Numbers in Seuna

Numbering in Seuna uses base 8. So agau,for example, is actually 16 to us.

1	aba	10(base 8)	abau	100(base 8)	abai
2	aga	20(base 8)	agau	200(base 8)	agai
3	ada	30(base 8)	adau	300(base 8)	adai
4	ala	40(base 8)	alau	400(base 8)	alai
5	aca	50(base 8)	acau	500(base 8)	acai
6	asa	60(base 8)	asau	600(base 8)	asai
7	aka	70(base 8)	akau	700(base 8)	akai

Every number from 1 to 511 has its own unique form which can be worked out from the table above. For example ;-

agauda = 23(base 8)

acaiba = 501(base 8)

alaikausa = 476(base 8)

Seuna has 8 symbols that are reserved for the numbers 0 to 7. Seuna numbers are never written out phonetically. It is as if in English you were never allowed to write "one" but must always write "1".

To express numbers greater than 511, Seuna has a number of exponention terms. These never occur by themselves but must be proceded by one of the numbers 0 to 511. These exponential terms are each written using a single symbol normally used for a consonant.

8 to the power 3	m	mu
8 to the power 6	y	yu
8 to the power 9	j	ju
8 to the power 12	f	fu
8 to the power 15	p	pu
8 to the power 18	t	tu
8 to the power 21	w	wu
8 to the power 24	n	nu
8 to the power 27	h	hu

So for example;-

34y4̴⁓ (pronounced : adaula yu alace) is about the population of the UK in 2008. Seuna has a special symbol (here represented by "⁓" and pronounced as "ce") which tells us the number is not exact, it is only accurate to three significant figures.

Of course there is also a way of representing nummers smaller than one, as well. The table below shows the symbols used for this.

8 to the power -3	m	mi
8 to the power -6	y	yi
8 to the power -9	j	ji
8 to the power -12	f	fi
8 to the power -15	p	pi
8 to the power -18	t	ti
8 to the power -21	w	wi
8 to the power -24	n	ni
8 to the power -27	h	hi

Index

1. Introduction to Seuna
2. Seuna : Chapter 1
3. Seuna word shape
4. The script of Seuna
5. Seuna sentence structure
6. Seuna pronouns
7. Seuna nouns
8. Seuna verbs (1)
9. Seuna adjectives
10. Seuna demonstratives
11. Seuna verbs (2)
12. Asking a question in Seuna
13. Seuna relative clauses
14. Seuna verbs (3)
15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
17. Numbers in Seuna
18. Naming people in Seuna
19. The Seuna calendar
20. Seuna units