nasin nanpa pi toki Topisin (toki pona number system based on Tok Pisin)
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:16 pm
I've developed a number system based on words from Tok Pisin that describes the basic digits:
Tok Pisin's number system:
0 - siro
1 - wan
2 - tu
3 - tri
4 - foa
5 - faiv
6 - sikis
7 - seven
8 - et
9 - nain
10 - ten
1000 - tausen
toki pona transliteration of Tok Pisin's system:
0 - ala/sike*
1 - wan
2 - tu
3 - si (or tuli)
4 - po
5 - pa
6 - se
7 - sen
8 - ete
9 - nan
000 - tosen**
*sike is used as a placeholder and ala represents the concept of zero
**tosen is used to replace three zeros when writing larger numbers. It is similar to multiplying the preceding number by a thousand
Numbers can be translated by listing the digits, using sike as a placeholder and tosen instead of 000
Examples:
0 - ala
10 - wan sike
16 - wan se
50 - pa sike
1,000 - (wan) tosen*
2,017 - tu sike wan sen
5,000 - pa tosen
88,000 - ete ete tosen
90,000 - nan sike tosen
1,000,000 - (wan) tosen tosen
1,234,567 - wan(tosen), tu si po(tosen), pa se sen**
9,999,999 - nan (tosen), nan nan nan(tosen), nan nan nan**
*wan is optional before tosen, because tosen can be inferred to mean one thousand
**tosen can be added to add clarification if necessary
Alternatively, you can treat the numbers in the system as foreign words by adding nanpa in front:
7 = sen --> nanpa Sen
19 = wan nan --> nanpa Wan Nan
2,018 = tu sike wan ete --> nanpa Tu Sike Wan Ete
9000 = nan tosen --> nanpa Nan Tosen
Tok Pisin's number system:
0 - siro
1 - wan
2 - tu
3 - tri
4 - foa
5 - faiv
6 - sikis
7 - seven
8 - et
9 - nain
10 - ten
1000 - tausen
toki pona transliteration of Tok Pisin's system:
0 - ala/sike*
1 - wan
2 - tu
3 - si (or tuli)
4 - po
5 - pa
6 - se
7 - sen
8 - ete
9 - nan
000 - tosen**
*sike is used as a placeholder and ala represents the concept of zero
**tosen is used to replace three zeros when writing larger numbers. It is similar to multiplying the preceding number by a thousand
Numbers can be translated by listing the digits, using sike as a placeholder and tosen instead of 000
Examples:
0 - ala
10 - wan sike
16 - wan se
50 - pa sike
1,000 - (wan) tosen*
2,017 - tu sike wan sen
5,000 - pa tosen
88,000 - ete ete tosen
90,000 - nan sike tosen
1,000,000 - (wan) tosen tosen
1,234,567 - wan(tosen), tu si po(tosen), pa se sen**
9,999,999 - nan (tosen), nan nan nan(tosen), nan nan nan**
*wan is optional before tosen, because tosen can be inferred to mean one thousand
**tosen can be added to add clarification if necessary
Alternatively, you can treat the numbers in the system as foreign words by adding nanpa in front:
7 = sen --> nanpa Sen
19 = wan nan --> nanpa Wan Nan
2,018 = tu sike wan ete --> nanpa Tu Sike Wan Ete
9000 = nan tosen --> nanpa Nan Tosen