Sunday, September 18, 2016

Names for dozenal numbers: English, Spanish, French, German, and Hungarian

I came up with names for dozenal numbers in multiple languages.

Take note, I only know English, so I have to do my best with with the only tool I have: Google Translate, and then I will talk to people who know the language. I only consulted about Hungarian so far, so English and Hungarian are the only systems that are final.

I try to do some universal scheme with zen, duna, and trin, and it will sound somewhat similar to the current schemes for each language.

English

1: one
2: two
3: three
4: four
5: five
6: six
7: seven
8: eight
9: nine
X: ten
E: eleven
10: zen
11: onezeene
12: twozeene
13: threezeene
14: fourzeene
15: fivezeene
16: sixzeene
17: sevenzeene
18: eightzeene
19: ninezeene
1X: tenzeene
1E: elevenzeene
20: twozen
30: threezen
40: fourzen
50: fivezen
60: sixzen
70: sevenzen
80: eightzen
90: ninezen
X0: tenzen
E0: elevenzen
100: one duna
200: two duna
1'000: one trin
2'000: two trin
10'000: zen trin
100'000: one duna trin
1'000'000: one dillion
1'000'000'000: one bidillion
1'000'000'000'000: one tridillion

Spanish

1: uno
2: dos
3: tres
4: cuatro
5: cinco
6: seis
7: siete
8: ocho
9: nueve
X: diez
E: once
10: uncena
11: uncenuno
12: uncendos
13: uncentres
14: uncencuatro
15: uncencinco
16: uncenseis
17: uncensiete
18: uncenocho
19: uncenueve
1X: uncendiez
1E: uncenonce
20: vicena
30: trecena
40: cuarcena
50: cincena
60: seicena
70: sietecena
80: ochocena
90: nuevecena
X0: diecena
E0: oncena
100: duen
200: dosduentos
1'000: tril
2'000: dos tril
10'000: uncena tril
100'000: duen tril
1'000'000: un dillión
1'000'000'000: tril dilliones
1'000'000'000'000: un bidillión

French

French counts weird.

For numbers above sixty, they so something like:

70: Sixty ten
80: Four twenties
90: Four twenties ten

I could have done sevenzen as "sixzen zen", but I just completely eliminated that clause, and made it like every other language.

1: un
2: deux
3: trois
4: quatre
5: cinq
6: six
7: sept
8: huit
9: neuf
X: dix
E: onze
10: unzaine
11: unzaine et un
12: unzaine et deux
13: unzaine et trois
14: unzaine et quatre
15: unzaine et cinq
16: unzaine et six
17: unzaine et sept
18: unzaine et huit
19: unzaine et neuf
1X: unzaine et dix
1E: unzaine et onze
20: vizaine
30: trezaine
40: quaranzaine
50: cinquzaine
60: soixzaine
70: septzaine
80: huitzaine
90: neufzaine
X0: dixzaine
E0: onzezaine
100: duent
200: deux duent
1'000: trille
2'000: deux trille
10'000: unzaine trille
100'000: duent trille
1'000'000: un dillion
1'000'000'000: un dilliard
1'000'000'000'000: un bidillion

German

For zen, I kept it "dutzend", instead of shortening it because

* 10 is "zehn", and "zend" would sound similar
* "zehn" is also like "teen" in English (so i did "zend" as "zeene"), but German does either "zig" or "ßig" for "ty", and I could not find a suitable alternative except "dutz". (I really can't do suffixes that are proper German words because of how German combines words)


1: eins
2: zwei
3: drei
4: vier
5: fünf
6: sux
7: sieben
8: acht
9: neun
X: zehn
E: elf
10: dutzend
11: einszend
12: zweizend
13: dreizend
14: vierzend
15: fünfzend
16: suxzend
17: siebenzend
18: achtzend
19: neunzend
1X: zehnzend
1E: elfzend
20: zweidutz
30: dreidutz
40: vierdutz
50: fünfdutz
60: suxdutz
70: seibendutz
80: achtdutz
90: neundutz
X0: zehndutz
E0: elfdutz
100: einduna
200: zweiduna
1'000: eintrin
2'000: zweitrin
10'000: dutzendtrin
100'000: eindunatrin
1'000'000: eine dillion
1'000'000'000: eine dilliarde
1'000'000'000'000: eine bidillion

Hungarian

I made up a new word for 11: zégy (short for the current word: tizenegy. I was told it would sound better as é than an e).

1: egy
2: kettő
3: három
4: négy
5: öt
6: hat
7: hét
8: nyolc
9: kilenc
X: tíz
E: zégy
10: tucat
11: tucategy
12: tucatkettő
13: tucathárom
14: tucatnégy
15: tucatöt
16: tucathat
17: tucathét
18: tucatnyolc
19: tucatkilenc
1X: tucattíz
1E: tucatzégy
20: kétcet
30: háromcet
40: négycet
50: ötcet
60: hatcat
70: hetcet
80: nyolcat
90: kilencet
X0: tizcet
E0: zégycet
100: duáz
200: kétduáz
1'000: tizer
2'000: kétizer
10'000: tucatizer
100'000: duázizer
1'000'000: dillió
1'000'000'000: dilliárd
1'000'000'000'000: bidillió

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