Re: measuring systems (was: Selenites)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 29, 1998, 0:43 |
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On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:06:54 -0700 Matt Pearson <mpearson@...>
writes:
>Carlos Thompson wrote:
>
>> How many other proposals for naming/representing numbers are there
>in
>> conlangs?
>>
>> Notations for 56 like
>> fifty-six
>> fifty and six
>> six and fifty (like in German)
>> five-ten-six
>> sixty-minus-four
>> four-to-sixty
>> six and half-three-twenties (like Danish?)
In Rokbeigalmki it's somewhat similar to "fifty-six"....the normal word
for "five" plus a mutated form of "ten", and then "six".
_khamsa-der sejo_
/xamsa dE* sEdZo/
five-*tn six
(ten normally is _drou_ /d*&u/ )
* = flapped R
-Stephen (Steg)
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