numbers glosa //frater

This is the part of page about Frater (artificial language seeming Glosa) = where you can read the system of the numbers. You can see that Frater way = can be use in Glosa for said numbers. ( the original page is linked here : =

http://www.smart.net/~bartlett/frater2.html#numerical )

******= ********* FRATER language ————————- RU= LE 8. NUMERICAL FORMS. ————————-

If there is no nume= rical form or any other way, including context, to indicate that a word is= and must be regarded as plural, use the modifier POLI. However, there is = no plural form of words, plurality being indicated by other words or by co= ntext; consequently, use of POLI is frequently unnecessary and should not = be used if any other word or phrase indicates plurality or if specificatio= n of number is not significant.

frater2 uses the decimal system of numer= ation.

     NUL     0     DEKA    10
     UNI     1     SENTI   = 100
     BI      2     MIL     1000
     TRI     3     MIRIA   10.0= 00
     TETRA   4     LAK     100.000
     PENTA   5     MILION  1.= 000.000
     SES     6     MILIAR  1.000.000.000
     SEP     7    =  BILION  1.000.000.000.000
     OKA     8
     NONA    9

As a matt= er of convenience or euphony, it is permissible to elide the I from UNI if= the I is the last sound of the word or compound.

Larger numbers are spec= ified in a form similar to international scientific notation: a multiplier= times a power of ten; for example,

73.000.000.000.000.000 SEP BIRGUL TRI= MULTI DEKA FORSE DEKASES

Form multiples of ten and hundred by juxtaposit= ion:

     BIDEKA        BISENTI
     TRIDEKA       TRISENTI
=
 TETRADEKA     TETRASENTI
     PENTADEKA     PENTASENTI
     SE= SDEKA       SESSENTI
     SEPDEKA       SEPSENTI
     OKADEKA      =  OKASENTI
     NONADEKA      NONASENTI

Units are appended in larger nu= mbers. For example:

     DEKAUNI    11     BIDEKATRI     23
    =  DEKAPENTA  15     TETRADEKASEP  47
     DEKAOKA    18     NONADEKABI  =   92

For larger numbers, for clarity make slight pauses or hesitations wh= en speaking and insert hyphens when writing (if not using numerals).

For= numbers larger than one thousand, specify the number of thousands in term= s of smaller units.

     DEKATETRA-MIL SESSENTI-BIDEKA-UNI  14.621  =
    TETRASENTI-BIDEKA-NONA-MILION SEPSENTI-OKA-MIL SENTI-BIDEKA- BI    =
    429.708.122

Numbers with decimal fractions may be read in either o= f three ways:

1.234,5.678

a) Simply by naming the digits and the decima= l point:

UNI BI TRI TETRA BIRGUL PENTA SES SEP OKA

b) By naming the two= parts of the number with UNISURDEKA OT (literally, “of tenths,” a special= idiom to indicate a decimal fraction) preceding the fractional part:

MI= L BISENTI-TRIDEKA-TETRA UNISURDEKA OT PENTA-MIL SESSENTI SEPDEKA- OKA

c) = A combination method, naming the whole part in the conventional way and li= sting the numerals after the decimal point:

MIL BISENTI-TRIDEKA-TETRA BIR= GUL PENTA SES SEP OKA

An ordinal number begins with the particle SER. (Th= ink of the particle as modifying a substantive with ordinality and the num= ber modifying the particle with the numerical degree or ordinality.)

For= m multiplicative numbers by adding TEM to the cardinal numbers:

    =  BITEM   double
     SESTEM  sextuple

Form fractional numbers by compo= unding UNISUR (one above) with the cardinal number.

     UNISURBI  =
             a half
     UNISURPENTA                a fifth
   =   UNISUROKA                  an eighth
     DEKATETRA UNISURBIDEKATRI  = fourteen twenty-thirds (14/23)

Hyphens may be inserted between components = for clarity in writing. BIDEKA-OKA UNISUR SENTI-TETRADEKA-NONA (28/149) twe= nty-eight one hundred forty-ninths

Large fractions with long verbal expr= essions may commonly be written with numerals.

Form collective numbers b= y adding PER (by) to the cardinal numbers.

TARIF JUGE BIDEKA DOLAR PER SE= NTI. The price is twenty dollars a hundred.

Because nouns, adjectives, a= nd adverbs can have the same root, cardinal numbers can also be substantiv= es with a collective sense.

     UNI      a unity
     DEKABI   = a dozen
     BIDEKA   a score
     MIL      a thousand (of somethin= g)

In case of ambiuguity, the number can be prefixed to GRUP, as in:

BIDE= KAGRUP a score