Old Devīshc Conlang Guide

Number System

The Devīshc count in base-12 (duodecimal).

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Duodecimal Tutorial:

Remember that for me, 10 = ↊ and 11 = ↋.

Single Digits - 12^0: The ones place can go from 0-11.

Double Digits - 12^1: Then you move on to 10, which equals '12' in base 10. Every digit in the 'tens place' represents a number of twelves. For example, in our system, 30 means 'three tens.' So when you see 30 in duodecimal, it equals 'three twelves' or 36.

Triple Digits - 12^2: The same example as above can help with this place. In our system, 300 means 'three ten*tens.' So when you see 300 in duodecimal, it equals 'three twelve*twelves' or 432.

So you continue on like that all the way up to infinite. Examples below:

Base12   =   Base10   =   Base12 Logic

1                =   1               =   1 * 12^0

10              =   12            =   1 * 12^1

100            =   144         =   1 * 12^2

1000         =   1728       =   1 * 12^3

7                 =    7             =   7 * 12^0

47               =   55           =   (4 * 12^1) + (7 * 12^0)

3↋2            =   566         =   (3 * 12^2) + (11 * 12^1) + (2 * 12^0)

7↊62          =   13610    =   (7 * 12^3) + (10 * 12^2) + (6 * 12^1) + (2 * 12^0)

If this isn't helpful, just go to Wikipedia or some other website.

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Old Devīshc System:

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Archaic: Devīshc Numerals

These are slightly similar to Greek numerals, using letters to encode numbers. The first 11 consonants represent 0-11(↋), while the vowels indicate the order of magnitude.

S - 1

F - 2

R - 3

T - 4

V - 5

Sh - 6

H - 7

C - 8

Ts - 9

J - ↊ (10)

Dz - ↋ (11)

Y - 0

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E - 1

A - 10

O - 100

U - 1,000

I - 10,000

Eí - 100,000

Aí - 1,000,000

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To write them down, put an apostrophe around every digit space, put the vowel/place first, then the consonant representing the single digit after it.

3 = 'ER' = 3 in decimal

↋4 = 'ADZ'ET' = 136 in decimal

3↊2 = 'OR'AJ'EF' = 554 in decimal

907 = 'OTS'AY'EH' = 1303 in decimal

1758 = 'US'OH'AV'EC' = 2,804 in decimal

4,↋34,52↊ = 'AÍT'EÍDZ'IR'UT'OV'AF'EJ' = 14,750,962 in decimal

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This system was put out of use in the year [[[[WIP]]]], when dedicated letters for 0-↋ were added. Important historical texts use this system, so it still has relevance in science. The pronunciation of everything is the same as the new system, to that much is at least simple.