The Rihannsu Number System

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erh'	part of (in fractions)
irh	point(in decimals)
hwi	one	mnha	forty
kre	two	rha	fifty
sei	three	mnha'kre	forty-two
mne	four	rha'sei	fifty-three
rhi	five	khu	one hundred
fve	six	mnhu	four hundred
lli	seven	rhu	five hundred
the	eight	mnhu-mnha'kre	four hundred forty-two
lhi	nine	llu-tha	nine hundred eighty
dha	ten	sehu-fvha'lli	three hundred sixty-seven

dhei	one thousand
kre-dhei	one million
sei-dhei	one billion
the-dhei	one septillion
rhi-dhei	one quadrillion

The magnitude of the number is determined by the vowel sound at the end. Singular digit numbers end in 'e' or 'i'. (With the exception of Sei, and Dhei, which end in the same 'ei' sound and have very different magnitudes.) In general, Tens end in 'a' and hundreds in 'u'. This changes to 'ha' or 'hu' for numbers that end in an 'e' sound. (And Sei, which also takes a 'ha' or 'hu.') So:

Kre - Krha - Krhu
2 20 200

Sehi - Seha - Sehu
3 30 300

Rhi - Rha - Rhu
5 50 500

The - Thha - Thhu
8 80 800

Fractions are written " denominator erh' numerator":

Kre erh' Hwi
One Third

Mnhu-mnha'kre erh' Rha'sei
53 / 432

Decimals are written as normal, but with a "errah" and then after, each numeral is pronounced seperately:

Dha'kre errah hwi rhi hwi hwi lhi
Twelve point One Five One One Nine
12.15119

The 'Dhei' numbers have a prefix which mathematically means 'To the power of'. So Kre'Dhei is 1000 to the power of 2. (1,000,000). You can also more simply use it as the number of 000 groups in a number (1,000,000,000,000) is one Trillion, but has four 000 groups, making it Mne-Dhei in Rihannsu. The largest number accepted in Rihannsu language is Dhei-Dhei, a ridiculously large number which is eqal to one with 3000 zeroes following it. Larger numbers can be written using our numeral system, but very rarely are such large numbers needed. (For game purposes the Standard numeral system functions as if it is the Rihannsu numeral system, of course.)

In general, numbers smaller than 1000 are written from large to small segments.

meaning 442. Numbers LARGER than 1000 are written in chunks, similar to English:

One Billion Four Hundred Fifty-three Million Two hundred ten thousand
Sei-Dhei Mnhu- rha' sei Kre-Dhei Krhu- dha Dhei
...
Sei-Dhei Mnhu-rha'sei Kre-Dhei Khru-dha Dhei

Or:

Twenty Three Thousand and Fifty One
Krha' sei Dhei Rha' Hwi
...
Krha'sei Dhei Rha'hwi

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