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en:grammar:numbers [2022-11-04 14:14] – [Larger numbers] Fix link to Wikipedia page christianen:grammar:numbers [2023-02-07 12:34] (current) – [Cardinal and ordinal numbers] christian
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 **siro** – zero\\ **siro** – zero\\
 **un** – one\\ **un** – one\\
-**aual** – first\\+**aval** – first\\
 **do** – two\\ **do** – two\\
 **tri** – three\\ **tri** – three\\
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 If one considers a sequence of letters without whitespace between them as a "word", then numbers above 10 have one word for each digit that isn't 0. Number words are placed in the same order as the digits, so **sento** or its multiples (if present) are always followed by **des** or its multiples (if present) and finally a number word from **un** to **tisa** (unless the last digit is 0). If one considers a sequence of letters without whitespace between them as a "word", then numbers above 10 have one word for each digit that isn't 0. Number words are placed in the same order as the digits, so **sento** or its multiples (if present) are always followed by **des** or its multiples (if present) and finally a number word from **un** to **tisa** (unless the last digit is 0).
  
-**Siro** '0' is only used by itself, if the whole number is 0. Otherwise, if any digit in a number word is 0, it is simply not mentioned in the number word.+**Siro** '0' is only used by itself, if the whole number is 0. Otherwise, if any digit in a number is 0, it is simply not mentioned in the number word.
  
 ===== Numbers up to a million ===== ===== Numbers up to a million =====
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 **abe des do** – the twelfth bird **abe des do** – the twelfth bird
  
-**Aual** is an alternative to **un** which is only used as ordinal (after nouns):+**Aval** is an alternative to **un** which is only used as ordinal (after nouns):
  
-**monte aual / monte un** – the first mountain+**monte aval / monte un** – the first mountain
  
-**aual** is only used standalone, never as a part of combined numbers:+**Aval** is only used standalone, never as a part of combined numbers:
  
 **uma des un** – the eleventh horse **uma des un** – the eleventh horse
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 +//Rationale:// That ordinal numerals from 'two' upward are derived from cardinal numerals while a separate independent form is used for 'first', is the most typical pattern according to WALS (ch. 53). To keep things simple and regular we also allow using **un** as ordinal, but we add **aval** as independent synonym.
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 +TODO Also explain how fractions are formed (**-i** suffix), how numbers with a fractional part are expressed (likely using the dot as decimal separator), and how large numerals can be grouped (preferably uses spaces between groups of three?).
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