Senyan language numerical system
The Senyan language numerical system is the system of counting in the Senyan language.
Basic numbers
Number (Senyan) |
Number (English) |
Digits | Scientific notation |
---|---|---|---|
Mensk | Minus | − | |
Penkt | Decimal point | . | |
Mensken | Minus one | −1 | 1x10−1 |
Nil | Zero | 0 | 0 |
En | One | 1 | 1x100 |
To | Two | 2 | 2x100 |
Tre | Three | 3 | 3x100 |
Fer | Four | 4 | 4x100 |
Fem | Five | 5 | 5x100 |
Sekt | Six | 6 | 6x100 |
Seter | Seven | 7 | 7x100 |
Erkt | Eight | 8 | 8x100 |
Nōn | Nine | 9 | 9x100 |
Sëg | Ten | 10 | 1x101 |
Sëgen | Eleven | 11 | 1.1x101 |
Tosëg | Twenty | 20 | 2x101 |
Tosëgen | Twenty-one | 21 | 2.1x101 |
Hönder | Hundred | 100 | 1x102 |
Tösen | Thousand | 1,000 | 1x103 |
Arg | Million | 1,000,000 | 1x106 |
Barg | Billion | 1,000,000,000 | 1x109 |
From Barg onwards, every power of three results in the next consonant of the Senyan alphabet replacing the previous letter. This continue until Zarg (1x1069), after which one is supposed to use scientific notation.
1x1072 problem
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