Numbers

Let us start with the basic numerals in crang. The numbers are counted in base 10. This post also covers ordinal numbers as well.

As it is with any linguistic device in crang, numbers become particles. These are then infixed to become modifiers.

Now, to quantify nouns, these will be infixed in the following way.

Number	Cardinal	Word	Meaning	Final Form	Translation
1	az	iE	boat	i-az-E	one boat
2	biz	ti	man	t(a)-bi-[i]	two men
3	vez	den	hand	de-ve-n	three hands
4	noz	nul	line	nu-no-l	four lines
5	miz	van	brain/mind	va-mi-n	five minds/half mind
6	yoz	riz	flower bud	ri-yo-z	six buds
7	cez	sAT	thread	sA-ce-T	seven threads
8	khiz	bir	tree	bi-khi-r	eight trees
9	sez	EA	fish	E-se-A	nine fishes
10	toz	boyn	land	bo-to-yn	ten lands

Behaviour to notice :

Although every ordinal ends with z, it does not figure in the infixing process except for az
Noun does not agree with the quantifier and vice-versa like english does.
Observe the pairs, 2,8; 3,7; 4,6 b/p is conjugate/kind of allophonic phonologically with kh or k. Similarly, c -> v and n -> y.
miz, mil can either be used to mean five/fifth and half/halfth.
The ordinal for sez is not sel because, sel means let in crang

Similarly, ordinals also infix …

Number	Ordinal	Word	Meaning	Final Form	Translation
1	al	iE	boat	i-al-E	first boat
2	bil	dAgu	bird	dA-bil-gu	second bird
3	vel	isel	loss	i-vel-sel	third loss
4	nol	sAr	spear	sA-nol-(a)-r	fourth spear
5	mil	Oz	circle	o-mil-z	fifth circle/halfth circle
6	yol	yil	gift	yi-yol-[l]	sixth gift

PS : (x) indicates that x is added and [x] indicates that x is removed

Coming up ! : Numbers-Part 2 -> How to make complex numbers..

June 13, 2015