Micronation Conlang : Counting Numbers

Constructed Language : Counting | Numbers

Counting in Hanian muv ; ta is easy, but knowing which set of numbers to use for what is a little bit more tricky. First things first though, the word arth means count. To say varth is to say both to count and counting.

It’s considered informal counting, thus it’s not used for math.  There is a secondary counting system (in sor sar) that’s used for math and count-outs. Lastly our version of 1st, 2nd and 3rd also serve as stop counts. This is something unique in the Hanian language that you’ll learn about soon. We haven’t even covered negative numbers yet either, so don’t freak out and start here.

ka ; tik – zero [ka-tik]

zii ; knii – one [see-knee]

j ; ez – two [eye-ez]

j ; riid – three [eye-reed]

rj ; ev – four [reye – ev]

pal ; cho – five [pal-cho]

lj ; ta – six – [leye-tah]

gro ; em – seven [groh-em]

zii ; nul – eight [see-nul]

an ; kur – nine [an-kur]

laz ; ke – ten [laz-keh]

u ; itz – eleven [uh-itz]

ti ; kra – twelve [tee-kra]

ze ; bli – thirteen [zeh-bli]

yo ; tin – fourteen – [yoh-tin]

ert ; za – fifteen [ert-zah]

As you can see it’s vastly different in a few ways from normal counting in English (or even several other languages). I’m curious to see who can pick up the not so obvious here. You’ll also learn later what happens after the number fifteen.

Adding a she (pronounced sheh, not as in the female shee) the anti modifier in front of the varth will turn the whole thing into one of the better Hanian insults, to question someone’s ability to count. It’s insulting on more than one level, as it can mean the person is an idiot, can’t even speak the most basic of Hanian, doesn’t care about one’s jobs or even worse is greedy. Doesn’t this word even sound insulting? she ; varth

1rst, 2nd, 3rd + Stop counts