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Re: The biggest number you know in your conlang

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpjonsson@...>
Date:Friday, September 22, 2006, 20:12
Not conlang, but very big:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_large_numbers#Ancient_India>

I tried to find a list of these Sanskrit words for powers, but
couldn't.

Remi Villatel skrev:
> bē ri blēsēr ? > > kejiri saçrukuro rākuzē loilo, je sōle liuro tae'kja. jē rākuzē gār, be > jēezis tē'kja. dētu, kajā tēye çkikōjhte : be gāre grerē pelo çokta ta'kja. > sōje klidusē tsiju vire libo tiyō'dēta. yōjē çakej klidusē tsiju gār, be > za-jēezis jē'kja. kajā jipiki : be vire xotji-gēç tiyō'dēta ; tlaji ; ba > (10^10)^10. ri xogēç ske kibo, be vire fāj taja tiyō txelaobi. ratā > jipiki : rati saçrukuro gea, be vire klidusē pra teo tsiju ? > > tul'xeje zatō'kja. > -------------- > > Hi list, > > I was looking through my conlang files. I found a file I was absolutely sure > that I had lost or destroyed it. It was about the very large numbers. So I > retrieved the largest shaquean number. As far as I know, it's /xotji-gēç/ > [Zo.tji:gEC], or in other words 12^(12^12). You write it as 1 followed by > over 9800 billions zeroes (in base 12). As far as you know, what is the > largest numbers in your conlang? > > See you soon, > > (Ouch! I blew up a few neurons to make this translation...) ;-) >
-- /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se "Maybe" is a strange word. When mum or dad says it it means "yes", but when my big brothers say it it means "no"! (Philip Jonsson jr, age 7)