La Luniwen Numbers
The grammatical numbers :
La Luniwen doesn't distinguish grammatical numbers, at least structurally. You can use any number or quantifier before the noun classifier, but after the definite article if there is one.
The noun classifiers are 20 particles which corresponds to the 20 noun classes of La Luniwen. They must be put between any number/quantifier and (the adjectives before) the noun.
| Лыніўен | Lü̈niwěn | IPA | Category | Literal meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| жоў | zhow | ʐɔw | animals | beast |
| ъыл | hul | hɯl | circles, spheres | round |
| лиљ | lǐlh | liɮ | arts, performance | art |
| дӛл | dʌ̊l | dʊl | artworks | painting |
| дів | div | dɪv | categories | type |
| зюн | zǒn | zon | cycles | again |
| бољ | bolh | bɔɮ | gigantic things | big |
| мэв | mev | mɛv | furniture | furniture |
| йӱв | yů̊v | jyv | grammar | grammar |
| ўꙗн | wąn | wɑ̃n | honorific titles | king |
| жян | zhǎn | ʐɑn | item parts | key |
| гій | giy | gɪj | machines | electrical |
| дѧь | dęh | dẽx | money | money |
| луд | lǔd | lut | people | people |
| зәл | zʌl | zʌl | pieces of a whole | grain |
| лөь | lʌ̌h | lɤx | places | in |
| зав | zav | zav | plants | plant |
| бꙗл | bąl | bɑ̃l | stick-shaped | stick |
| йѫў | yǫw | jõw | wholes | have |
| жӹь | zhåh | ʐəx | bodyparts | limb |
The cardinal numbers :
Like Russian and Mandarin, La Luniwen has a decimal counting system.
Numbers below 99 are agglutinated. 100, 1'000 and 10'000 must be written with a digit before a specific quantifier adverb. One million, one billion and upper require a "gigantic" classifier (бољ) to be written.
| 0 | нољ (nolh) | 10 | жі (zhi) | 20 | давжі (davzhi) | 30 | дилжі |
| 1 | ъꙗь (hąh) | 11 | жіьйꙗь (zhihyąh) | 21 | давжіьйꙗь (davzhihyąh) | 40 | зіджі |
| 2 | дав (dav) | 12 | жіьдав (zhihdav) | 22 | давжіьдав (davzhihdav) | 50 | бӹджі |
| 3 | дил (dǐl) | 13 | жіьдил | 23 | давжіьдил | 60 | жэзжі |
| 4 | зід (zid) | 14 | жіьзід | 24 | давжіьзід | 70 | зѧмжі |
| 5 | бӹд (båd) | 15 | жіьбӹд | 25 | давжіьбӹд | 80 | возимжі |
| 6 | жэз (zhez) | 16 | жіьжэз | 26 | давжіьжэз | 90 | дољйыжі |
| 7 | зѧм (zęm) | 17 | жіьзѧм | 27 | давжіьзѧм | 100 | ъꙗь йегадюн |
| 8 | возим (vozǐm) | 18 | жіьвозим | 28 | давжіьвозим | 1000 | ъꙗь ъилйой |
| 9 | дољйы (dolhyü̈) | 19 | жіьдољйы | 29 | давжіьдољйы | 10000 | ъꙗь мӱлйад |
Examples :
дољйыжіьдољйы [dɔɮ.jɯ.ʐɪx'tɔɮ.jɯ] = dolhyüzhihdolhyü = 99.
бӹд йегадюн бӹджіьбӹд [bət je'ga.don bəd'ʐɪx.pət] = båd yěgadǒn bådzhihbåd = 555.
бӹд ъилйой жэз йегадюн зѧмжіьвозим [bət 'hil.jɔj ʐɛz je'ga.don zẽm.ʐɪx'fɔ.zim] =
båd hǐlyoy zhez yěgadǒn zęmzhihvozǐm = 5678.
ъꙗь мӱлйад дав йегадюн дилжіьзід [hɑ̃x 'myl.jat dav je'ga.don dil'ʐɪx.sɪt] =
hąh můlyad dav yěgadǒn dǐlzhihzid = 10234.
The ordinal numbers
The ordinal numbers are built by adding the prefix дӹ (då) to the cardinal number, except for one-syllable numbers, that is to say 0 to 7 digits, and 10. Before those, you'll add the strenghtened version ды (dü).
Examples :
дыбӹд ['dɯ.bət] = dübåd = fifth.
дӹзѧмжіьдил [də.zɛ̃m'ʐɪx.til] = dåzęmzhihdǐl = seventy-third.
The multiple numbers
The multiples are built by adding the suffix зӹ (zå) to the cardinal number.
Examples :
дилзӹ ['dil.zə] = dǐlzå = three times.
зіджіьзѧмзӹ [zɪd.ʐɪx'sɛ̃m.zə] = zidzhihzęmzå = fourty-seven times.
The fraction numbers
The fractions are built like in mandarin, as full divisions. The denominator comes first, separated from the numerator by the conjunction вен (věn).
Examples :
зід вен ъꙗь [zɪt ven hɑ̃x] = zid věn hąh = one quarter.
йегадюн вен жэзжіьдав [jegadon ven ʐɛz'ʐɪx.tav] = yěgadǒn věn zhezzhihdav = sixty-two hundredth.
(NB : In the case of that fraction, you don't need to put ъꙗь before йегадюн as there isn't one of it anyways)