Counting in Bocce
Language overview
Bocce is a fictional language that belongs to the Star Wars universe. Interplanetary trade language comprising parts of multiple others, and therefore pidgin by definition, it was created by the Baobab Merchant Fleet to allow communication between starcraft pilots, crews, and support personnel of various species.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 10 in Bocce. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.
Bocce numbers list
- 1 – wun
- 2 – zwoo
- 3 – treb
- 4 – goor
- 5 – fyiz
- 6 – zix
- 7 – zeve
- 8 – kata
- 9 – navax
- 10 – atanox
- 11 – atanoxwun
- 12 – atanoxzwoo
- 13 – atanoxtreb
- 14 – atanoxgoor
- 15 – atanoxfyiz
- 16 – atanoxzix
- 17 – atanoxzeve
- 18 – atanoxkata
- 19 – atanoxnavax
- 20 – gatanox
- 50 – kimonex
- 100 – pajono
- 1,000 – apajono
- ten thousand – opajono
Bocce numbering rules
Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).
- Digits from one to nine are specific words, mostly derived from the Standard Basic pronunciation: wun [1], zwoo [2], treb [3], goor [4], fyiz [5], zix [6], zeve [7], kata [8], and navax [9].
- The only documented tens are: atanox [10], gatanox [20], and kimonex [50].
- One hundred is pajono, one thousand, apajono, and ten thousand opajono.
Write a number in full in Bocce
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Bocce. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.
Books
Dark Lens
by Cédric Delsaux, editors Xavier Barral (2011)
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Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide
by Ben Burtt, editors Del Rey (2001)
[ Amazon.com]
A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
by Bill Slavicsek, editors LucasBooks (2000)
[ Amazon.com]
Dark Lens
by Cédric Delsaux, editors Xavier Barral (2011)
[ Amazon.com]
Source
Star Wars languages
Bocce, Ewokese, Gunganese, Huttese, Jawaese, Mandalorian, Neimoidian, and Shyriiwook.
Other supported languages
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