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Possible base-20 numeric system

From:Trebor Jung <treborjung@...>
Date:Saturday, October 23, 2004, 18:23
Basic roots:

nol: zero
üs: one
ket: two
kol: three
nel: four
öt: five
sab: six
haud: seven
mbi: eight
nae: nine
tis: ten
ras: eleven
töl: twelve
ðaer: thirteen
nce: fourteen
lüa: fifteen
ðah: sixteen
eiv: seventeen
aum: eighteen
köt: nineteen

Compounds:

ketïs: twenty
koltïs: thirty
neltïs: forty
ötïs: fifty
sabtïs: sixty
haudïs: seventy
mbitïs: eighty
naetïs: ninety
tistïs: one hundred
üstistïs: one hundred and one
rastïs: one hundred and ten
üsrastïs: one hundred and eleven
töltïs: one hundred and twenty
ðaertïs: one hundred and thirty
...
ketïstïs: two hundred
...
tistïstïs: two hundred
...

How do you think I should combine to form higher numbers?

(The reason ötïs isn't *öttïs is because Kosi hates double consonants or
vowels.)

Thanks,
Trebor

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