Numbers
There are two separate number systems in use during this period: the native base 5 system and the Imperial base 10 system. When a number modifies a noun, the singular form of the noun is used.
Base 5
The native base 5 system is used by the vast majority of people in everyday life, as well as by the Church. It is used with both the Domestic and Divine weights and measures systems.
Each number comes in an indeclinable (feminine) nominal form and a declinable adjectival form. When the number is being used as a noun, or for counting, only the indeclinable forms are used. When the number modifies a noun, the adjectival form is used for the last number in the series, the indeclinable forms for the rest. Numbers above 10 are compounded from 1-5 and the powers of 5, in the order shown in the example at the end of the following table: so 1024 is [625] [125] [3] [5] [4] [4]. Note that if the power is multiplied by 1 the 1 is not specified.
The adjectival forms are shown with their principal parts (feminine absolutive and genitive singular and masculine absolutive plural).
| 1 | si | si (si, siáz) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | do | zusyí (zu, zusáz) |
| 3 | gay | gayí (ga, gayáz) |
| 4 | ze | zey (ze, zjiáz) |
| 5 | i | i (i, iáz) |
| 6 | siwos | siowséy (siowsé, siwosáz) |
| 7 | zuyos | zusowséy (zusowsé, zusosáz) |
| 8 | gayos | gayowséy (gayowsé, gayosáz) |
| 9 | zewos | zjiowséy (zjiowsé, zewosáz) |
| 10 | iwos | iowséy (iowsé, iwosáz) |
| 25 | pa | pinjí (pa, pináz) |
| 125 | buv | buvvúy (buvvú, buvuváz) |
| 625 | zji | zjiyí (zji, zjiyáz) |
| 3125 | lak | lakóy (lakó, lakáz) |
| 15625 | laz | lazjí (la, labáz) |
| 12 | ido do | i do zusyí (zu, zusáz) |
| 101 | pa ze si | pa ze si (si, siáz) |
| 1024 | zji buv gay i ze ze | zji buv gay i ze zey (ze, zjiáz) |
The nominal series and the number-internal used to be separate. There is one surviving distinctive form, zus (zu, zus), now meaning specifically pair, married couple.
Base 10
The base 10 system is used chiefly by those institutions heavily influenced by the Empire: notably, the guilds and the university. It is used with Imperial weights and measures. It can also be used in telling time: the hours (8 each of night and day) are divided into 100 minutes each in those areas with mechanical clocks.
The numbers 1-10 are identical to those of the native system. Above 10, these are used in combination with words derived from the Imperial language for 10, 100, 1000, etc, in the same pattern as is used in the native system. (Not having developed Imperial yet, I have yet to determine what these words are.)