Mnakhao ih'peraere Number System


The following are the cardinal numerals in Rihan:

    0 - lliu
    1 - hwi
    2 - kre
    3 - sei
    4 - mne
    5 - rhi
    6 - fve
    7 - lli
    8 - the
    9 - lhi
    10 - dha
    100 - khu

The above are the basic cardinal numbers; all other cardinal numbers are derived from the above; tens and hundreds derived from the above bases by a vowel change, as listed following:

    20 - kra
    30 - seha
    40 - mnha
    50 - rha
    60 - fvha
    70 - lla
    80 - thha
    90 - lha
    200 - kru
    300 - sehu
    400 - mnhu
    500 - rhu
    600 - fvhu
    700 - llu
    800 - thhu
    900 - lhu

Numbers from eleven to ninety-nine are formed in a regular manner as illustrated by the following examples:

    32 - seha'kre
    53 - rha'sei
    69 - fvha'lhi

Numbers from 101 to 999 are also formed regularly:

    367 - sehu-fvha'lli
    442 - mnhu-mnha'kre
    980 - lhu-thha

The word for "thousand" is dhei. Its use is quite regular, too, however its regularity is quite different from English.

    1000 - hwi dhei
    1111 - hwi dhei khu-dha'hwi
    2000 - kre dhei
    43 269 - mnha'sei dhei fvhu-kra'sei
    365 201 - sehu-fvha'rhi dhei kru'hwi

The illustration above may give the impression that dhei functions almost identically to English "thousand", however, this is not the case, as its function is to represent any group of three zeroes. Millions and numbers larger are also expressed using dhei, like this:

    1 million - hwi kre-dhei
    2 million - kre kre-dhei

It can be noted above that "one million" is formed as "two dheis" - meaning something akin to "one two-groups-of-three-zeroes", which is exactly what a million is - a one followed by three zeroes. Further examples follow:

    10 million - dha kre-dhei
    1 billion - hwi sei-dhei
    93 trillion - lha'sei mnhe-dhei

Fractions are formed with the particle erh', with the denominator first, for example seha erh'lli means "seven thirtieths."

The decimal point is represented by the word errah, with numbers after the decimal point pronounced separately. "3.1415" would be rendered as sei errah hwi mne hwi rhi.

Ordinal numbers are formed from cardinals as adjectives are formed from nouns, with the affix-set nu-...-r, e.g. nuhwir, "first", nudha'lhir, "nineteenth", and so on.

Adverbs indicating a number of occasions are formed regularly with the prefix caehh'-, with the exception of "once", which is joaie. The others are all, however, formed regularly: caehh'kre, "twice", caehh'kru-kra'kre, "222 times", etc.