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Re: The biggest number you know in your conlang

From:Yahya Abdal-Aziz <yahya@...>
Date:Friday, September 22, 2006, 17:53
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Remi Villatel wrote:
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> 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?
--- Hi Remi, Uiama counts in sixes; large numbers are powers of the group "latasa" = fourth power of 6. Selected numbers below (words in parentheses are understood): --- sa = 1 pa = 2 ka = 3 la = 4 xa = 5 tasa = 6 (times) 1 = 6 tasa sa = 6 (times) 1 (plus) 1 = 7 tasa pa = 6 (times) 1 (plus) 2 = 8 ... tasa xa = 6 (times) 1 (plus) 5 = 11 tapa = 6 (times) 2 = 12 tapa sa = 6 (times) 2 (plus) 1 = 13 ... taxa xa = 6 (times) 5 (plus) 5 = 35 tatasa = 6 (times) 6 (times) 1 = 6^2 = 36 tatasa sa = 6 (times) 6 (times) 1 (plus) 1 = 37 ... tataxa taxa xa = 6 (times) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 5 = 215 tatatasa = 6 (times) 6 (times) 6 (times) 1 = 6^3 = 216 tatatasa sa = 6 (times) 6 (times) 6 (times) 1 (plus) 1 = 217 ... tatataxa tataxa taxa xa = 6 (times) 6 (times) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 6 (times) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 5 = 1,295 latasa = 4 (factors of) 6 (times) 1 = 6^4 = 1,296 ... latapa = 4 (factors of) 6 (times) 2 = 6^4x2 = 2,592 ... lataxa tatataxa tataxa taxa xa = 6 (times) 6 (times) 6 (times) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 6 (times) 6 (times) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 6 (times) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 6 (times) 5 (plus) 5 = 1,296^6 - 1 tasa latasa = 6 (factors) of 4 (factors of) 6 (times) 1 = (6^4)^6 = 1,296^6 ... latasa latasa = 1,296 (factors of) 1,296 = 1,296^1,296 ... latasa latasa latasa = 1,296 (factors of) 1,296 (factors of) 1,296 = 1,296^1,296^1,296 --- This is the largest number commonly used, but mostly in expressions, since the Uiama Makpo have little everyday use for numbers which dwarf the googolplex (a mere 10^10^100). However, their cosmology produces very different estimates of the number of entities in their universe than our modern physics does here, for which a googolplex certainly suffices. Interesting timing: I was just in the throes of writing up the larger numbers of Uiama when your question arrived. The documentation is still not complete; for example, additional particles ensure precision in conveying exact numbers where necessary, connecting digits by: i = with ki = similar; multiply ro = grow, power of, exponentiate and so on. And fractions will be fun; everyday terms use the convenient divisibility of 6 by 2 and 3, and of 6^4 by 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, ... 648, whilst technical uses mirror the structure of the positive integers, but using negative exponents. Regards, Yahya -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.7/454 - Release Date: 21/9/06