Counting in Mandalorian
Language overview
Mandalorian (Mando’a, Mando’a) is a fictional language that belongs to the Star Wars universe. It is spoken by the Mandalorians from the planet Mandalor. While the typeface has been designed by Philip Metschan, the language itself and its grammar has been developed by the author Karen Traviss.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 9,999 in Mandalorian. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.
Mandalorian numbers list
- 1 – solus (solus)
- 2 – t’ad (t’ad)
- 3 – ehn (ehn)
- 4 – cuir (cuir)
- 5 – rayshe’a (rayshe’a)
- 6 – resol (resol)
- 7 – e’tad (e’tad)
- 8 – sh’ehn (sh’ehn)
- 9 – she’cu (she’cu)
- 10 – ta’raysh (ta’raysh)
- 11 – ta’raysh solus (ta’raysh solus)
- 12 – ta’raysh t’ad (ta’raysh t’ad)
- 13 – ta’raysh ehn (ta’raysh ehn)
- 14 – ta’raysh cuir (ta’raysh cuir)
- 15 – ta’raysh rayshe’a
(ta’raysh rayshe’a) - 16 – ta’raysh resol (ta’raysh resol)
- 17 – ta’raysh e’tad (ta’raysh e’tad)
- 18 – ta’raysh sh’ehn
(ta’raysh sh’ehn) - 19 – ta’raysh she’cu
(ta’raysh she’cu) - 20 – ad’eta (ad’eta)
- 30 – ehn’eta (ehn’eta)
- 40 – cur’eta (cur’eta)
- 50 – she’eta (she’eta)
- 60 – rol’eta (rol’eta)
- 70 – tad’eta (tad’eta)
- 80 – shehn’eta (shehn’eta)
- 90 – shek’eta (shek’eta)
- 100 – olan (olan)
- 1,000 – ta’raysh’olan (ta’raysh’olan)
Mandalorian numerals
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Mandalorian 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: solus (solus) [1], t’ad (t’ad) [2], ehn (ehn) [3], cuir (cuir) [4], rayshe’a (rayshe’a) [5], resol (resol) [6], e’tad (e’tad) [7], sh’ehn (sh’ehn) [8], and she’cu (she’cu) [9].
- The tens are formed by suffixing the multiplier digit root with the root of the word for ten (eta, eta, from ta’raysh, ta’raysh) linked with an apostrophe, with the exception of ten itself: ta’raysh (ta’raysh) [10], ad’eta (ad’eta) [20], ehn’eta (ehn’eta) [30], cur’eta (cur’eta) [40], she’eta (she’eta) [50], rol’eta (rol’eta) [60], tad’eta (tad’eta) [70], shehn’eta (shehn’eta) [80], and shek’eta (shek’eta) [90].
- Compound numbers are formed by saying the ten, then the digit separated with a space (e.g.: ta’raysh solus (ta’raysh solus) [11], tad’eta resol (tad’eta resol) [76]).
- Hundreds are formed by setting the multiplier unit root before the word for hundred (olan, olan), linked with an apostrophe, with the exception of one hundred itself: olan (olan) [100], ad’olan (ad’olan) [200], ehn’olan (ehn’olan) [300], cur’olan (cur’olan) [400], raysh’olan (raysh’olan) [500], sol’an (sol’an) [600], tad’olan (tad’olan) [700], shehn’olan (shehn’olan) [800], and shek’olan (shek’olan) [900].
- Thousands are formed by setting the multiplier ten before the word for hundred (olan, olan), linked with an apostrophe (thousands are thus tens of hundred): ta’raysh’olan (ta’raysh’olan) [1,000] (10*100), ad’eta’olan (ad’eta’olan) [2,000] (20*100), ehn’eta’olan (ehn’eta’olan) [3,000] (30*100), cur’eta’olan (cur’eta’olan) [4,000] (40*100), she’eta’olan (she’eta’olan) [5,000] (50*100)…
Write a number in full in Mandalorian
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Mandalorian. 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)
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A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
by Bill Slavicsek, editors LucasBooks (2000)
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Dark Lens
by Cédric Delsaux, editors Xavier Barral (2011)
[ Amazon.com]
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Star Wars languages
Bocce, Ewokese, Gunganese, Huttese, Jawaese, Mandalorian, Neimoidian, and Shyriiwook.
Other supported languages
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