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Tongan and Lojban have a very simple 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".


{| class=wikitable
{| class=wikitable
|- align="CENTER"
|-
! Number
!Number
! Reading
!Tongan
! Meaning
!Lojban
|- align="CENTER"
!Literally means
| 0
|-  
| noa
|0
| 0
|noa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''no'''
| 1
|0
| taha
|-  
| 1
|1
|- align="CENTER"
|taha
| 2
|'''pa'''
| ua
|1
| 2
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|2
| 3
|ua
| tolu
|'''re'''
| 3
|2
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 4
|3
| fa
|tolu
| 4
|'''ci'''
|- align="CENTER"
|3
| 5
|-  
| nima
|4
| 5
|fa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''vo'''
| 6
|4
| ono
|-  
| 6
|5
|- align="CENTER"
|nima
| 7
|'''mu'''
| fitu
|5
| 7
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|6
| 8
|ono
| valu
|'''xa'''
| 8
|6
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 9
|7
| hiva
|fitu
| 9
|'''ze'''
|- align="CENTER"
|7
| rowspan="2" | 10
|-  
| hongofulu
|8
| 10
|valu
|- align="CENTER"
|'''bi'''
| taha noa
|8
| 1, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|9
| 11
|hiva
| taha taha
|'''so'''
| 1, 1
|9
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 12
|10
| taha ua
|hongofulu
| 1, 2
|'''dau'''
|- align="CENTER"
|10
| 13
|-  
| taha tolu
|10
| 1, 3
|taha noa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''pa no'''
| 14
|1, 0
| taha fa
|-  
| 1, 4
|11
|- align="CENTER"
|taha taha
| 15
|'''pa pa'''
| taha nima
|1, 1
| 1, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|12
| 16
|taha ua
| taha ono
|'''pa re'''
| 1, 6
|1, 2
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 17
|13
| taha fitu
|taha tolu
| 1, 7
|'''pa ci'''
|- align="CENTER"
|1, 3
| 18
|-  
| taha valu
|14
| 1, 8
|taha fa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''pa vo'''
| 19
|1, 4
| taha hiva
|-  
| 1, 9
|15
|- align="CENTER"
|taha nima
| 20
|'''pa mu'''
| ua noa
|1, 5
| 2, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|16
| 21
|taha ono
| ua taha
|'''pa xa'''
| 2, 1
|1, 6
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 22
|17
| ua ua
|taha fitu
| 2, 2
|'''pa ze'''
|- align="CENTER"
|1, 7
| 23
|-  
| ua tolu
|18
| 2, 3
|taha valu
|- align="CENTER"
|'''pa bi'''
| 24
|1, 8
| ua fa
|-  
| 2, 4
|19
|- align="CENTER"
|taha hiva
| 25
|'''pa so'''
| ua nima
|1, 9
| 2, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|20
| 26
|ua noa
| ua ono
|'''re no'''
| 2, 6
|2, 0
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 27
|21
| ua fitu
|ua taha
| 2, 7
|'''re pa'''
|- align="CENTER"
|2, 1
| 28
|-  
| ua valu
|22
| 2, 8
|ua ua
|- align="CENTER"
|'''re re'''
| 29
|2, 2
| ua hiva
|-  
| 2, 9
|23
|- align="CENTER"
|ua tolu
| 30
|'''re ci'''
| tolu noa
|2, 3
| 3, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|24
| 31
|ua fa
| tolu taha
|'''re vo'''
| 3, 1
|2, 4
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 32
|25
| tolu ua
|ua nima
| 3, 2
|'''re mu'''
|- align="CENTER"
|2, 5
| 33
|-  
| tolu tolu
|26
| 3, 3
|ua ono
|- align="CENTER"
|'''re xa'''
| 34
|2, 6
| tolu fa
|-  
| 3, 4
|27
|- align="CENTER"
|ua fitu
| 35
|'''re ze'''
| tolu nima
|2, 7
| 3, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|28
| 36
|ua valu
| tolu ono
|'''re bi'''
| 3, 6
|2, 8
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 37
|29
| tolu fitu
|ua hiva
| 3, 7
|'''re so'''
|- align="CENTER"
|2, 9
| 38
|-  
| tolu valu
|30
| 3, 8
|tolu noa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''ci no'''
| 39
|3, 0
| tolu hiva
|-  
| 3, 9
|31
|- align="CENTER"
|tolu taha
| 40
|'''ci pa'''
| fa noa
|3, 1
| 4, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|32
| 41
|tolu ua
| fa taha
|'''ci re'''
| 4, 1
|3, 2
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 42
|33
| fa ua
|tolu tolu
| 4, 2
|'''ci ci'''
|- align="CENTER"
|3, 3
| 43
|-  
| fa tolu
|34
| 4, 3
|tolu fa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''ci vo'''
| 44
|3, 4
| fa fa
|-  
| 4, 4
|35
|- align="CENTER"
|tolu nima
| 45
|'''ci mu'''
| fa nima
|3, 5
| 4, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|36
| 46
|tolu ono
| fa ono
|'''ci xa'''
| 4, 6
|3, 6
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 47
|37
| fa fitu
|tolu fitu
| 4, 7
|'''ci ze'''
|- align="CENTER"
|3, 7
| 48
|-  
| fa valu
|38
| 4, 8
|tolu valu
|- align="CENTER"
|'''ci bi'''
| 49
|3, 8
| fa hiva
|-  
| 4, 9
|39
|- align="CENTER"
|tolu hiva
| 50
|'''ci so'''
| nima noa
|3, 9
| 5, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|40
