Re: The biggest number you know in your conlang

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