1 | A | 6 | De |
2 | Tu | 7 | Je |
3 | Vi | 8 | Ji |
4 | Sa | 9 | Nai |
5 | To | 10 | Xo |
Easy enough, and counting higher than 10 has a fairly regular pattern.
11 | Xoa | 21 | Tuxoa |
12 | Xotu | 22 | Tuxotu |
13 | Xovi | 50 | Toxo |
20 | Tuxo | 99 | Naixonai |
Xoa for eleven is simply ten plus one, and so on until you get to 19, Xonai. Once you get to the twenties you use a slightly different structure. Tuxoa for 21 is two times ten plus one. This continues until you get to ninety-nine, naixonai.
100 has it's own name, haku, but structure remains relatively the same.
101 | Hakua | 211 | Tuhakuxoa |
102 | Hakutu | 232 | Tuhakuvixotu |
103 | Hakuvi | 500 | Tohaku |
200 | Tuhaku | 999 | Naihakunaixonai |
Once you get to numbers this high sometimes hyphens make it easier to read. For example naihakunaixonai could be written as naihaku-naixonai. This is not required, it simply makes it quicker to read.
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