COUNTING IN YOUR CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES, CONSTRUCTED DIALECTS

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Re: COUNTING IN YOUR CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES, CONSTRUCTED DIAL

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Heáguve employs three sets of cardinal numerals:

Default: otá, péetá, hietá, hiláe, mináe, ámie, apie, isstie, káehú, kúkan
diminutive: yanni, penni, hanni, lenni, minná, mámi, papi, ssátti, káki, kúnná
human: manyo, águ, sissu, tinu, minu, ámu, apu, isstu, káehu, kúku
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Re: COUNTING IN YOUR CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES, CONSTRUCTED DIAL

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Why count from one to ten?

In Early Middle Laqar, one counts with the following roots:

"one": sòx
"two":
"three": te
"four": li
"five": paġ
"ten": zo
"twenty":
"hundred": mak'
"thousand": neguh

They are added by placing "and" ə between them, and multiplied by placing the multiplier after the number multiplied. Small numbers are placed before larger numbers.

For instance, "fifty seven" is ką ə paġ ə zo ə są ką, literally "two and five and ten and two twenties". As you can see, nouns, which include cardinal numbers, do not inflect for number when multiplied by a cardinal number (which it is in apposition with).
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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Re: COUNTING IN YOUR CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES, CONSTRUCTED DIAL

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Leima numerals are usually prefixed to a noun, here are the prefixes, followed by the standalone forms, and examples on two nouns: oan 'man', and romo 'star'
  1. d(a)-: daa, doan, daromo - [dɑː dɔːn darɔmɔ]
  2. g(e)-: gea, goan, geromo - [gɛə gɔːn gɛɾɔmɔ]
  3. m(o)-: moe, moan, moromo - [mɜː mɔːn mɔɾɔmɔ]
  4. am-: ame, amoan, amromo - [amɛ amɔːn amɾɔmɔ]
  5. or-: ora, oroan, ollomo - [ɔɾa ɔɾɔːn ɔlːɔmɔ]
  6. meh-: meh, mehoan, mehromo - [mɛx mɛhɔːn mɛxɾɔmɔ]
  7. anr(e)-: anre, anroan, anreromo - [anɾɛ anɾɔːn anɾɛɾɔmɔ]
  8. igg(e)-: igge, iggoan, iggeromo - [ɨŋɛ ɨŋɔːn ɨŋɛɾɔmɔ]
  9. hih-: hih, hihoan, hihromo - [hix hihɔːn hixɾɔmɔ]
  10. en-: en, enoan, enromo - [ɛn ɛnɔːn ɛnɾɔmɔ]
Leima also has nouns for powers of one hundred:

100 = naum - [naʉm]
10,000 = euge - [ɛʉgɛ]
1,000,000 = ogaida - [ɔgaida]
100,000,000 = realdeuh - [rɛːldɛʉx]

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