for higher numbers

400 = jawni
8000 = dja
160,000 = glai

These are multiplicated by any number from 1 to 19 and the numbers from 1 to
399 that I've explain can be added

so:
620165 (2x160 000 + 17x8000 + 10x400 + 15 + 160)
= bije glai laza dja wag jawni nephym


What do you think of it? Does it sound natural?

- Max

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