Numbers

Numbers eight and up are formed in an octal system similar to our decimals; that is, when two digits are placed consecutively the first is in the "eights place" and the second is in the "ones place"; so on for a "sixty-four" place, a "five hundred twelve" place, a "four thousand ninety six" place, etc.

Single-digit numbers are pronounced as above. To determine how to pronounce a two-digit number, lengthen the vowel of the number in the eights place and follow it with the normal pronounciation of the number in the ones place. For example, eighteen (two eights plus two) would be written "22" and pronounced liili. Forty-seven (five eights plus seven) would be written "57" and pronounced skuupe.

Strictly speaking, multiples of eight operate the same way (e.g. sixteen would be liifla) but in practice the entire zero is not generally pronounced (although it is written, in the event that one writes out an entire number), instead being reduced to a final F on the syllable (liif). This is in keeping with the method of indicating that a digit is placed in a different octal place; each octal from sixty-four up has a consonant that is placed at the end of the digit located there until there are no more consonants available, at which point different terminology (not included here) is needed. For numbers with only one high octal place the zeros are not indicated; e.g. five hundred and twelve is kuk, not kukflaafla.

Octal Place	Consonant
64	T
512	K
4,096	N
32,768	S
262,144	P
2,097,152	R
16,777,216	H
134,217,728	M
1,073,741,824	G
8,589,934,592	L

Examples:

six thousand seven hundred forty two = 1(4,096) + 5(512) + 1(64) + 2(8) + 6 = 15126 = kunskukkutliiga

three thousand five hundred eighty seven = 7(512) + 3 = 7003 = pekme

seven hundred = 1(512) + 2(64) + 7(8) + 4 = 1274 = kuklitpeeta

twenty-four = 3(8) = 30 = meef