| From: | James W. <emindahken@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 3, 2006, 20:23 |
Hi! After avoiding it for a long time I have finally created the number system for my current lang/culture. The a:seka`eni number system is vigesimal (base 20). Numbers between multiples of twenty are described as “x-th twenty: its y”, where x is next multiple of twenty and y is the remainder. (Based somewhat on the Tzotzil system.) Places are powers of 20, not 10. (ASCII-fied; best viewed with monospace font) Number Reading Meaning 0 ri:kela lit. “it is empty” (stative verb) 1 ser 1 2 no:r etc. 3 rou 4 ifau 5 leril 6 pa:ngi 7 tel 8 fara 9 fol 10 kuman 11 kumaser 10+1 12 kumano:r 10+2 13 kumarou etc. 14 kumifau 15 kuleril 16 kupa:ngi 17 kumatel 18 kufara 19 kumafol 20 aun 20 21 no:rau ngaser 2x20 “its 1” 22 no:rau ngano:r 2x20 “its 2” 23 no:rau ngarou etc. 24 no:rau ngifau 25 no:rau ngaleril 26 no:rau ngapa:ngi 27 no:rau ngatel 28 no:rau ngafara 29 no:rau ngafol 30 no:rau ngakuman 31 no:rau ngakumaser 2x20 “its 10+1” 32 no:rau ngakumano:r 2x20 “its 10+2” 33 no:rau ngakumarou etc. 34 no:rau ngakumifau 35 no:rau ngakuleril 36 no:rau ngakupa:ngi 37 no:rau ngakumatel 38 no:rau ngakumatel 39 no:rau ngakumafol 40 no:raun 2x20 41 rou`au ngaser 3x20 “its 1” 60 rou`aun 3x20 61 ifaun aser 4x20 “its 1” (note irregular form) 80 ifa`aun 4x20 (note irregular form) 81 lerilau ngaser 5x20 “its 1” 100 lerilaun 5x20 101 pa:ngau ngaser 6x20 “its 1” 120 pa:ngi`aun 6x20 121 telau ngaser 7x20 “its 1” 140 telaun 7x20 141 farau ngaser 8x20 “its 1” 160 fara`aun 8x20 161 folau ngaser 9x20 “its 1” 180 folaun 9x20 181 kumanau ngaser 10x20 “its 1” 200 kumanaun 10x20 201 kumaserau ngaser 11x20 “its 1” 220 kumaseraun 11x20 221 kumano:rau ngaser 12x20 “its 1” 240 kumano:raun 12x20 241 kumarou`au ngaser 13x20 “its 1” 260 kumarou`aun 13x20 261 kumifaun aser 14x20 “its 1” (note irregular form, like 61-80) 280 kimifau`aun 14x20 281 kulerilau ngaser 15x20 “its 1” 300 kulerilaun 15x20 301 kupa:ngau ngaser 16x20 “its 1” 320 kupa:ngi`aun 16x20 321 kumatelau ngaser 17x20 “its 1” 340 kumatelaun 17x20 341 kufarau ngaser 18x20 “its 1” 360 kufara`aun 18x20 361 kumafolau ngaser 19x20 “its 1” 380 kumafolaun 19x20 381 aunau ngaser 20x20 “its 1” 400 osen 400 401 osen ser 400 + 1 500 osen lerilaun 400 + 100 600 osen kumanaun 400 + 200 700 osen kulerilaun 400 + 300 800 no:rosen 2x400 900 no:rosen lerilaun 2x400 + 100 1000 no:rosen kumanaun 2x400 + 200 1100 no:rosen kulerilaun 2x400 + 300 1200 rou`osen 3x400 1600 ifau`osen 4x400 2000 lerilosen 5x400 2400 pa:ngosen 6x400 2800 telosen 7x400 3200 farosen 8x400 3600 folosen 9x400 4000 kumanosen 10x400 4400 kumaserosen 11x400 4800 kumano:rosen 12x400 5200 kumarousen 13x400 (irregular formation) 5600 kumifausen 14x400 (irregular formation) 6000 kulerilosen 15x400 6400 kupa:ngosen 16x400 6800 kumatelosen 17x400 7200 kufarosen 18x400 7600 kumafolosen 19x400 8000 arin 8000 16000 no:rarin 2x8000 24000 rou`arin 3x8000 32000 ifau`arin 4x8000 40000 lerilarin 5x8000 48000 pa:ngarin 6x8000 56000 telarin 7x8000 64000 fararin 8x8000 72000 folarin 9x8000 80000 kumanarin 10x8000 88000 kumaserarin 11x8000 96000 kumano:rarin 12x8000 104000 kumarou`arin 13x8000 112000 kumifau`arin 14x8000 120000 kulerilarin 15x8000 128000 kupa:ngarin 16x8000 136000 kumatelarin 17x8000 144000 kufararin 18x8000 152000 kumafolarin 19x8000 160000 ma:tun 160000 Places: aun = 20^1 (20) osen = 20^2 (400) arin = 20^3 (8,000) ma:tun = 20^4 (160,000) SAMPLE NUMBERS: 1971: ifau`osen kumafolau kumaser (1600) + (360) + (11) 2018: lerilosen kufara (2000) + (18) 18675: no:rarin pa:ngosen kumarou`aun kuleril (16000) + (2400) + (260) + (15) -------- James W.
| Mark Reed <markjreed@...> |