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Darmisan uses base five. Some other languages in the Darmisan Empire use base ten, but Darmisan numbers are becoming more common, even among speakers of those other languages. On this page I will use "5" to indicate base five, so 235 = 13.
Here are the names of the cardinal numbers.
| gu -r | no, zero |
|---|---|
| pa | one |
| zri | two |
| fos | three |
| men | four |
| kro | five |
| karpa | six |
| kazra | seven |
| karfos | eight |
| karmen | nine |
| zrikro | ten |
| foskro | fifteen |
| menkro | twenty |
| fezor | twenty-five |
| zrifezor | fifty |
| fosfezor | seventy-five |
| menfezor | one hundred |
| marze | one hundred twenty-five |
| zrimarze | two hundred fifty |
| fosmarze | three hundred seventy-five |
| menmarze | five hundred |
| zhru | six hundred twenty-five |
| zrizhru | one thousand two hundred fifty |
| foszhru | one thousand eight hundred seventy-five |
| menzhru | two thousand five hundred |
Here is a table of the symbols for Darmisan numbers. Zeroes are not written.
| base 10 | base 5 | digit | name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | ![]() |
pa |
| 2 | 25 | ![]() |
zri |
| 3 | 35 | ![]() |
fos |
| 4 | 45 | ![]() |
men |
| 5 | 105 | ![]() |
kro |
| 10 | 205 | ![]() |
zrikro |
| 15 | 305 | ![]() |
foskro |
| 20 | 405 | ![]() |
menkro |
| 25 | 1005 | ![]() |
fezor |
| 50 | 2005 | ![]() |
zrifezor |
| 75 | 3005 | ![]() |
fosfezor |
| 100 | 4005 | ![]() |
menfezor |
| 125 | 10005 | ![]() |
marze |
| 250 | 20005 | ![]() |
zrimarze |
| 375 | 30005 | ![]() |
fosmarze |
| 500 | 40005 | ![]() |
menmarze |
| 625 | 100005 | ![]() |
zhru |
| 1250 | 200005 | ![]() |
zrizhru |
| 1875 | 300005 | ![]() |
foszhru |
| 2500 | 400005 | ![]() |
menzhru |
The one column numbers are usually written beneath the five column numbers
unless the former is 45 or the latter is 105. So, for
instance, 13 = 235 is written
.
For numbers greater than or equal to 1000005 boxes are used to
indicate multiplication by 1000005. For instance 123456 =
124223115, and is written
.
There is some variation. The rule above concerning combining columns, and its exceptions, are sometimes violated, and 3005, 4005, 300005, and 400005 are sometimes written as a single column of symbols.
| non | first |
|---|---|
| zrishron | second |
| foshron | third |
Reverse ordinals are
| seren | last, ultimate |
|---|---|
| seren zrishron | penultimate |
| seren foshron | antepenultimate |
| pas | once |
|---|---|
| zris | twice |
| fosis | thrice |
| menis | four times |
A person's age is expressed with zhri krinde er minsrhi X, literally, "He has seen X years".