| 51
|fa noa
| nima taha
|'''vo no'''
| 5, 1
|4, 0
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 52
|41
| nima ua
|fa taha
| 5, 2
|'''vo pa'''
|- align="CENTER"
|4, 1
| 53
|-  
| nima tolu
|42
| 5, 3
|fa ua
|- align="CENTER"
|'''vo re'''
| 54
|4, 2
| nima fa
|-  
| 5, 4
|43
|- align="CENTER"
|fa tolu
| 55
|'''vo ci'''
| nima nima
|4, 3
| 5, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|44
| 56
|fa fa
| nima ono
|'''vo vo'''
| 5, 6
|4, 4
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 57
|45
| nima fitu
|fa nima
| 5, 7
|'''vo mu'''
|- align="CENTER"
|4, 5
| 58
|-  
| nima valu
|46
| 5, 8
|fa ono
|- align="CENTER"
|'''vo xa'''
| 59
|4, 6
| nima hiva
|-  
| 5, 9
|47
|- align="CENTER"
|fa fitu
| 60
|'''vo ze'''
| ono noa
|4, 7
| 6, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|48
| 61
|fa valu
| ono taha
|'''vo bi'''
| 6, 1
|4, 8
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 62
|49
| ono ua
|fa hiva
| 6, 2
|'''vo so'''
|- align="CENTER"
|4, 9
| 63
|-  
| ono tolu
|50
| 6, 3
|nima noa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''mu no'''
| 64
|5, 0
| ono fa
|-  
| 6, 4
|51
|- align="CENTER"
|nima taha
| 65
|'''mu pa'''
| ono nima
|5, 1
| 6, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|52
| 66
|nima ua
| ono ono
|'''mu re'''
| 6, 6
|5, 2
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 67
|53
| ono fitu
|nima tolu
| 6, 7
|'''mu ci'''
|- align="CENTER"
|5, 3
| 68
|-  
| ono valu
|54
| 6, 8
|nima fa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''mu vo'''
| 69
|5, 4
| ono hiva
|-  
| 6, 9
|55
|- align="CENTER"
|nima nima
| 70
|'''mu mu'''
| fitu noa
|5, 5
| 7, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|56
| 71
|nima ono
| fitu taha
|'''mu xa'''
| 7, 1
|5, 6
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 72
|57
| fitu ua
|nima fitu
| 7, 2
|'''mu ze'''
|- align="CENTER"
|5, 7
| 73
|-  
| fitu tolu
|58
| 7, 3
|nima valu
|- align="CENTER"
|'''mu bi'''
| 74
|5, 8
| fitu fa
|-  
| 7, 4
|59
|- align="CENTER"
|nima hiva
| 75
|'''mu so'''
| fitu nima
|5, 9
| 7, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|60
| 76
|ono noa
| fitu ono
|'''xa no'''
| 7, 6
|6, 0
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 77
|61
| fitu fitu
|ono taha
| 7, 7
|'''xa pa'''
|- align="CENTER"
|6, 1
| 78
|-  
| fitu valu
|62
| 7, 8
|ono ua
|- align="CENTER"
|'''xa re'''
| 79
|6, 2
| fitu hiva
|-  
| 7, 9
|63
|- align="CENTER"
|ono tolu
| 80
|'''xa ci'''
| valu noa
|6, 3
| 8, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|64
| 81
|ono fa
| valu taha
|'''xa vo'''
| 8, 1
|6, 4
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 82
|65
| valu ua
|ono nima
| 8, 2
|'''xa mu'''
|- align="CENTER"
|6, 5
| 83
|-  
| valu tolu
|66
| 8, 3
|ono ono
|- align="CENTER"
|'''xa xa'''
| 84
|6, 6
| valu fa
|-  
| 8, 4
|67
|- align="CENTER"
|ono fitu
| 85
|'''xa ze'''
| valu nima
|6, 7
| 8, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|68
| 86
|ono valu
| valu ono
|'''xa bi'''
| 8, 6
|6, 8
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 87
|69
| valu fitu
|ono hiva
| 8, 7
|'''xa so'''
|- align="CENTER"
|6, 9
| 88
|-  
| valu valu
|70
| 8, 8
|fitu noa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''ze no'''
| 89
|7, 0
| valu hiva
|-  
| 8, 9
|71
|- align="CENTER"
|fitu taha
| 90
|'''ze pa'''
| hiva noa
|7, 1
| 9, 0
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|72
| 91
|fitu ua
| hiva taha
|'''ze re'''
| 9, 1
|7, 2
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 92
|73
| hiva ua
|fitu tolu
| 9, 2
|'''ze ci'''
|- align="CENTER"
|7, 3
| 93
|-  
| hiva tolu
|74
| 9, 3
|fitu fa
|- align="CENTER"
|'''ze vo'''
| 94
|7, 4
| hiva fa
|-  
| 9, 4
|75
|- align="CENTER"
|fitu nima
| 95
|'''ze mu'''
| hiva nima
|7, 5
| 9, 5
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|76
| 96
|fitu ono
| hiva ono
|'''ze xa'''
| 9, 6
|7, 6
|- align="CENTER"
|-  
| 97
|77
| hiva fitu
|fitu fitu
| 9, 7
|'''ze ze'''
|- align="CENTER"
|7, 7
| 98
|-  
| hiva valu
|78
| 9, 8
|fitu valu
|- align="CENTER"
|'''ze bi'''
| 99
|7, 8
| hiva hiva
|-  
| 9, 9
|79
|- align="CENTER"
|fitu hiva
| rowspan="2" | 100
|'''ze so'''
| teau
|7, 9
| 100
|-  
|- align="CENTER"
|80
| taha noa noa
|valu noa
| 1, 0, 0
|'''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
|}
|}
Note that both in Lojban and Tongan ''100'' has two possible realizations.

Latest revision as of 18:25, 31 March 2015

  • 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 Literally means
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