Tongan number system
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Tongan and Lojban have a very simple number system.
Primarily, you put digits one after another. Generally you only read out letters in English when it's a phone number or a code number. 145606 is almost always "One hundred and forty-five thousand, six hundred and six". However, digits after the radix point are read out, i.e. "Pi is three point one four one five nine two six ..."
Note that both in Lojban and Tongan "100" has two possible realizations. Lojban has additional words for hexadecimal system , which explains why it also has a single word for "10".
Number | Tongan | Lojban | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
0 | noa | no | 0 |
1 | taha | pa | 1 |
2 | ua | re | 2 |
3 | tolu | ci | 3 |
4 | fa | vo | 4 |
5 | nima | mu | 5 |
6 | ono | xa | 6 |
7 | fitu | ze | 7 |
8 | valu | bi | 8 |
9 | hiva | so | 9 |
10 | hongofulu | dau | 10 |
10 | taha noa | pa no | 1, 0 |
11 | taha taha | pa pa | 1, 1 |
12 | taha ua | pa re | 1, 2 |
13 | taha tolu | pa ci | 1, 3 |
14 | taha fa | pa vo | 1, 4 |
15 | taha nima | pa mu | 1, 5 |
16 | taha ono | pa xa | 1, 6 |
17 | taha fitu | pa ze | 1, 7 |
18 | taha valu | pa bi | 1, 8 |
19 | taha hiva | pa so | 1, 9 |
20 | ua noa | re no | 2, 0 |
21 | ua taha | re pa | 2, 1 |
22 | ua ua | re re | 2, 2 |
23 | ua tolu | re ci | 2, 3 |
24 | ua fa | re vo | 2, 4 |
25 | ua nima | re mu | 2, 5 |
26 | ua ono | re xa | 2, 6 |
27 | ua fitu | re ze | 2, 7 |
28 | ua valu | re bi | 2, 8 |
29 | ua hiva | re so | 2, 9 |
30 | tolu noa | ci no | 3, 0 |
31 | tolu taha | ci pa | 3, 1 |
32 | tolu ua | ci re | 3, 2 |
33 | tolu tolu | ci ci | 3, 3 |
34 | tolu fa | ci vo | 3, 4 |
35 | tolu nima | ci mu | 3, 5 |
36 | tolu ono | ci xa | 3, 6 |
37 | tolu fitu | ci ze | 3, 7 |
38 | tolu valu | ci bi | 3, 8 |
39 | tolu hiva | ci so | 3, 9 |
40 | fa noa | vo no | 4, 0 |
41 | fa taha | vo pa | 4, 1 |
42 | fa ua | vo re | 4, 2 |
43 | fa tolu | vo ci | 4, 3 |
44 | fa fa | vo vo | 4, 4 |
45 | fa nima | vo mu | 4, 5 |
46 | fa ono | vo xa | 4, 6 |
47 | fa fitu | vo ze | 4, 7 |
48 | fa valu | vo bi | 4, 8 |
49 | fa hiva | vo so | 4, 9 |
50 | nima noa | mu no | 5, 0 |
51 | nima taha | mu pa | 5, 1 |
52 | nima ua | mu re | 5, 2 |
53 | nima tolu | mu ci | 5, 3 |
54 | nima fa | mu vo | 5, 4 |
55 | nima nima | mu mu | 5, 5 |
56 | nima ono | mu xa | 5, 6 |
57 | nima fitu | mu ze | 5, 7 |
58 | nima valu | mu bi | 5, 8 |
59 | nima hiva | mu so | 5, 9 |
60 | ono noa | xa no | 6, 0 |
61 | ono taha | xa pa | 6, 1 |
62 | ono ua | xa re | 6, 2 |
63 | ono tolu | xa ci | 6, 3 |
64 | ono fa | xa vo | 6, 4 |
65 | ono nima | xa mu | 6, 5 |
66 | ono ono | xa xa | 6, 6 |
67 | ono fitu | xa ze | 6, 7 |
68 | ono valu | xa bi | 6, 8 |
69 | ono hiva | xa so | 6, 9 |
70 | fitu noa | ze no | 7, 0 |
71 | fitu taha | ze pa | 7, 1 |
72 | fitu ua | ze re | 7, 2 |
73 | fitu tolu | ze ci | 7, 3 |
74 | fitu fa | ze vo | 7, 4 |
75 | fitu nima | ze mu | 7, 5 |
76 | fitu ono | ze xa | 7, 6 |
77 | fitu fitu | ze ze | 7, 7 |
78 | fitu valu | ze bi | 7, 8 |
79 | fitu hiva | ze so | 7, 9 |
80 | valu noa | bi no | 8, 0 |
81 | valu taha | bi pa | 8, 1 |
82 | valu ua | bi re | 8, 2 |
83 | valu tolu | bi ci | 8, 3 |
84 | valu fa | bi vo | 8, 4 |
85 | valu nima | bi mu | 8, 5 |
86 | valu ono | bi xa | 8, 6 |
87 | valu fitu | bi ze | 8, 7 |
88 | valu valu | bi bi | 8, 8 |
89 | valu hiva | bi so | 8, 9 |
90 | hiva noa | so no | 9, 0 |
91 | hiva taha | so pa | 9, 1 |
92 | hiva ua | so re | 9, 2 |
93 | hiva tolu | so ci | 9, 3 |
94 | hiva fa | so vo | 9, 4 |
95 | hiva nima | so mu | 9, 5 |
96 | hiva ono | so xa | 9, 6 |
97 | hiva fitu | so ze | 9, 7 |
98 | hiva valu | so bi | 9, 8 |
99 | hiva hiva | so so | 9, 9 |
100 | teau | pa ki'o | 100 |
100 | taha noa noa | pa no no | 1, 0, 0 |