Counting in Felinese
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One hand?
This public article was written by Kawa, and last updated on 26 Sep 2015, 19:12. Editing of this article is shared with Felin Space Council.
[comments] felnumberscounting The story goes that the first felin to count, had a spear in one hand, leaving only one other to count on. And that is why the felin count in base five.
Now, scholars tend towards hexadecimal, but this isn't about them.
Felin use a simple positional system, where each number is written as a mostly-unbroken line: 1234, pronounced esre-shaka-tihen-naim.
Zeroes are the only digit that breaks this line: 1024, pronounced esre-tika-naim
| Value | Glyph | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | sela |
| 1 | 1 | ewia |
| 2 | 2 | kaie |
| 3 | 3 | hene |
| 4 | 4 | naim |
| 10 | 10 | tisela |
| 1. | tie-... | |
| 20 | 20 | tikaie |
| 2. | tika-... | |
| 30 | 30 | tihene |
| 3. | tihe-... | |
| 40 | 40 | tinaim |
| 4. | tina-... | |
| 100 | 100 | sha-ewia |
| 1.. | shaewi-... | |
| 200 | 200 | shakaie |
| 2.. | shaka-... | |
| 300 | 300 | shahene |
| 3.. | shahene-... | |
| 400 | 400 | shanaim |
| 4.. | shana-... | |
| 1000 | 1000 | esresela |
| 1.... | esre-... | |
| 2000 | 2000 | eskaie |
| 2.... | eska-... | |
| 3000 | 3000 | eshene |
| 3.... | eshen-... | |
| 4000 | 4000 | esnaim |
| 4.... | esna-... |
After 4444 4444 esna-shana-tina-naim, things have run out. To write larger numbers, a myriad separator is used, the tiksre or \: 1234,3210 1234\3210 esre-shaka-tihen-naim-tiksre eshen-shaka-tisela This can go on forever.
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