Trade Tongue/Numbers

From Sedes Draconis

The numbers of Trade Tongue come from Gêchkatalo. Many of the numbers are formed using the Gêchkatalo magnitude suffixes, which were also borrowed into Trade Tongue, though are now used only sporadically outside of the numbers (the gnomish dialect of Trade Tongue the magnitude suffixes more regularily, plus duodecimal variants).

The magnitude suffixes are plural forms for ten, hundred, and a thousand (-che, -chêk, and -leshk respectively).

Number	Word Form	Translation
Singular	Gadla	(a) Gadla
General Plural	Gadlêt	Gadlas
Ten-Plural	Gadlache	Ten Gadlas (a group of ten Gadlas)
Hundred-Plural	Gadlachêk	(a) Hundred Gadlas
Thousand-Plural	Gadlaleshk	(a) Thousand Gadlas

The magnitude suffixes can be used generally, i.e. "gadlachêk" might be only 90 gadlêt, or it might be 110 gadlêt, but 150 gadlêt would probably be said with the number and the general plural (i.e. chêka-riche gadlêt).

Numeral	Trade Tongue	Translation	Notes
1	Ta	One
2	Ka	Two
3	Vu	Three
4	Ngo	Four
5	Ri	Five
6	Az	Six
7	Lli	Seven
8	Vai	Eight
9	Kez	Nine
10	Ishen	Ten	A single ten uses the word for ten, but ...
11	Ishen-Ta	Ten-One
12	Ishen-Ka	Ten-Two
13	Ishen-Vu	Ten-Three
14	Ishen-Ngo	Ten-Four
15	Ishen-Ri	Ten-Five
16	Ishen-Az	Ten-Six
17	Ishen-Lli	Ten-Seven
18	Ishen-Vai	Ten-Eight
19	Ishen-Kez	Ten-Nine
20	Kache	Two*Ten (a Ten of Twos)	... for multipe tens, the appropriate number plus the ten-plural.
21	Kache-Ta	Two*Ten-One
22	Kache-Ka	Two*Ten-Two
. . .
30	Vuche	Three*Ten (a Ten of Threes)
31	Vuche-Ta	Three*Ten-One
32	Vuche-Ka	Three*Ten-Two
. . .
99	Kezche-Kez	Nine*Ten-Nine
100	Chêka	(One) Hundred	See notes at 10, 20, 200.
101	Chêka-Ta	Hundred-One
102	Chêka-Ka	Hundred-Two
103	Chêka-Vu	Hundred-Three
104	Chêka-Ngo	Hundred-Four
105	Chêka-Ri	Hundred-Five
106	Chêka-Az	Hundred-Six
107	Chêka-Lli	Hundred-Seven
108	Chêka-Vai	Hundred-Eight
109	Chêka-Kez	Hundred-Nine
110	Chêka-Ishen	Hundred-Ten
111	Chêka-Ishen-Ta	Hundred-Ten-One
. . .
199	Chêka-Kezche-Kez	Hundred-Nine*Ten-Nine
200	Kachêk	Two*Hundred (Hundred of Twos)	See notes at 10, 20, 100.
201	Kachêk-Ta	Two*Hundred-One
. . .
999	Kezchêk-Kezche-Kez	NineHundred-NineTen-Nine
1000	Aleshku	(One) Thousand
1001	Aleshku-Ta	(One)Thousand-One
. . .
1111	Aleshku-Chêka-Ishen-Ta	Thousand-Hundred-Ten-One
. . .
9999	Kezleshk-Kezchêk-Kezche-Kez	NineThousand-NineHundred-Nine*Ten-Nine
10000	(Ta) Kâlad	(One) Myriad	Trade Tongue, unlike English, has a seperate word for ten thousand, translated as "myriad". Myriads are counted like normal objects, unlike tens, hundreds, or thousands. In the case of a single myriad in a number "myriad" (kâlad) may or may not be preceded by "one" (ta), depending on context.
10001	(Ta) Kâlad iv Ta	(One) Thousand and One	The number of myriads and the number of units are joined with "and" (iv)
. . .
19999	(Ta) Kâlad iv Kezleshk-Kezchêk-Kezche-Kez	(One) Myriad and NineThousand-NineHundred-Nine*Ten-Nine
20000	Ka Kâladêt	Two Myriads	Note the difference in form from 20, 200, or 2000: a number of myriads, rather than a numeral with a magnitude suffix. See note at 10000.
20001	Ka Kâladêt iv Ta	Two Myriads and One	See note at 10001.
. . .
99999	Kez Kâladêt iv Kezleshk-Kezchêk-Kezche-Kez	Nine Myriads and NineThousand-NineHundred-Nine*Ten-Nine	Basically, myriads and units are counted the same way and joined with "and" (iv), except . . .
100000	Kâladche	Myriad*Ten (a Ten of Myriads)	. . . in the case of exact magnitudes of myriads, where (still like a normal object) the magnitude suffix is used. "Ishen Kâladêt" is a comprehensible, but unidiomatic phrase.
100001	Kâladche iv Ta	Myriad*Ten and One
. . .
109999	Kâladche iv Kezleshk-Kezchêk-Kezche-Kez	MyriadTen and NineThousand-NineHundred-NineTen-Nine
110000	Ishen-Ta Kâladêt	Ten-One Myriads	At eleven myriads it switches back to number of myriads.
110001	Ishen-Ta Kâladêt iv Ta	Ten-One Myriads and One

Trade Tongue/Numbers

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