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arithmetic [was: Tiny lexicon languages]

From:some Cook, Himes, or Concepcion <dennis@...>
Date:Friday, June 18, 1999, 21:42
    I spent last week in Japan and this week catching up on email.  One =
of
the last emails I came across in Conlang before I got the number unread =
down
to zero was this.

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
> It would certainly be nice to have a simple way of saying, for =
instance,
> "to the power of", say "five na seven" =3D "5^7",
In Gladilatian exponentiation is denoted by having the exponent, with the attribute "nmut", modify the base, so 5^7 would be "nmuthzut wefe".
> ... or to be able to distinguish between (5*7)/3 and 5*(7/3), which is > quite difficult to make in speech.
Division is denoted by using the preposition "mnat" with the noun = form of the denominator, so 7/3 would be "mnathrnuot hzut". Multiplication is formed simply by one number modifying the other, so 5*7 would be "wefe hzut". Grouping is denoted through the use of relatives, so (5*7)/3 would be "mnathrnuot mep wefe hzutot u", or "that which is five sevens divided by three", with Glad. grammatical rules making it clear that "divided by = three" modifies "that". 5*(7/3) would be "mep mnathrnuot hzutot wefe u", or = "five of that which is seven divided by three". vocabulary: hrnu ad. three hzut ad. seven mep r. who/which (intrinsic)=20 mnat p. composed of, divided into, divided by nmut at. meta-, hyper- ot su. (abstractor - for numbers this turns the ad. form into a = n.) u n. something (general placeholder) wefe ad. five abbreviations: ad. adjective at. attribute (essentially an adjectival prefix) n. noun p. preposition r. relative su. suffix Being a mathematician, I've developed mathematical terminology for Glad. more than most conlangers, at least relative to how much I've developed other terminology. AFAIK, Gladilatian is the only conlang with words for specific transfinite cardinals. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D Dennis Paul Himes <> dennis@himes.connix.com homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm Gladilatian page: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/glad/lang.htm =20 Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance = as the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse = 96-99