After I made Lacerti’s counting system base eight, I decided that I would stick to base ten for Shiv’Jan’s counting system. This was mostly for my own sanity.
There’s a bit of crossover with the Shiv’Jan words for six and eight and the Lacerti word for six and eight (Nosh and Os, respectively). I’m working on adding a few more loan words into each language, and while I don’t think Lacerti introduced the concept of six and eight into Shiv’Jan or vice verse, I think that a gradual incorporation of Lacerti numbers into Shiv’Jan would be a natural consequence of trade.
Additionally, the Lacerti word used for zero, Sonll, also means “deception” in Lacerti. I don’t think Lacerti naturally would’ve come up with a word for zero, so I think the Shiv’Jan word Sosh was incorporated into Lacerti and changed to Sonll, eventually evolving into all its aforementioned meanings.
Shiv’Jan Number | English Equivalent | Shiv’Jan Number | English Equivalent |
Sosh | 0 | Soresh | 10 |
Rosh | 1 | Roshresh | 11 |
Zo | 2 | Zoresh | 12 |
Tusar | 3 | Turesh | 13 |
Jetro | 4 | Jetresh | 14 |
Gotor | 5 | Gotresh | 15 |
Nosh | 6 | Noshresh | 16 |
Taq | 7 | Taqresh | 17 |
Os | 8 | Osresh | 18 |
Sha’la | 9 | Sha’laresh | 19 |
Soshre’zo | 20 | Sosh’tu | 30 |
Roshre’zo | 21 | Rosh’tu | 31 |
Zore’zo | 22 | Zo’tu | 32 |
Tusar’zo | 23 | Tusar’tu | 33 |
Jetre’zo | 24 | Jetro’tu | 34 |
Gotre’zo | 25 | Gotor’tu | 35 |
Noshre’zo | 26 | Nosh’tu | 36 |
Taqre’zo | 27 | Taq’tu | 37 |
Osre’zo | 28 | Os’tu | 38 |
Sha’la’zo | 29 | Sha’la’tu | 39 |
Sosh’je | 40 | Sosh’go | 50 |
Rosh’je | 41 | Rosh’go | 51 |
Zo’je | 42 | Zo’go | 52 |
Tusar’je | 43 | Tusar’go | 53 |
Jetro’je | 44 | Jetro’go | 54 |
Gotor’je | 45 | Gotor’go | 55 |
Nosh’je | 46 | Nosh’go | 56 |
Taq’je | 47 | Taq’go | 57 |
Os’je | 48 | Os’go | 58 |
Sh’la’je | 49 | Sh’la’go | 59 |
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