Counting in Trigedasleng
Language overview
The Trigedasleng language is a fictional language developed by the linguist David J. Peterson for the American TV series The 100 which premiered on The CW in March 2014. It is based on Kass Morgan eponymous series of novels, in which 100 teens are sent back on Earth to colonize it 97 years after a nuclear war. The survivors of that war, called the Grounders, speak Trigedasleng, a descendant of Modern American English.
Trigedasleng numbers list
- 1 – won
- 2 – tu
- 3 – thri
- 4 – fou
- 5 – fai
- 6 – sis
- 7 – sen
- 8 – eit
- 9 – nain
- 10 – ten
- 11 – len
- 12 – twel
- 13 – thotin
- 14 – fotin
- 15 – fitin
- 16 – sistin
- 17 – sentin
- 18 – eitin
- 19 – naitin
- 20 – tweni
- 30 – thodi
- 40 – fodi
- 50 – fidi
- 60 – sisti
- 70 – sendi
- 80 – eidi
- 90 – naidi
- 100 – won honet
- 1,000 – won thauz
- one million – won miyon
- one billion – won biyon
Trigedasleng 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: won [1], tu [2], thri [3], fou [4], fai [5], sis [6], sen [7], eit [8], and nain [9].
- Numbers from eleven to nineteen are: len [11], twel [12], thotin [13], fotin [14], fitin [15], sistin [16], sentin [17], eitin [18], and naitin [19].
- As the other numbers, the tens are derived from the English tens: ten [10], tweni [20], thodi [30], fodi [40], fidi [50], sisti [60], sendi [70], eidi [80], and naidi [90].
- Compound numbers are formed like in English by stating the ten, then the unit, but separated with a space (e.g.: tweni won [21], thodi fai [35]).
- The word for hundred is honet (won honet is one hundred). Compound hundreds are formed by stating the hundred, the coordination en (from and), then either the ten and the unit, or directly the unit (e.g.: sen honet en thri [703], eit honet en sisti sen [867]).
- The scale numbers honet (hundred, 102), thauz (thousand, 103), miyon (million, 106) and biyon (billion, 109) are always singular. A comma may or may not be used to separate the thousands and the hundreds, the millions and the thousands (e.g.: tu thauz, fai honet en tweni won [2,521], tu miyon, thri honet en fodi fai thauz, sen honet [2,345,700]).
Write a number in full in Trigedasleng
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Trigedasleng. 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
The 100
by Kass Morgan, editors Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2014)
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Los 100
by Kass Morgan, editors Alfaguara (2014)
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Les 100
by Kass Morgan, editors R Jeunes Adultes (2014)
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The 100: Os Escolhidos
by Kass Morgan, editors Galera Record (2014)
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Articles
David J. Peterson After his linguistics studies at University of California, David J. Peterson has been chosen by HBO to create the Dothraki language for its series Game of Thrones. He then invented many other languages for television, the movie industry, and literature. |
Sources
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