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Re: The biggest number you know in your conlang

From:Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...>
Date:Friday, September 22, 2006, 14:36
On 9/21/06, Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> wrote:
> bē ri blēsēr ? >
....
>As far as you know, what is the > largest numbers in your conlang?
The largest finite number expressed by a root word in gzb is źyjm /dz)Ujm/ - 4294967296, or 16^8. (gzb has two alternate series of power-of-base words, one for base 10 and one for base 16.) The largest transfinite number expressed by a root word in gzb is źîku /'dz)y.ku/ - aleph-one. gzb doesn't have a system for expressing arbitrary transfinites, yet; I reckon I could express them with the conjunction "me" (raised to the power of) used with the root word for aleph-one. I.e., źîku-me-źîku = aleph-two źîku-me-źîku-me-źîku = aleph-three ...this would rapidly get tedious, but I don't expect a need to talk about higher transfinites very often. I probably need a separate root for the power of the continuum as well. Maybe I should change źîku to mean the power of the continuum instead of aleph-one (they're conjectured but not proven to be equal, last I heard) and express aleph-one as a power of cĕku /'ts)@.ku/, aleph-null? -- Jim Henry http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/gzb/gzb.htm