Konalkepota: Counting

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Counting is in base 8. My conspecies has four toes, and eight fingers on each foot and hand respectively. (They are humanoid in shape.)

Each number is represented by a vowel, either h(0)(oi), a(1)(ah), e(2)(eh), i(3)(ee), o(4)(oh), u(5)(oo), w(6)(ou), or y(7)(ai). Whereas our counting has three places before the comma, my constructed language has only two numbers (vowels) before their divider (consonant) [There must always be an end divider]. The dividers read, from right to left, as "s", "b", "t", "p", "v" (There shouldn't need to be more than that. If there is a reason, I'll figure out what to put for further dividers.)

Because the species writes from Right to Left, their counting would seem strange to us. For instance, 16,302
is spelled as two (and zero) "s" three and six "b" one (and zero) "t".
It is written as: ehsiwbaht (eh-ois-ee-ou-bah-oit) and can be simplified as: esiwbat (eh-see-ou-baht).

Below Tens

0=hs, or hhs (00)

1=as, or ahs (01)

2=es, or ehs (02)

3=is, or ihs (03)

4=os, or ohs (04)

5=us, or uhs (05)

6=ws, or whs (06)

7=ys, or yhs (07)

Tens

10=has

11=aas

12=eas

13=ias

14=oas

15=uas

16=was

17=yas

Twenties

20=hes

21=aes

22=ees

23=ies

24=oes

25=ues

26=wes

27=yes

Thirties

30=his

31=ais

32=eis

33=iis

34=ois

35=uis

36=wis

37=yis

Forties

40=hos

41=aos

42=eos

43=ios

44=oos

45=uos

46=wos

47=yos

Fifties

50=hus

51=aus

52=eus

53=ius

54=ous

55=uus

56=wus

57=yus

Sixties

60=hws

61=aws

62=ews

63=iws

64=ows

65=uws

66=wws

67=yws

Seventies

70=hys

71=ays

72=eys

73=iys

74=oys

75=uys

76=wys

77=yys

After

100=hhsab (100 can also be written as "hsab", or even "ab")