Re: Numerals in Conlangs (was; The Saharan page (was; Basquearticle))

FFlores wrote:

> I use plain decimal numerals for Drasel=E9q. The only difference
> with our numbers is that you begin by the lowest end. That is,
> 1234 is 'four thirty two-hundred one-thousand'. It seems a bit
> unnatural though... Do you know of natlangs who do this?
Not so systematically.  But German says "three-and-thirty" for
33, and English once did too.  After 99 this little-endian
system breaks down: 133 is "one hundred three and thirty".

Quenya and Sindarin *write* numerals in little-endian style,
but I don't know if they *say* them that way.

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