Dwekoenish numerals

This article gives a detailed explanation of the number system of the Dwekoenish language.

Cardinal Numbers

Dwekoenish has two number systems: one decimal (base-10) and one undecimal (base-11). The terminology of both systems is the same concerning numbers between one and ten, and the differences in larger numbers are of minuscule value. Since the undecimal system is now largely unused, we here detail the decimal system.

	Number	Roman	Cyrillic
	1	eives (ei)	еівес (еі)
	2	dveas (dve)	двеас (две)
	3	þriyyas (þri)	тхріииас (тхрі)
	4	čatvoras (čar)	чатворас (чар)
	5	pyyač	пииач
	6	syyoš	сииош
	7	šovam (šom)	шовам (шом)
	8	óč	ӯч
	9	dživam (džam)	джівам (джам)
	10	džišeþ (džeþ)	джішетх (джетх)
	11	eizodžeþ	еізоджетх
	12	dvezodžeþ	двезоджетх
	13	þrizodžeþ	тхрізоджетх
	14	čarzodžeþ	чарзоджетх
	15	pyyazodžeþ	пииазоджетх
	16	syyozodžeþ	сииозоджетх
	17	šomzodžeþ	шомзоджетх
	18	ózodžeþ	ӯзоджетх
	19	džamzodžeþ	джамзоджетх
	20	džešaþ	джешатх
	21	džešaþ eives	джешатх еівес
	22	džešaþ dveas	джешатх двеас
	...	...	...
	30	þreiyyeþ	тхреіииетх
	40	setworeþ	сетԝоретх
	50	pyyóčeþ	пииӯчетх
	60	syyošeþ	сииошетх
	70	šovómeþ	шовӯметх
	80	óčeþ	ӯчетх
	90	dživómeþ	джівӯметх
	100
	101
	...	...	...
	135
	...	...	...
	200

Forms in parentheses denote contractions. These variants are considered colloquial, and are typically not used in official contexts. They also represent (with minor exceptions) the forms which are inserted into compounds involving numbers, including constructions of larger numbers as shown above.

Declined Numbers

The numbers one through four are declined for number, gender, and case, whether they appear as a single-digit number or as the final digit of a larger number. The number zero is declined for gender, but not for case. No other numbers are declined.

Conspicuously, the declined numerals possess declensions more closely related to nouns than adjectives, but numbers are classified as adjectives in Dwekoenish.

The tables below detail the declensions of the numbers 0 through 4.

Ordinal Numbers

The table below represents the canonical forms of the Dwekoenish ordinal numbers. All ordinal numbers are declined like singular adjectives. The ordinal corresponding to 1 can be declined for any number, e.g. in constructions such as "the first two days" or "the first drinks poured."

(To be completed.)

Undecimal System

In the historical undecimal number, system, the number 11 is referred to by the name "džišót" (contracted as "džót"). Numbers are built similarly from this base, with the addition of forms like "džeþzodžót" for the undecimal number 1A, etc. The undecimal system disappeared from everyday use several centuries ago, and is typically only found in ancient runic inscriptions. Because numbers are rarely named in these documents, there is ongoing controversy over whether the term "džišót" was artificially introduced by linguists or historians. Also because the runic numbers are no longer in use, the number corresponding to the term "džišeþ" is typically denoted A in discussions about the undecimal number system.