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Belanian Chungganese. This article aims to talk about cardinal and ordinal numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, and basic mathematical equations.

[edit] [top]Cardinal Numbers (Cuedi Númeres)

Here are the most basic numbers in Chungganese:

English

zero

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

hundred

thousand

million

Chungganese

nad

tum

dor

ter

cur

cin

sir

set

qor

non

dir

dan

mil

lon

To make two-digit numbers, simply place the tens digit and the ones digit, and place "dir" in between them. If the tens digit is one, do not add "tum". If the ones digit is zero, do not add "nad".
Example: 16 is dirsir (lit. "ten six"), 40 is curdir (lit. "four ten"), and 59 is cindirnon (lit. "five ten nine").

To make three-digit numbers, place the hundreds digit (do not add "tum" if the hundreds digit is 1), then add "dan". For the remaining two digits, just do the process above. If the tens digit is zero, do not include anymore.
Example: 105 is dancin (lit. "hundred five"), and 562 is cindansirdirdor (lit. "five hundred six ten two").

To make numbers larger than a thousand is a similar concept, but with thousand replaced with "mil".
Example: 12345 is dirdormilterdancurdircin (lit. "ten two thousand three hundred four ten five"), and 262144 is dordansirdirdormildancurdircur (lit. "two hundred six ten two thousand hundred four ten four").

If you are trying to pronounce dirdormilterdancurdircin right now, don't fret. Most Chungganese tend to drop every third letter of a long number word. So, 12345 in Chungganese is pronounced as didomitedacudici.

The Lon System (Loni Cudpaine)

What is a Chungganese language without introducing the lon system? Derived from the word for million, the lon system is a Chungganese way on expressing very large numbers such as billion, trillion, etc. In fact, with the help of this system, Chungganese can express numbers with lengths of up to six million digits! Here is a chart of stems for using the said system.

Friendly reminder: A million is a one with six zeroes.

#	leading	x1	x10	x100	x1000	x10000	x100000
1	g	none	gus	gop	gib	gam	gac
2	d	dar	dus	dop	dib	dam	dac
3	t	tar	tus	top	tib	tam	tac
4	c	car	cus	cop	cib	cam	cac
5	l	lar	lus	lop	lib	lam	lac
6	n	nar	nus	nop	nib	nam	nac
7	p	par	pus	pop	pib	pam	pac
8	f	far	fus	fop	fib	fam	fac
9	r	rar	rus	rop	rib	ram	rac

Now, how is this chart used? Say I want to express the word "trillion" in Chungganese. A trillion is expressed by one with twelve zeroes, meaning that it is a million million (a number with one followed by six zeroes, followed by another six zeroes). There are two mentions of the word "million", meaning that in the chart, I should look for the stem with the leading number 2 multiplied by one. The chart says that that stem corresponds to dar, so a trillion in Chungganese is darlon.

Confused? Here's another example. Say I want to express the word "nonillion" in Chungganese, which is one followed by 30 zeroes. That is a lot of zeroes! What I'd recommend to do is to divide the number of zeroes by 6 (which is five), then find the corresponding stem for it. In this case, nonillion in Chungganese will be larlon.

One last example for this monstrosity. Say I want to express a number which is one with 444 zeroes in it. I divide that by 6 and I get 74. There is no one stems in the table, corresponding to seventy-four, so I find two stems this time: one for 70 and one for 4. The stem for 70 is pus, and the stem for 4 is car, so that number with 444 zeroes in it is equal to puscarlon.

Cardinal Numbers as Adjectives

When cardinal numbers are used as adjectives, the numbers are agglutinated before the noun they modify, and the noun becomes plural. Let's see this in action.

tercaxes (three buildings)
ter
three caxes
house.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few

cindirdorpomes (fifty-two apples)
cindirdor
fifty-two pomes
apple.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few

curdirdegions (for forty days)
curdir
forty degions
day.PERPerlative (case)
'through, along'.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few

Cardinal Numbers as Adverbs

Cardinal numbers can also be attached before verbs to express how many times an action has been done. Let's see how this can be done.

tumfi (I once went)
tum
one fi
go.PASTPast tense (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I

dorlenadi (I entered twice)
dor
two lenadi
enter.PASTPast tense (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I

miltujadie (I did it a thousand times)
mil
thousand tujadie
do.PASTPast tense (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I.3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee

[edit] [top]Ordinal Numbers (Pani Númeres)

Ordinal numbers work very similarly to cardinal numbers, but first, here are some words about ordinal numbers:

first - pume
next - roge
previous - date
last - mute

Ordinal numbers are simply formed from cardinal numbers. To make a cardinal number ordinal, just insert pan- before the cardinal number. Here are some examples:
Fifth will be pancin (pan + cin), and twentieth will be pandordir.

Ordinal Numbers as Adjectives

When ordinal numbers are used as adjectives, they are agglutinated before the noun they modify. Let's see this in action.

pumtaje (first person)
pum
first taje
person.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument

pandorgoile (second time)
pandor
second goile
time.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument

pandirbulaun (to the tenth ball)
pandir
tenth bulaun
ball.LATLative (case)
movement, towards

Ordinal Numbers as Adverbs

When ordinal numbers are used as adverbs, they are agglutinated before the verb they modify. Let's see this in action.

pandorluti (the second time I cook)
pandor
second luti
cook.1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I

panternumades (the third time we drank)
panter
third numades
drink.PASTPast tense (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.1PIFirst person plural inclusive (person)
we (inclusive)

pandirdigadue (the tenth time you said it)
pandir
tenth digadue
say.PASTPast tense (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you).3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee

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