Counting in Latinesce
Language overview
Latinesce is a constructed language invented by the British ideolinguist George J. Henderson, also known as P. Hoinix. Proposed as an international auxiliary language (or auxlang) in 1901, Latinesce draws its lexicon from Latin and words that have become international, with an Italian pronunciation. It is an analytical language with seven flexions, to indicate the plural of nouns, the comparative and the superlative, as well as grammatical tenses.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 100 in Latinesce. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.
Latinesce numbers list
- 1 – un
- 2 – du
- 3 – tré
- 4 – quat
- 5 – quinc
- 6 – sex
- 7 – sept
- 8 – oct
- 9 – nov
- 10 – dec
- 11 – dec-un
- 12 – dec-du
- 13 – dec-tré
- 14 – dec-quat
- 15 – dec-quinc
- 16 – dec-sex
- 17 – dec-sept
- 18 – dec-oct
- 19 – dec-nov
- 20 – du-decs
- 30 – tré-decs
- 40 – quat-decs
- 50 – quinc-decs
- 60 – sex-decs
- 70 – sept-decs
- 80 – oct-decs
- 90 – nov-decs
- 100 – cent
Latinesce numbering rules
Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).
- Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific words, namely un [1], du [2], tré [3], quat [4], quinc [5], sex [6], sept [7], oct [8], and nov [9].
- Tens are formed starting with the multiplier unit, linked with a hyphen to the plural form of the word for ten (decs), except for ten: dec [10], du-decs [20], tré-decs [30], quat-decs [40], quinc-decs [50], sex-decs [60], sept-decs [70], oct-decs [80], and nov-decs [90].
- Compound numbers are formed stating with the ten, linked with a hyphen to the unit (e.g.: dec-un [11], quinc-decs-sex [56]).
- The word for hundred is cent [100].
- The word for thousand is mill [1,000].
- The word for million is million [1 million].
Write a number in full in Latinesce
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Latinesce. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.
Books
Histoire de la langue universelle
by Louis Couturat & Léopold Leau, editors Hachette livre-BNF (1903)
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Source
- Histoire de la langue universelle (in French), by Louis Couturat and Léopold Leau, Hachette (1903)
Auxiliary languages
Afrihili, Ba kom, Babm, Bolak, Ceqli, Digisk Folkspraak, Esperanto, Folkspraak, Globasa, Glosa, Guosa, Idiom neutral, Ido, Intal, Interlingua, Interlingue, Interslavic, Kotava, Langue nouvelle, Latinesce, Latino sine flexione, Lingua Franca Nova, Lingwa de planeta, Mondial, Mondlango, Neolatin, Nove Latina, Pandunia, Panglobish, Ro, Romanid, Slovio, Solresol, Sona, Spokil, Stœchiophonie, Tutonish, Universalglot, Uropi, and Volapük.
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