How to count in Vulcan

Enter a number and get it written in full in Vulcan.

Language overview

The Vulcan language is an artificial language developed in the Star Trek universe, mostly by Mark R. Gardner from the Vulcan Language Institute. It can be written in three different scripts (traditional calligraphy, standard script, and handwriting), all of them written vertically from top to bottom.

Vulcan numerals

The following numerals are written in the standard script.

0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9

Vulcan numbering rules

  • Digits from one to nine are specific words: wuhkuh [1], dahkuh [2], rehkuh [3], kehkuh [4], kaukuh [5], shehkuh [6], stehkuh [7], ohkuh [8], and naukuh [9]. The word for ten (lehkuh) follows the same pattern, i.e. a three-letter root suffixed with kuh.
  • The tens are formed by suffixing the multiplier digit root with the root of the word for ten (leh), separated with a hyphen, except for ten itself: lehkuh [10], dah-leh [20], reh-leh [30], keh-leh [40], kau-leh [50], sheh-leh [60], steh-leh [70], oh-leh [80], and nau-leh [90].
  • Teens are formed by stating the root of the word for ten (leh) and the digit root separated with a hyphen (e.g.: leh-wuh [11] (from lehkuh wuhkuh), leh-sheh [16]).
  • The compound numbers above twenty are formed by stating the ten and the digit name separated with a space (e.g.: dah-leh kaukuh [25], kau-leh ohkuh [58]).
  • The hundreds are formed by prefixing the word for hundred (teh) with the root of its multiplier, except for one hundred itself: teh [100], dah-teh [200], reh-teh [300], keh-teh [400], kau-teh [500]…
  • The thousands are formed following the hundreds pattern, with the multiplier being a ten: leh-teh [1,000] (10*100), dah-leh-teh [2,000] (20*100), reh-leh-teh [3,000] (30*100), keh-leh-teh [4,000] (40*100), kau-leh-teh [5,000] (50*100)…
  • One million is zhoh, and one billion (109) is moh.

Numbers list

1 – wuhkuh
2 – dahkuh
3 – rehkuh
4 – kehkuh
5 – kaukuh
6 – shehkuh
7 – stehkuh
8 – ohkuh
9 – naukuh
10 – lehkuh
11 – leh-wuh
12 – leh-dah
13 – leh-reh
14 – leh-keh
15 – leh-kau
16 – leh-sheh
17 – leh-steh
18 – leh-oh
19 – leh-nau
20 – dah-leh
30 – reh-leh
40 – keh-leh
50 – kau-leh
60 – sheh-leh
70 – steh-leh
80 – oh-leh
90 – nau-leh
100 – teh
1,000 – leh-teh
one million – zhoh
one billion – moh

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