Eo'iona numbers: view article

Class #	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Six	Seven	Eight	Nine	Ten	Hundred	Thousand
1	ín	nôn	éán	noôn	èn	ì'oán	aáìn	áîn	óé'òn	ínîne	nò'ae'e	îoàei'à
2	naè	ôô	îa'a'i	èenen	ò'eá	ini'í	naào	ni'ei'ei	éo'ao	iíon	a'onoa'aá	iniaèà
3	îaî	îeîo	ánanâ	o'aàiéa	ànaei	e'ìniôà	îeiá	o'oè'i'a	êieàoâ	òìíea	nâ'aâioò	eènein
4	ìè'à	oéîéa	ià'anà	aea'áèe	oiànâê	i'ô'on	i'àêà	îóna'a	eìeì'oa	nîaáà	níaníà	niáni'an
5	ì'eoan	nèò	áeáì	ôenaè	à'anéi	nîe'ièe	iè'oaò	anà'a	êi'aì	niàn	nà'îàn	naìínàn
6	áion	ânoò	â'ì	ôanâ	a'ánoè	ni'á'a	iao'an	aá'ao	eìian	naàn	nànàn	nanài'a
7	oni	anai	eáè	inâôà	a'eíoà	nîîe	a'oaì	é'i'eà	nìae	naoî	naînaò	ainàno
8	oéo	aéà'ì	eâe	inòo	aeì	naèi	aô'eè	ei'a	nêêae	aà'ao	àe'âà	naíni

Note that zero (ón) is not listed here - it is not a number in Eo'iona, but instead means "no" (as an adjective), and is the same for all words.

[edit] [top]Other numbers

The methods in this section apply to all classes of numbers in Eo'iona. For simplicity, I will use numerals from class 1 (animals and people) in all examples.

Simple multiplication by 10, 100, and 1000 is used to create the multiples of 10, 100, and 1000, with larger numbers coming before smaller ones. For example:

20 is ínîne nôn (ten two)
50 is ínîne èn (ten five)
300 is nò'ae'e éán (hundred three)
8000 is îoàei'à áîn (thousand eight)
10 000 is îoàei'à ínîne (thousand ten)
20 000 is îoàei'à ínîne nôn (thousand ten two)
100 000 is îoàei'à nò'ae'e (thousand hundred)
5 000 000 is îoàei'à îoàei'à èn (thousand thousand five)

In each such number, at most one of the numbers from 1-9 can be used, and 10 and 100 can be used at most once each; however, 1000 can be used any number of times, so this method can create arbitrarily large numbers.

To combine numbers of different magnitudes, the word nê is used. The same word is used for all classes of numerals. The component numbers should be listed from smallest to largest, and at most one number of each magnitude can be used. For example:

11 is ín nê ínîne (one and ten)
42 is nôn nê ínîne noôn (two and ten four)
250 is ínîne èn nê nò'ae'e nôn (ten five and hundred two)
962 is nôn nê ínîne ì'oán nê nò'ae'e óé'òn (two and ten six and hundred nine)
1232 is nôn nê ínîne éán nê nò'ae'e nôn nê îoàei'à (two and ten three and hundred two and thousand)

[edit] [top]Expressing quantity

Numbers always behave like adjectives in Eo'iona, and normally express quantity. For example:

"No people", or "zero people", would become "ón eôá'a" /no person.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.ANAnimate (gender/class)
alive, moving/
"Two cats" would become "nôn niâón" /two.G1Gender 1 (gender/class)
for nonsemantic, very language-specific, or not-yet-added word classes cat.PAUPaucal (number)
a few, some.ANAnimate (gender/class)
alive, moving/
"Five boats" would become "a'ánoè óíèàn" /five.G6Gender 6 (gender/class) boat.PAUPaucal (number)
a few, some.ANAnimate (gender/class)
alive, moving/
"A hundred days" would become "àe'âà éòà'an" /hundred.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) day.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/

Note that the number one is not generally used as an adjective expressing quantity. This is explained in the next section.

[edit] [top]Ordinal numbers

Ordinal numbers can be formed in much the same way as numbers expressing quantity, except the noun after the number must be in the singular form, rather than the paucal or plural form. For example:

"The first stranger" would become "ín á'âeó" /one.G1Gender 1 (gender/class)
for nonsemantic, very language-specific, or not-yet-added word classes stranger.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/
"The fifth boat" would become "a'ánoè óíèà" /five.G6Gender 6 (gender/class) boat.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/
"The hundredth table" would become "nà'îàn â'eíà" /hundred.G5Gender 5 (gender/class) table.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/

This is why the number one is generally not used as an adjective expressing quantity.

[edit] [top]Numbers as nouns

To use a number as a noun, the syntax is the same as it is for ordinal numbers, except the noun used must be iaéne (number). For example:

1 would become "oéo iaénè" /one.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) number.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/ (i.e. first number)
5 would become "aeì iaénè" /five.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) number.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/ (i.e. fifth number)
100 would become "àe'âà iaénè" /hundred.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) number.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/ (i.e. hundredth number)

Note that class 8 must be used, as it is the class which applies to the word iaéne.

To say zero, simply use the word òn, which means "nothing", rather than using the above syntax.

[edit] [top]Approximate numbers

The word anoî can be used to indicate uncertainty, like the English word "approximately". It appears before numbers. For example:

"Approximately 100 people" would become "anoî nò'ae'e eôá'a" /approximately hundred.G1Gender 1 (gender/class)
for nonsemantic, very language-specific, or not-yet-added word classes person.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.ANAnimate (gender/class)
alive, moving/
"Approximately 15 strangers" would become "anoî èn nê ínîne á'âeó'a" /approximately five.G1Gender 1 (gender/class)
for nonsemantic, very language-specific, or not-yet-added word classes and ten.G1Gender 1 (gender/class)
for nonsemantic, very language-specific, or not-yet-added word classes stranger.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.ANAnimate (gender/class)
alive, moving/ (note that anoî only occurs before the first numeral in the number)

English phrases like "hundreds of X" and "thousands of Y" can be translated using the word nêón, meaning "a few" or "some". For example:

"Hundreds of people" would become "nêón nò'ae'e eôá'a" /some hundred.G1Gender 1 (gender/class)
for nonsemantic, very language-specific, or not-yet-added word classes person.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.ANAnimate (gender/class)
alive, moving/
"Thousands of years" would become "nêón naíni inîì'a" /some thousand.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) year.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/

If a number is preceded by nêón as described above, it should normally be a power of ten: 10, 100, 1000, 10 000, and so on. An exception to this rule is the expression of decades, such as the 1850s or the 1990s:

"The 1850s" would become "nêón aà'ao aeì nê àe'âà ei'a nê naíni inîì'a" /some ten.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) five.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) and hundred.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) eight.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) and thousand.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) year.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/
"The 1990s" would become "nêón aà'ao nêêae nê àe'âà nêêae nê naíni inîì'a" /some ten.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) nine.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) and hundred.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) nine.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) and thousand.G8Gender 8 (gender/class) year.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.INInanimate (gender/class)
for non-living things/

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