Numbers

In the last post, we talked about basic numerals, one to ten and their ordinals. We can now talk about complex numbers.

To give an example, eleven, is formed by infixing ten into one. So, eleven can be percieved as the 10th one. Then the mid vowel is lost to get the final form.

a    -to  -z
one+ ten  +one => eleven

this becomes,
atoz --> atz

But, to get twenty, this derivation will not work. Twenty is to be percieved as the second ten.

to   -bi  -z
ten+ two  +ten => twenty

this becomes,
tobiz --> tobz

Number	Ones	Tens	20s	30s	40s	50s
1	az	atz	atobz	atofz	atonz	atomz
2	biz	bitz	bitobz	bitofz	bitonz	bitomz
3	vez	vetz	vetobz	vetofz	vetonz	vetomz
4	noz	notz	notobz	notofz	notonz	notomz
5	miz	mitz	mitobz	mitofz	mitonz	mitomz
6	yoz	yotz	yotobz	yotofz	yotonz	yotomz
7	cez	cetz	cetobz	cetofz	cetonz	cetomz
8	khiz	khitz	khitobz	khitofz	khitonz	khitomz
9	sez	sotz	sotobz	sotofz	sotonz	sotomz
10	10:toz	20:tobz	30:tofz	40:tonz	50:tomz	60:toyz

Number	Ones	60s	70s	80s	90s	100s
1	az	atoyz	atoc	atokz	atorz	atotz
2	biz	bitoyz	bitoc	bitokz	bitorz	bitotz
3	vez	vetoyz	vetoc	vetokz	vetorz	vetotz
4	noz	notoyz	notoc	notokz	notorz	nototz
5	miz	mitoyz	mitoc	mitokz	mitorz	mitotz
6	yoz	yotoyz	yotoc	yotokz	yotorz	yototz
7	cez	cetoyz	cetoc	cetokz	cetorz	cetotz
8	khiz	khitoyz	khitoc	khitokz	khitorz	khitotz
9	sez	sotoyz	sotoc	sotokz	sotorz	sototz
10	10:toz	70:toc	80:tokz	90:tor	100:totoz

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..

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September 11, 2015

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