Conlanging the Opal Mask - Numbers from 1 to 5 - Lexember Post 4

[becka_sutton]

Well numbers are words and they are most certainly commonplace.

1. an
2. ba
3. zeg
4. mot
5. ved

When counting without naming the thing being counted numbers take its noun class. eg: If you were counting sheep it would be anpʰak, bapʰak, zegpʰak etc. If the thing is named then the number is treated as an adjective (and I'm not sure how I'm handling adjectives yet - I'll decide this weekend).

Hope this all makes sense.

Comments

[aldersprig]

What base do they count in?

How is the little subscript H pronounced?

So if you're just counting to ten, is it just an, ba, zeg?

[becka_sutton]

The superscript h represents that the consonant is aspirated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirated_consonant

I need to come up with a diacritic for it because the little h looks bad.

Just counting to ten would be considered counting an abstract so aneka, baeka, zegeka...

Base... base... that's a good question.

*Quick google of various bases*. Vigesimal (base 20).

[(Anonymous)]

So it'll never be an, ba, zeg, then?

Base 20! Yay!

[becka_sutton]

It might if they are counting quickly... but not normally.