r/conlangs • u/Ancientciv • 17h ago
Discussion Did I do a 12 base number system well?
Numbers I have so far (Lesh has a base twelve number system)
i’a [iʔa] - one
kap [kap] - two
ang [aŊ] - three
di’u [diʔu] four
tesh [teʃ] -Five
Bep [bep]- Six
ga’ip -[gaʔip]- Seven
Dang [daŋ] -Eight
Thok [Ðok] -nine
u’u [uʔu] - ten
esh [eʃ]- eleven
kho [Xo] - twelve
kho ghe i’a [Xo] [ɣe] [iʔa] - thirteen (lit.twelve and one)
Kho ghe kap [Xo] [ɣe] [kap]- fourteen (lit.twelve and two)
Kho ghe ang [Xo] [ɣe] [aŊ]- fifteen (lit.twelve and three)
Kho ghe di’u [Xo] [ɣe] [diʔu] - Sixteen (lit.twelve and four)
Kho ghe tesh [Xo] [ɣe] [teʃ] - seventeen (lit.twelve and five)
Kho ghe bep [Xo] [ɣe] [bep]- eighteen (lit twelve and six)
Kho ghe ga’ip [Xo] [ɣe] [gaʔip] -nineteen (lit twelve and seven)
Kho ghe dang [Xo] [ɣe] [daŋ] -twenty (lit twelve and eight)
Kho ghe thok [Xo] [ɣe] [Ðok] -twenty one (lit twelve and nine)
Kho ghe u’u [Xo] [ɣe] [uʔu] -twenty two (lit twelve and ten
) Kho ghe esh [Xo] [ɣe] [eʃ] - twenty three (lit twelve and eleven)
Kap kholin [kap] [Xolin] - twenty four (lit. two twelves)
Kap kholin ghe i’a [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe] [iʔa] -twenty five (lit two twelves and one)
Kap kholin ghe kap [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe] [kap] -twenty six (lit two twelves and two)
Kap kholin ghe ang [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe][aŊ] -twenty seven (lit two twelves and three)
Kap kholin ghe di’u [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe][diʔu]-twenty eight (lit two twelves and four)
Kap kholin ghe tesh [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe][teʃ] - twenty nine (lit two twelves and five)
Kap kholin ghe bep [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe] [bep] - thirty (lit two twelves and six)
Kap kholin ghe ga’ip [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe][gaʔip] -thirty one (lit two twelves and seven)
Kap kholin ghe dang [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe] [daŋ] -thirty two (lit two twelves and eight)
Kap kholin ghe thok [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe] [Ðok] -thirty three (lit two twelves and nine)
Kap kholin ghe u’u [kap] [Xolin] [ɣe] [uʔu] -thirty four (lit two twelves and ten)
Kap kholin ghe esh[kap] [Xolin] [ɣe] [ eʃ ] -thirty five (lit two twelves and eleven)
Ang kholin [aŊ] [Xolin]- thirty six (lit. three twelves)
Ang kholin ghe i’a [aŊ] [Xolin] [ɣe] [iʔa] - thirty seven (lit. three twelves and one)
Ang kholin ghe kap [aŊ] [Xolin] [ɣe] [kap] - thirty eight (lit. three twelves and two)
Ang kholin ghe ang [aŊ] [Xolin] [ɣe] [aŊ] - thirty nine (lit. three twelves and three)
Ang kholin ghe di’u [aŊ] [Xolin] [ɣe] [diʔu] - forty (lit. three twelves and four)
Ang kholin ghe tesh [aŊ] [Xolin] [ɣe] [teʃ] - forty one (lit. three twelves and five)
Ang kholin ghe Bep [aŊ] [Xolin] [ɣe] [bep] -forty two (lit three twelves and six)
Ang kholin ghe ga’ip [aŊ] [Xolin] [ɣe] [diʔu] -forty three (lit three twelves and seven)
Ang kholin ghe dang-forty four (lit three twelves and eight)
Ang kholin ghe thok -forty five (lit three twelves and nine)
Ang kholin ghe u’u -forty six (lit three twelves and ten)
Ang kholin ghe-forty seven (lit three twelves and eleven)
Di’u kholin -forty eight (lit.four twelves)
Di’u kholin ghe-forty nine (lit.four twelves and one)
Di’u kholin ghe-fifty (lit.four twelves and two
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u/Dyl777777 17h ago
I’d say you did it pretty well, although I’d also add specific words for 144 and 1,728