How to count in Wardwesân

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Language overview

Wardwesân is an imaginary language spoken by the Ward people in the kingdom of Aghâr during the first and second centuries after Zaragabal. Created by the French Frédéric Werst, Wardesân is developed in his book Ward (1^er et 2^ème siècles), which is an anthology of their work in Kemarzan, their classic language. This book is bilingual, as the texts are written in both French and Wardwesân. It also contains a detailed grammar and a dictionary.

Wardwesân numbering rules

Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific words, namely ke [1] (ken in its feminine form), wer [2], yām [3], ber [4], akān [5], gen [6], awan [7], zena [8], and dara [9].
Numbers from eleven to nineteen are formed by prefixing the word for ten (beth) with the root of the digit unit. The numbers eleven and from fourteen to seventeen are attested, the others are obtained using them as a model: kebeth [11], werabeth [12], yabeth [13], berabeth [14], akabeth [15], genabeth [16], awabeth [17], zenabeth [18], and darabeth [19].
Tens are formed by prefixing a form of the word for ten (bēs) with the root of the multiplier digit, except for ten and twenty. The only attested tens being ten, twenty, thirty and fifty, the others are deducted: beth [10], kapht [20], yabēs [30], berbēs [40], akbēs [50], genbēs [60], awabēs [70], zenabēs [80], and darabēs [90].
Compound numbers are formed by putting the ten, then the unit digit separated with a space (e.g.: kapht ke [21], yabēs wer [32]).
Hundreds are formed by prefixing the word for hundred (ewān) with the root of the multiplier digit, except for one hundred itself. The only attested hundreds being one hundred and three hundred, the others are deducted: ewān [100], werewān [200], yamewān [300], berewān [400], akewān [500], genewān [600], awanewān [700], zenewān [800], and darewān [900].
Compound hundreds are formed by linking the hundred and the following ten or unit with the conjunction ek (and): yamewān ek kebeth [311].
Thousands are formed by prefixing the word for thousand (thān) with the root of the multiplier digit, except for one thousand and two thousand. The only attested thousands being one thousand, two thousand, five thousand, and ten thousand, the others are deducted from them: thān [1,000], kaphwān [2,000] (literally, 20 * 100), yathān [3,000], berthān [4,000], akthān [5,000], genthān [6,000], awathān [7,000], zenthān [8,000], and darthān [9,000]. Higher thousands are formed the same way (e.g.: bethān [10,000], kebethān [11,000]).
One million is tathān (literally, 1,000 * 1,000).

Books

In French

Ward (1^er et 2^ème siècles)
by Frédéric Werst, editors Seuil (2011)
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Numbers list

1 – ke
2 – wer
3 – yām
4 – ber
5 – akān
6 – gen
7 – awan
8 – zena
9 – dara

10 – beth
11 – kebeth
12 – werabeth
13 – yabeth
14 – berabeth
15 – akabeth
16 – genabeth
17 – awabeth
18 – zenabeth

19 – darabeth
20 – kapht
30 – yabēs
40 – berbēs
50 – akbēs
60 – genbēs
70 – awabēs
80 – zenabēs
90 – darabēs

100 – ewān
1,000 – thān
one million – tathān

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