From: Adam Walker (dreamertwo@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Sep 08 2001 - 15:52:24 EST
>From: "Barry Garcia" <barry_garcia@csumb.edu>
>Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 05:35:10 -0700
>
>romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com writes:
> >sezexi
> >septenzexi
> >dudevijinci
> >undevijinci
> >vijinci
>
>Question: So, what is the explanation for these? Don't most romance langs
>use the word for 10 + the smaller number in order to make the teens past
>15? It also appears that when you hit 18, you subtract from 20 to get that
>number. Was that a latin development, or is this something unique to
>Cardajiñinsa?
>
Well, basically all I did was take a list of the Latin numerals from a text
book and run them through some sound changes I've chosen to see what came
out. I haven't decided if C. will follow Latin or the general Romance
pattern yet.
Adam
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