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Triparic Numerals

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Numbers 1-20

Number Cardinal Ordinal Number Cardinal Ordinal
1 æn ænst 11 elven elvest
2 dwa dwast 12 dwelf dwelfst
3 dri drist 13 drizän drizänst
4 qetre qetrest 14 qetzän qetzänst
5 qinte qintest 15 qinzän qinzänst
6 såx såxest 16 såxzän såxzänst
7 siben sibest 17 sibzän sibzänst
8 acta actest 18 actzän actzänst
9 nuve nuvest 19 nuzän nuzänst
10 deca decst 20 dwarenty dwarentyst

Numbers 21-99

All numbers from 21 to 99 are formed by simply hyphenating the numbers 20, 30, etc. with the numbers one through nine: dwarenty-æn, dwarenty-dwa "21, 22", etc.

The ordinals are formed using the ordinal of the units portion, if there is one. The ordinals of the decades themselves are all in -st.

Number Cardinal Ordinal Number Cardinal Ordinal
20 dwarenty dwarentyst 60 såxenty såxentyst
30 drienty drientyst 70 sibenty sibentyst
40 qetrenty qetrentyst 80 actenty actentyst
50 qintenty qintentyst 90 nuventy nuventyst

Zero

The number zero is nulla, ordinal nullest.

Larger numbers

Larger numbers compound as in English: dwa chenta dwelf mille acta chenta sibenty-qinte "212,875".

Number Cardinal Ordinal
100 chenta chentest
1000 mille millest
1,000,000 million millionst

All numbers beyond million are spelled as in English. Triparic uses short scale; that is, a billion is 1000 million, a trillion is 1000 billion, etc.

Multiplicatives

The multiplicative forms "double", "triple", etc. are formed by adding the suffix -feld, like English "threefold", etc.: qetrefeld "quadruple, fourfold".

Inflection

The cardinal numbers do not inflect for plurality, since (other than "one") they are inherently plural. The ordinals and multiplicatives do.