Counting in Neziba

Language overview

Forty-two in Neziba Neziba is a constructed language designed by the Japanese Shiga Jugo. Most lexical elements are created based on Japanese, with a much different grammar. Its specific features are alignment mismatch, and a flexible word order according to information structure. Its numeral system is duodecimal, i.-e. of base 12.

Neziba numbers list

  • 112 – ne
  • 212 – xus
  • 312 – ra
  • 412 – xu
  • 512 – tat
  • 612 – mi
  • 712 – um
  • 812 – pit
  • 912 – sar
  • A12 – tor
  • B12 – xin
  • 1012 – xinos
  • 1112 – inos-ke ne
  • 1212 – inos-ke xus
  • 1312 – inos-ke ra
  • 1412 – inos-ke xu
  • 1512 – inos-ke tat
  • 1612 – inos-ke mi
  • 1712 – inos-ke um
  • 1812 – inos-ke pit
  • 1912 – inos-ke sar
  • 1A12 – inos-ke tor
  • 1B12 – inos-ke xin
  • 2012 – xus xinos
  • 3012 – ra xinos
  • 4012 – xu xinos
  • 5012 – tat xinos
  • 6012 – mi xinos
  • 7012 – um xinos
  • 8012 – pit xinos
  • 9012 – sar xinos
  • A012 – tor xinos
  • B012 – xin xinos
  • 10012 – xeto

The duodecimal numeral system

Neziba numbers follow the duodecimal numeral system, or base-12. To better understand the duodecimal numeral system, let’s start with a more familiar one: the decimal system. In the decimal system (or base-10), we have ten digits, from zero to nine. When we add 1 (one) to 9 (nine), we get 10 (ten), or the unit 1 (one) followed by 0 (zero). This system is positional (the digits represent the units, and their rank the matching power of ten). Thus, 276 decomposes in 200 + 70 + 6 = 2*102 + 7 *101 + 6 *100. This system is also known as a positional decimal numeral system.
Base-12 uses digits from 0 to 9, and two letters: A (which represents 1012 in one caracter) and B (which represents 1112 in one caracter). Its first ten is twelve in decimal (1210 = 1012), the base is noted in subscript. The decomposition of a duodecimal number (in a positional system) is the same as the one of a decimal number, only the base changes: (276)12 = 2*122 + 7 *121 + 6 *120. If we carry it out, we get the matching decimal number, here 180.

Neziba 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 and numbers from one to eleven are: ne [1], xus [2], ra [3], xu [4], tat [5], mi [6], um [7], pit [8], sar [9], tor [A12/1010], and xin [B12/1110].
  • The duodecimal tens are formed starting with the multiplier digit before the word for twelve (xinos, or ten in base twelve), except for twelve itself: xinos [1012/1210], xus xinos [2012/2410], ra xinos [3012/3610], xu xinos [4012/4810], tat xinos [5012/6010], mi xinos [6012/7210], um xinos [7012/8410], pit xinos [8012/9610], sar xinos [9012/10810], tor xinos [A012/12010], and xin xinos [B012/13210].
  • Compound duodecimal numbers from 1112 (1310) to 1B12 (2310) are formed starting with the word for the duodecimal ten (xinos) without its starting x, followed with the comitative -ke, the case to indicate accompaniment, which could be translated by with or and in English, then the unit separated with a space: inos-ke ne [1112/1310] (12+1), inos-ke xus [1212/1410], inos-ke ra [1312/1510], inos-ke xu [1412/1610], inos-ke tat [1512/1710], inos-ke mi [1612/1810], inos-ke um [1712/1910], inos-ke pit [1812/2010], inos-ke sar [1912/2110], inos-ke tor [1A12/2210], and inos-ke xin [1B12/2310].
  • Compound numbers above 2012 (2410) are formed starting with the word for the duodecimal ten, followed with the comitative -ke, then the unit separated with a space (e.g.: ra xinos-ke ne [3112/3710], tat xinos-ke sar [5912/6910])
  • The first duodecimal hundred is xeto [10012/14410].
  • Bigger compound numbers are formed exactly like compound numbers based on tens, by multiplications of twelve, alternating with the addition of the duodecimal units. Thus we form inos-ke xin xinos [1B012/27610] (23*12)12, up to inos-ke xin xinos-ke xin [1BB12/28710] (23*12+11)12, the next duodecimal hundred being unknown.

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