q'ui'nlen'

Numbers

Word segments ending in q use roots that refer to numbers and letters. Segments ending in q are prefix segments so must be followed by a terminal segment. The terminal segment will probably use the root pa meaning amount or xu meaning number.

A number can be formed by putting the digits together. For example, the number 256 can be written vuqhpeqxuf. This word broken down is:

Numbers can be stated entirely with digits, but there are also words for powers of the base, analogous to English words thousand, million, billion, etc. For example, one million could be written as xwzyzyzyzyzyzyqxuf or pwuqxuf. While English has names for every third power of ten, kwi'nlen' has roots for each power. The word nwiqxuf means ten million and qwwqxuf means one hundred thousand. The roots representing powers of the base can be combined like digits to create words for 10¹⁰ or greater. For example, 10¹² (one trillion) is xwhvweqxuf. The root xwh represents the digit 1 for creating powers of the base, and vwe represents the digit 2 for creating powers of the base.

Although English words for powers of ten are defined for every third power, kwi'nlen' does not require skipping by any number. One can skip every second, third, fourth, or at irregular intervals. For example, all the following words mean 1,048,576, with roots for the powers of the base highlighted: xwzysimyqhnapeqxuf, xwpwusimytwaqhnapeqxuf, xwpwusimyqhnapeqxuf, xwzyqwwsimyqhnaxwhpeqxuf, xwpwuzyqwwsiswymytwaqhvwenaxwhpezwiqxuf.

Numeric punctuation

Explanation of these roots follow:

Negative and positive numbers

The root ne'd indicates a negative number. Thus, ne'dtoqxuf means negative three. The root bi'g can be used as a positive sign, though it is redundant. Thus, bi'gtoqxuf is positive three.

Decimal point

The root zi'p means decimal point, so 3.14159 is tozi'pxwsixwqhkwqxuf.

Repeating decimals use xe'l: everything after xe'l is the part that repeats. So, 2.31818181818.... would be vuzi'ptoxe'lxwmyqxuf.

Fractions

Proper fractions are represented with pi', so ³/₅ is topi'qhqxuf. Improper fractions use ja'm to separate the whole number from the fraction, so 1³/₅ is xwja'mtopi'qhqxuf.

To say something like, "three out of five", use slu'x; for example, toslu'xqhqxuf.

Qualitative numbers

Often, qualities can be described as high, medium, or low. Qualitative numbers divide those three cases into three more each, to get a total of nine qualitative numbers:

Letters