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Decimal base was adopted due to commerce, but traces of the former octal base remain. | Decimal base was adopted due to commerce, but traces of the former octal base remain. | ||
Numerals are placed before their head. Last part of a cardinal determiner agrees with case through matching declension: ''op'''l''' tupl'' (two sticks) | |||
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! Number | ! Number | ||
! | ! Number !! Cardinal !! Ordinal !! Fractional !! Multiplicative adverb !! Multiplicative adjective !! Group !! Polygon | ||
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!Zero | !Zero | ||
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!Ten | !Ten | ||
| jopi || jop || jophi || | | jopi || jop || jophi || lojopu || lojophu || jopitse || jopis || jopart | ||
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*Multiplicative adverb form is used in front of the powers of ten (tens, hundreds, ...) | *Multiplicative adverb form is used in front of the powers of ten (tens, hundreds, ...) | ||
*Digits are annexed into the tens by using the cardinal or determiner form depending whether the digit begins with a vowel or not. | *Digits are annexed into the tens by using the cardinal or determiner form depending whether the digit begins with a vowel or not. | ||
*Fractions are constructed by placing the ''l(o)''-prefixed form after the multiplicative number: ''okhu lóppu'' ("thrice one quarter" = three quarters). The noun is in ablative case: ''lopu tuppo'' (one half of a stick) | |||
*Large numbers (from hundred) are written separately from smaller, but in formal register ''s''-letter is added between each power of ten. | *Large numbers (from hundred) are written separately from smaller, but in formal register ''s''-letter is added between each power of ten. | ||