Re: JG's list of conlangs

----- Original Message -----
From: "Costentin Cornomorus" <elemtilas@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: JG's list of conlangs


> --- Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
> wrote:
>
> > > Did I ever send you any of mine?
>
> > Yes, you send me the Kerno one. An impressive
> > thing, I must admit.
>
> Did you get the Giants' numerary? The peculiar
> way the Giants of Kemrese legend count. When they
> can count at all. If not, it's:
>
> 1       oue
> 2       touey
> 3       threy
> 4       pouer
> 5       fife
> 6       selccan
> 7       sevyn
> 8       exten
> 9       nexen
> 10      tyne
> 11      ethelenlevene
> 12      tweleven
> 13      threllevyn
> 14      forenten
> 15      fifenten
> 16      selckenten
> 17      senenten
> 18      exentyne
> 19      nexentyne
> 20      deccantyne

So the Giants are Germanic?  Or a closely related indo-european group...

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