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Numbers in Black Speech have no inflection in case or any other grammar form. However some case suffixes have special meaning (see below). They can be used alone without noun in place of subject or object. | Numbers in Black Speech have no inflection in case or any other grammar form. However some case suffixes have special meaning (see below). They can be used alone without noun in place of subject or object. | ||
- | Numerals precede nouns even in [[black_speech|Classical Black Speech]] ([[ring-verse|" | + | Numerals precede nouns even in [[black_speech|Classical Black Speech]] ([[ring-verse|" |
Nûrlâm uses decimal numeral system (10 as base) as in majority of real world and in Sindarin language. Quenya has duodecimal system (base 12), but there is no reason to copy this feature, archaic for Middle-Earth, | Nûrlâm uses decimal numeral system (10 as base) as in majority of real world and in Sindarin language. Quenya has duodecimal system (base 12), but there is no reason to copy this feature, archaic for Middle-Earth, | ||
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===== Basic numbers ===== | ===== Basic numbers ===== | ||
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^ Black Speech | krulnuk | krignuk | ^ Black Speech | krulnuk | krignuk | ||
- | Hundreds are formed regularily as < | + | Hundreds are formed regularily as < |
=== Example === | === Example === | ||
- | To translate the number 16384 into Black Speech we express it as: (10 + 6)x1000 + 3x100 + 80 + 4. Thus it becomes " | + | To translate the number 16384 into Black Speech we express it as: (10 + 6)x1000 + 3x100 + 80 + 4. Thus it becomes " |
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+ | //Subsets// are formed by putting the noun/ | ||
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