Re: numeration system

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:11:06 -0500, # 1 <salut_vous_autre@...> wrote:

>I invented a numeration system with my conlang and I would like you to check
>if it works.
>
>0 zo
>2 ko
>3 no
>4 mo
>5 lo
>6 vo
>7 fo
>8 bo
>9 po
Very bad, it will not work at all like this.
Reason is, the numbers are WAY too similar to each other.
Example: In German, there are already problems with "zwei" (2) and "drei"
(3) being too similar, and in these cases the alternative for 2 (zwo) is used.
Your numbers are even much more similar to each other, all of it, which
would cause even much bigger problems. All numbers need to be clearly
distinct from each other!

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