Counting in Mondlango
Language overview
Created by Chinese He Yafu in 2002, the Mondlango language (aka. Monda Lango or Ulango) is an international auxiliary language based on Esperanto, where most of its Latin roots are replaced by English ones.
Mondlango numbers list
- 1 – un
- 2 – bi
- 3 – tri
- 4 – kwar
- 5 – kwin
- 6 – siks
- 7 – sep
- 8 – ok
- 9 – nef
- 10 – dek
- 11 – dek-un
- 12 – dek-bi
- 13 – dek-tri
- 14 – dek-kwar
- 15 – dek-kwin
- 16 – dek-siks
- 17 – dek-sep
- 18 – dek-ok
- 19 – dek-nef
- 20 – bidek
- 30 – tridek
- 40 – kwardek
- 50 – kwindek
- 60 – siksdek
- 70 – sepdek
- 80 – okdek
- 90 – nefdek
- 100 – cent
- 1,000 – mil
- one million – miliono
- one billion – biliono
Mondlango 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 names: zero [0], un [1], bi [2], tri [3], kwar [4], kwin [5], siks [6], sep [7], ok [8], and nef [9].
- The tens are formed by starting with the name of the multiplier digit, followed by the word for ten (dek) without space, except for ten itself: dek [10], bidek [20], tridek [30], kwardek [40], kwindek [50], siksdek [60], sepdek [70], okdek [80], and nefdek [90].
- Compound numbers are formed by linking the ten and the unit with a hyphen (e.g.: dek-kwin [15], kwardek-bi [42]).
- Hundreds are formed by starting with the name of the multiplier digit, followed by the word for hundred (cent) without space, except for one hundred: cent [100], bicent [200], tricent [300], kwarcent [400], kwincent [500], sikscent [600], sepcent [700], okcent [800], and nefcent [900].
- Thousands are formed by starting with the name of the multiplier digit, followed by the word for thousand (mil) linked with a hyphen, except for one thousand: mil [1,000], bimil [2,000], trimil [3,000], kwarmil [4,000], kwinmil [5,000], siksmil [6,000], sepmil [7,000], okmil [8,000], and nefmil [9,000].
- One million (106) is miliono, and one billion (109), biliono.
Write a number in full in Mondlango
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Mondlango. 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.
Source
Auxiliary languages
Afrihili, Ba kom, Babm, Bolak, Ceqli, Digisk Folkspraak, Esperanto, Folkspraak, Globasa, Glosa, Guosa, Idiom neutral, Ido, Intal, Interlingua, Interlingue, Interslavic, Kotava, Langue nouvelle, Latino sine flexione, Lingua Franca Nova, Lingwa de planeta, Mondial, Mondlango, Nove Latina, Pandunia, Panglobish, Ro, Romanid, Slovio, Solresol, Sona, Spokil, Tutonish, Universalglot, Uropi, and Volapük.
Other supported languages
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