Numbers in ABCL
NUMBERS
Also for the numbers, the suffix “_x” meaning zero, a differing system has been created.
1 to 10: bi, çi, fi, ki, li, vi, pi, si, yi, bix
| 1-9 | 10-90 | 11-19 | 100-900 | 1 Th-9 Th | 10 Th-90 Th | 100 Th-900 Th | 1 Mln-9 Mln | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| #i | #ix | bi#i | #iç | #if | #ik | #il | #iv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | bi | bix | bibi | biç | bif | bik | bil | biv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | çi | çix | biçi | çiç | çif | çik | çil | çiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | fi | .... | .... | ..... | fif | ..... | ..... | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | ki | .... | .... | ..... | ..... | kik | ..... | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | li | .... | .... | ..... | ..... | ..... | lil | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | ni | .... | .... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | viv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | pi | .... | .... | ..... | ..... | pik | pil | ... | pip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | si | .... | .... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ..... | ... | sis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | yi | yix | biyi | yiç | yif | yik | yil | yin | yip | yis | yiy |
An example: The number 6 572 120 is written in ABCL: viv.lil.pik.çif.biç.çix (includes 18 letters). The same digit written in English extends to 52 letters.
The system continues in such “ten” times pattern as:
bip, bis(billion), biy, bim, bir(trillion), bit, biv, biş(quadrillion). Over that, the system follows one thousand pattern such as "bix big, biç big, bif big, bil big, biv, big" etc.
At the first sight it seems to be some ambiguity with some verbs, e.g. “biv” means as verb “fume” but as number “million” or “bibi” means “caused” but as number “eleven”. However in the syntax a mix up is not possible due to the fact that the verbs are placed secondly after the subject where the numbers stay as adjectives before the noun they modify. (e.g.: a bibi bibi hünsü çux camba=I (have) caused eleven accidents last year.) and they always get a suffix when used in a sentence.
