Numbers in Modern Azen
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Even weirder than Old Azen. But still fun.
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3. Azen Orthography
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You may recall a previous article on Numbers in Old Azen. (or, more likely, you've never heard of the other article in your life) Modern Azen's numbering system hasn't changed all that much since that time, it still does the weird addition/multiplication thing, but there have been a few tweaks.
Basically, a bunch of number terms got borrowed from Tirina.
As I'm sure you're aware, Tirina has a base-12 number system, while Azen (both Old and Modern) have a base-10 system. The terms for the multiples of 12 up to 100 ended up borrowed into Azen (along with "eleven"), and the Azen term for 100 was replaced with the Tirina term for 144 (aka 100 in base-12).
So Azen numbers up through 30 are as follows:
| Azen | English | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| bī | 1 | Old Azen bīr |
| ēci | 2 | Old Azen ekki |
| wits | 3 | Old Azen yč |
| deh | 4 | Old Azen dṓrt |
| bes | 5 | Old Azen bēs |
| bezbī | 6 | Old Azen bēs bīr |
| bezecī | 7 | Old Azen bēs ekki |
| bezits | 8 | Old Azen bēs yč |
| bezdeh | 9 | Old Azen bēsdṓrt |
| wān | 10 | Old Azen ōn |
| wūela | 11 | Old Tirina ūera |
| hashiwu | 12 | Old Tirina hasfyu |
| wānits | 13 | Old Azen ōn yč |
| wāneh | 14 | Old Azen ōn dṓrt |
| wāwes | 15 | Old Azen ōn bēs |
| wāwezbī | 16 | Old Azen ōn bēs bīr |
| wāwezēci | 17 | Old Azen ōn bēs ekki |
| wāwezits | 18 | Old Azen ōn bēs yč |
| wāwezdeh | 19 | Old Azen ōn bēs dṓrt |
| zhēgil | 20 | Old Azen jegir |
| zhēgizh bī | 21 | Old Azen jegir bīr |
| zhēgil ēci | 22 | Old Azen jegir ekki |
| zhēgil wits | 23 | Old Azen jegir yč |
| dalhazēn | 24 | Old Tirina talhason |
| zhēgizh deh | 25 | Old Azen jegir dṓrt |
| zhēgizh bezbī | 26 | zhēgil + bezbī |
| zhēgizh bezecī | 27 | zhēgil + bezecī |
| zhēgizh bezits | 28 | zhēgil + bezits |
| zhēgizh bezdeh | 29 | zhēgil + bezdeh |
| zhēgilān | 30 | Old Azen jegir ōn |
| ēcijēgi | 40 | Old Azen ekki jegir |
| letlǣ | 50 | Old Azen rētløj |
| letlæān | 60 | Old Azen rētløj ōn |
| letlæēgi | 70 | Old Azen rētløj jegir |
| letlæēgilān | 80 | Old Azen rētløj jegir ōn |
| letlæēcijēgi | 90 | Old Azen rētløj ekkin jegir |
| hacoge | 100 | Old Tirina hakoego |
| būn | 1,000 | Old Azen buŋ |
Hundreds and thousands are formed through digit + hacoge or būn (e.g. wits hacoge '300', deh būn '4000').
Ordinal numbers are formed by appending -its to a numeral. E.g. bī > bīlits (first), ēci > ēcits (second). However, several numbers have seeming irregular forms due to sound changes. (e.g. deh > deshtits (fourth)) ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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