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Dovahzul Numbers

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Ahmuldein
May 30, 2014

However I heard from one of the translators is helping to rewrite it

by Ahmuldein
May 30, 2014

However I heard from one of the translators is helping to rewrite it


Ahmuldein
May 30, 2014

Off topic, krosis

by Ahmuldein
May 30, 2014

Off topic, krosis


Foduiiz
May 31, 2014

Wow. This thread died. Defibs anyone?

by Foduiiz
May 31, 2014

Wow. This thread died. Defibs anyone?


paarthurnax
Administrator
June 9, 2014

After some great discussion on the community wall, a further developed system. Note that the word for "seven" has now changed from zos to vet and the word for "eight" has changed from eln to ot:

one - gein
two - ziin
three - sed
four - hir
five - hen
six - sok
seven - vet
eight - ot
nine - nen

ten - men
eleven - men gein
twelve - men ziin
thirteen - men sed

A suffix of "-o / -no" is used for words for "twenty," "thirty," etc. The latter is used if the word doesn't end with "n." So:

twenty - ziino
thirty - sedno
fourty - hirno
fifty - heno
sixty - sokno
seventy - vetno
eighty - otno
ninety - neno

Longer numbers are constructed greatest digit to smallest. Hyphens indicate multiplication.

Two hundred and twenty - Ziin-ben ziino, "two-hundred twenty"
Two hundred and twenty one - Ziin-ben ziino gein, "two-hundred twenty one"
Two hundred and twenty-two - Ziin-ben ziino ziin, "two-hundred twenty-two"
Five thousand three hundred and eight - Hen-ton sed-ben ot, "five-thousand three-hundred eight."

In most cases it's fairly identical to English with the removal of "and."

by paarthurnax
June 9, 2014

After some great discussion on the community wall, a further developed system. Note that the word for "seven" has now changed from zos to vet and the word for "eight" has changed from eln to ot:

one - gein
two - ziin
three - sed
four - hir
five - hen
six - sok
seven - vet
eight - ot
nine - nen

ten - men
eleven - men gein
twelve - men ziin
thirteen - men sed

A suffix of "-o / -no" is used for words for "twenty," "thirty," etc. The latter is used if the word doesn't end with "n." So:

twenty - ziino
thirty - sedno
fourty - hirno
fifty - heno
sixty - sokno
seventy - vetno
eighty - otno
ninety - neno

Longer numbers are constructed greatest digit to smallest. Hyphens indicate multiplication.

Two hundred and twenty - Ziin-ben ziino, "two-hundred twenty"
Two hundred and twenty one - Ziin-ben ziino gein, "two-hundred twenty one"
Two hundred and twenty-two - Ziin-ben ziino ziin, "two-hundred twenty-two"
Five thousand three hundred and eight - Hen-ton sed-ben ot, "five-thousand three-hundred eight."

In most cases it's fairly identical to English with the removal of "and."


hiith
June 10, 2014

I liked the old system :/

by hiith
June 10, 2014

I liked the old system :/


Foduiiz
June 10, 2014
hiith

I liked the old system :/

I beg to differ. It was clunky and long-winded whereas this is far more dense and concise.

by Foduiiz
June 10, 2014
hiith

I liked the old system :/

I beg to differ. It was clunky and long-winded whereas this is far more dense and concise.


hiith
June 10, 2014
qobofus

I beg to differ. It was clunky and long-winded whereas this is far more dense and concise.

It was natural, logical, and much different from English. The dragons hardly needed to express long numbers, anyways.

by hiith
June 10, 2014
qobofus

I beg to differ. It was clunky and long-winded whereas this is far more dense and concise.

It was natural, logical, and much different from English. The dragons hardly needed to express long numbers, anyways.

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