Re: Numbers from 1 to 12 in Ayeri

Hallo!

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:15:51 +0200,
Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> wrote:

> Hey all!
>
> Here are the numbers from 1 to 12 in Ayeri. Just
> in case Janco Gorenc still gathers.
He still does.  He asked me for Old Albic numerals only
a few days ago.

> Ayeri uses a base-12 system, so there are numbers from 1 to
> 12 instead of 1 to 10. The numbers may change in future, so
> this is only how they are *at the moment*. The numbers are
> a-priori, they do not base on existing numbers, at least I
> did not intend this. Any similarity to existing numbers is
> thus purely coincidental.
>
> 1 men    5 iri     9 veya
> 2 sam    6 mie    10 mal
> 3 car    7 ito    11 tam
> 4 eo     8 hen    12 malan
>
> If you are interested in further information, have a look at
> http://www.beckerscarsten.de/conlang/ayeri/#numbers
I am confused.  You say the Ayeri use a base-12 system, yet
you give the meanings of the larger numeral words
(_menea_, _mennim_ etc.) as `10^6', `10^9', etc.  If you mean
powers of 12, you should write `12^6', `12^9', etc.
Anything else is misleading.  You also should not use words
such as `hundred', `thousand', `million', etc. when referring
to powers of 12.  They simply are not the same numbers.

Greetings,

Jörg.