Counting in Gnóma
Language overview
Gnóma is a constructed language (a conlang) created by Jessie Sams in 2016. It is spoken by the Gnómonei (which means the ones that know in Greek), a tribe of 8th century Goths spelled by a witch into peaceful creatures who turned to statue in the presence of a human. Exposed to Romani and Turkish languages through centuries before being left to themselves, they were basically freed from humans.
Gnóma has its own writing system and an alphabet of 31 letters.
Gnóma numbers list
- 1 – ains
- 2 – twai
- 3 – θreis
- 4 – fidwor
- 5 – fimf
- 6 – sais
- 7 – sibun
- 8 – axtau
- 9 – niun
- 10 – tain
- 11 – ainlif
- 12 – twalif
- 13 – θreitain
- 14 – fidwortain
- 15 – fimftain
- 16 – saitain
- 17 – sibuntain
- 18 – axtautain
- 19 – niuntain
- 20 – twatigju
- 30 – θreitigju
- 40 – fidwortigju
- 50 – fimftigju
- 60 – saistigju
- 70 – sibuntigju
- 80 – axtautigju
- 90 – niuntigju
- 100 – ainkunda
- 1,000 – ainθusundi
Gnóma numerals
The numbers in Gnóma are based on the alphabet: its first letter equals 1 and each letter counts up from there, with slight variations in the shapes and the addition of a dot in the middle.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Gnóma 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 zero to nine are rendered by specific words, namely: nailá [0], ains [1], twai [2], θreis [3], fidwor [4], fimf [5], sais [6], sibun [7], axtau [8], and niun [9].
- Eleven and twelve have specific names too, starting with the unit root, and suffixed with lif: ainlif [11] and twalif [12].
- Teens from thirteen to nineteen are formed starting with the unit, directly followed by the word for ten (tain), with no space: θreitain [13], fidwortain [14], fimftain [15], saitain [16], sibuntain [17], axtautain [18], and niuntain [19]. The s is dropped before t in both thirteen and sixteen.
- Tens are formed starting with the multiplier unit, directly followed by the word tigju (group of ten), with no space, except for ten itself: tain [10], twatigju [20] (the vowel is shortened), θreitigju [30], fidwortigju [40], fimftigju [50], saistigju [60], sibuntigju [70], axtautigju [80], and niuntigju [90]. The s is dropped before t in both thirty and sixty.
- Compound numbers are formed starting with the unit, directly followed by the conjunction ja (and), and the ten, with no space (e.g.: fimfjatwatigju [25], axtaujasaistigju [68]).
- Hundreds are formed starting with the multiplier unit, directly followed by the word for hundred (kunda), with no space: ainkunda [100], twaikunda [200], θreikunda [300], fidworkunda [400], fimfkunda [500], saiskunda [600], sibunkunda [700], axtaukunda [800], and niunkunda [900]. The s is dropped before k in both one hundred and three hundred.
- Thousands are formed starting with the multiplier unit, directly followed by the word for thousand (θusundi), with no space: ainθusundi [1,000], twaiθusundi [2,000], θreiθusundi [3,000], fidworθusundi [4,000], fimfθusundi [5,000], saiθusundi [6,000], sibunθusundi [7,000], axtauθusundi [8,000], and niunθusundi [9,000]. The s is dropped before θ in one thousand, three thousand, and six thousand.
- In big compound numbers, the unit is said first, then the ten, the hundred, the thousand… each group being linked by the conjunction ja (e.g.: twalifjatwaikunda [212], fidworjasaistigjujasibunkundajaniunθusundi [9,764]).
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