Re: Numbers in a:seka`eni
| From: | James W. <emindahken@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 13:14 |
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On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:40:09 -0400, "Mark Reed" <markjreed@...>
said:
> Fyi, whatever you're using to compose your email, it's not letting
> you type raw HTML, including entities. We just see 舡 etc,
> which is not very informative...
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Sorry, I thought I had stripped all of that out...
Here it is again, if anyone cares at this point. Pasted straight out
of Notepad:
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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' (irreg., 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)
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James W.