Numbers in Pravic

Tvo-Pravic, like most Terran languages, counts in base 10. This is probably because, as on Earth, fingers are a salient feature of counting. This idea is somewhat supported by the change of initial consonant after five.

 

The numbers and number system are:

 

English

Pravic

Prefix

Zero

Mad

ma

one

Nik

ni

two

Nes

ne

three

Nat

na

four

Nof

no

five

Nuv

nu

six

Vik

vi

seven

Ves

ve

eight

Vat

va

nine

Vof

vo

ten

Nimad

nima

twenty

Nemad

nema

One hundred

Nimamad

nimama

Two hundred

Nemamad

nemama

One thousand

Ninyst

niny

One million

Ninynyst

ninyny

Six million

Vinynyst

vinyny

One billion

Nivyth

nivy

Three zeroes

Nyst

 

Nine zeroes

Vyst

 

1,283,511

Ninevananuninik

Numbers of more than 3 digits

are not treated as prefixes

 

ra- (repeat, or again) is also treated as a number prefix. So twice more is rane-.

 

Other numerical prefixes include: sha- (many); la- (most); tha- (every or all); and pa- (a few).