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.

Usually we only deal with approximate numbers. However in some scientific situation you have long and accurately known numbers. For example 34y4̴72m531. In these situations the letters divide the numbers up into sets of three ... a bit similar to how we use comma's to make long numbers easier to read.

Of course there is also a way of representing numbers 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

Now you can see the same letter is being used to write exponent values greater than one and also less than one. What is to stop confusion between the two sets ? Well for longish numbers with two or more exponent values, the relative order of the exponents should tell you if we are dealing with a greater than one situation, or a less than one situation. For example 34y4̴72m531 must be greater than one, and 34m4̴72y531 must be less than one. However how do we distinguish between numbers that have only one exponent ? Well in these cases we would put a decimal point to the left of the numbers that are smaller than one. The decimal point symbol is a near-vertical dash(represented here by "|"). For example |34y4̴⁓ is a number smaller than one.

Note;- The numbers get there magnitude value from the letter and not the decimal point. Only if there is no letter, do they take there magnitude value from the decimal point. For example |34 would equal (3*8**-1)+(4*8**-2). Whereas |34y would equal (3*8**-5)+(4*8**-6).

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