The existing number system can be found on this old (ancient?) lesson page. Numbers are formed literally like so: "two and two-ten" for "22", "four and five-ten and three-hundred" for "354". Essentially a combination of addition and multiplication from the smallest digit to the largest.

The teens were compounded like so "Geinahmen", "Ziinahmen", "Sedahmen", etc.

I think there's general agreement that the number system should be different. The question is, what should it be like? There have been a couple of suggestions around the community so here's a place for that discussion to formally happen.

Share your thoughts!

I'm somewhat new, but would it be impossible or wrong to just create words for hundred and thousand? That way, translating would be easier since it is a more direct translation. 

Or we could create a suffix that denotes the tenth place which the number is in. Like six-ty and seven-ty.

My idea was very similar to yours Mahlaansaviik. It's the one I think would work well, but I'm curious on other people's opinions as well.

I thought of a new system as well. I'm not sure how to explain it, so I'll just show you.

• Seventy-three would be written like this: zos-men sed (seven-ten three)
• Two-hundred-sixty-one = ziin-ben sok-men gein (two-hundred six-ten one)
• One-hundred = ben (hundred)
• One-hundred-thirty = ben sed-men (hundred three-ten)

Any questions, comments, or suggestions?

Toxikyle

I thought of a new system as well. I'm not sure how to explain it, so I'll just show you.

• Seventy-three would be written like this: zos-men sed (seven-ten three)
• Two-hundred-sixty-one = ziin-ben sok-men gein (two-hundred six-ten one)
• One-hundred = bek (hundred)
• One-hundred-thirty = bek sed-men (hundred three-ten)

Any questions, comments, or suggestions?

So whenever you use "hundred" after a number it becomes "ben" and not "bek". Or is that just a typo for ziin-ben? Because I like your idea so far.

Mahlaansaviik

Toxikyle

I thought of a new system as well. I'm not sure how to explain it, so I'll just show you.

• Seventy-three would be written like this: zos-men sed (seven-ten three)
• Two-hundred-sixty-one = ziin-ben sok-men gein (two-hundred six-ten one)
• One-hundred = bek (hundred)
• One-hundred-thirty = bek sed-men (hundred three-ten)

Any questions, comments, or suggestions?

So whenever you use "hundred" after a number it becomes "ben" and not "bek". Or is that just a typo for ziin-ben? Because I like your idea so far.

I think I have a more straight-forward system... Numbers are expressed digit by digit, left to right.

17 = gein zos; one seven

314 = sed gein hir; three one four

9,538,317 = nen, hen sed eln, sed gein zos; nine, five three eight, three one seven

3.141 = sed (word for point?) gein hir gein; three point one four one

qobofus

I think I have a more straight-forward system... Numbers are expressed digit by digit, left to right.

17 = gein zos; one seven

314 = sed gein hir; three one four

9,538,317 = nen, hen sed eln, sed gein zos; nine, five three eight, three one seven

3.141 = sed (word for point?) gein hir gein; three point one four one

Zahd is the word for point. sed zahd gein hir gein.

Also, how would you be able to tell the difference between listing different numbers and saying one long number?

Paarth, I've already done the numbers 1-100. o.o You asked me, remember?

Naxsuleykdinok

Paarth, I've already done the numbers 1-100. o.o You asked me, remember?

Yup, this is about changing the number system from the old one to be easier to use and speak.

Toxikyle

Also, how would you be able to tell the difference between listing different numbers and saying one long number?

You could express numbers in a list using ahrk. Single numbers would still be said digit after digit, no words added, just so that long numbers wouldn't take an age to say.

• 17 = gein-zos; one-seven
• 1, 2, 3, 4 = gein ahrk ziin ahrk sed ahrk hir; one and two and three and four
• 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 = hir ahrk eln ahrk gein-sok ahrk sed-ziin ahrk sok-hir; four and eight and one-six and three-two and six-four​

​You could even shorten ahrk to ah just to speed up speech of long number lists.

qobofus

Toxikyle

Also, how would you be able to tell the difference between listing different numbers and saying one long number?

You could express numbers in a list using ahrk. Single numbers would still be said digit after digit, no words added, just so that long numbers wouldn't take an age to say.

• 17 = gein-zos; one-seven
• 1, 2, 3, 4 = gein ahrk ziin ahrk sed ahrk hir; one and two and three and four
• 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 = hir ahrk eln ahrk gein-sok ahrk sed-ziin ahrk sok-hir; four and eight and one-six and three-two and six-four​

​You could even shorten ahrk to ah just to speed up speech of long number lists.

I think it would be better to create words or suxixes for thousand and hundred. Imo your way is good in that it is simplistic, but it would be too hard to follow in speech. Take for example 3,000,000. Using your way we would have to say "Sed-Nul-Nul-Nul-Nul-Nul-etc. But if we had a word/ suffix for million it would be much easier.

Mahlaansaviik

But if we had a word/ suffix for million it would be much easier.

Vahzah

I think that a suffix to turn a one digit number to it's ten version would make it more simple.

Its sad that I didn't even know that there were numbers in Dovahzul.