Re: Efficiency/Spatial Compactness

In a message dated 7/18/2007 7:54:14 AM Central Daylight Time,
johnxcrowe@yahoo.com writes:


> Exactly what I was thinking. For one of my philosophical conlangs, I plan to
> use a "shift" scheme (has this been thought of before?). These reduces the
> probability of confusion while still keeping a taxonomical (?) lexicon. An
> example will do. Suppose numbers are of the form CV, the C list being
> ptksfmn, and the V list aeiou, then:
>
> P T K S F M N
> A1
> E  2
> I     3
> O       4
> U         5
>
> PA = 1
> TE = 2
> KI = 3
> SO = 4
> FU = 5
>
>
Lojban does this:
1 = pa
2 = re
3 = ci
4 = vo
5 = mu
6 = xa
7 = ze
8 = bi
9 = so

0 = no

There are no words for teens or multiples or powers of ten, although there
are words for metric prefixes.  Numbers are simply read off, digit by digit.

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