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= Valorik Lexicon and Culture = | = Valorik Lexicon and Culture = | ||
== Number Construction == | |||
Numbers in Valorik are built by compounding numerical roots with place value words, using the following order: | |||
# [Tens root][‘ty’ suffix] → [Hundreds root][‘hundred’ suffix] → [Units root] | |||
=== Key Roots and Affixes === | |||
* 4 = d͡ʒonə | |||
* ‘ty’ (×10) = koʊdə | |||
* ‘hundred’ = sɑɪbə | |||
=== Examples === | |||
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! Valorik !! English Gloss !! Explanation | |||
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| d͡ʒonəkoʊdə || forty || 4 × 10 = 40 | |||
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| d͡ʒonəkoʊdəd͡ʒonə || forty-four || (40) + (4) | |||
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| d͡ʒonəkoʊdəsɑɪbəd͡ʒonə || four-thousand-four || (40 × 100) + 4 = 4,004 | |||
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| d͡ʒonəkoʊdəsɑɪbəd͡ʒonəkoʊdəd͡ʒonə || four-thousand-four-hundred-forty-four || (40 × 100) + (40) + (4) = 4,444 | |||
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=== Construction Template === | |||
* [Tens root][‘ty’]([Hundreds root][‘hundred’])([Tens root][‘ty’])([Units root]) | |||
* Components are **concatenated** in decreasing order of magnitude, with no conjunctions. | |||
=== General Pattern === | |||
* [X][multiplier][Y][multiplier][Z]... | |||
* e.g., [tens][ty][hundreds][hundred][units] | |||
*Examples:* | |||
- 44 = [4][ty][4] = d͡ʒonəkoʊdəd͡ʒonə | |||
- 4,004 = [4][ty][hundred][4] = d͡ʒonəkoʊdəsɑɪbəd͡ʒonə | |||
- 4,444 = [4][ty][hundred][4][ty][4] = d͡ʒonəkoʊdəsɑɪbəd͡ʒonəkoʊdəd͡ʒonə | |||
*No ‘and’ or additional words are used; numbers are purely compounding.* | |||
== Numbers and Quantifiers == | == Numbers and Quantifiers == | ||
