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Describes how numbers are formed in JtP
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 22 Sep 2020, 01:31.

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Numbers in Jujen te Persone are highly regular, and follow the same pattern ad infinitum.

Numbers 1-10 are as follows:
ek, tos, san, ne, pjet, sinko, sefen, pa, tiso, kumi

Numbers 11-19 are formed by following kumi with numbers 1-9. For example, kumi-ek is eleven, kumi-tos is twelve, and so on.

Multiples of 10 are formed by placing numbers 2-9 before kumi. For example, twenty is tos-kumi, thirty is san-kumi, etc. Thirty-three would be san-kumi-san, seventy-eight would be sefen-kumi-pa, etc.

100 is pai, and the same pattern applied to kumi is applied to pai. So 234 would be tos-pai-san-kumi-ne, or literally two-hundred-three-ten-four.

From 100-1,000, the same pattern is followed till 1,000, which is ipu. After ipu, the next number with a unique name isn't until 1,000,000, or 1,000^2 (mijon). Essentially, each number with a new name occurs at the square of the previous named number. Thus, the next named number after mijon is at 1,000,000^2 (trijon).

Billion (in the short scale) doesn't have a unique name in JtP, instead being called ipu-mijon, or a thousand million. The word trijon is clearly similar to the word trillion, and not billion (the equivalent long scale name for 10^12). JtP bases the name of the next unique number of the equivalent name in the short scale, in Latin. For example, the next unique number after trijon is 10^24, or
septijon.

Ordinal numbers are indicated using the particle ti placed before the number:
ti tos = second
ti kumi = tenth

The aim with this system is to both reduce the number of number names a learner has to acquaint themself with, while still maintaining recognizability with the short scale.






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