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Counting in Globasa

Language overview

Globasa is a constructed international auxiliary language designed by Hector Ortega, linguist, translator and expert in adult language acquisition and teaching. Its design is reminiscent of the world’s creole languages. It follows the guiding principles of optimal simplicity with the goal of maximum learnability and ease of use for both speaker and listener, optimal balance between opposing linguistic parameters, and internationality. Globasa’s grammar and lexicon are stable since its phase 2, in December 2019, with over 1,000 root words and over 2,000 total words and expressions.

Globasa numbers list 1 – un

2 – dua

3 – tiga

4 – care

5 – lima

6 – sisa

7 – sabe

8 – oco

9 – nue

10 – des

11 – des un

12 – des dua

13 – des tiga

14 – des care

15 – des lima

16 – des sisa

17 – des sabe

18 – des oco

19 – des nue

20 – duades

30 – tigades

40 – caredes

50 – limades

60 – sisades

70 – sabedes

80 – ocodes

90 – nuedes

100 – cen

1,000 – kilo

one million – un mega

one billion – un giga

one trillion – un tera

Globasa numbering rules

Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).

Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific words, namely: un [1], dua [2], tiga [3], care [4], lima [5], sisa [6], sabe [7], oco [8], and nue [9].

[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], and [9]. Tens are formed starting with the multiplier digit, directly followed by the word for ten ( des ), except for ten itself: des [10], duades [20], tigades [30], caredes [40], limades [50], sisades [60], sabedes [70], ocodes [80], and nuedes [90].

), except for ten itself: [10], [20], [30], [40], [50], [60], [70], [80], and [90]. Compound numbers are formed starting with the ten, followed by the unit digit, separated with a space (e.g.: des lima [15], sisades oco [68]).

[15], [68]). Hundreds are formed starting with the multiplier digit, directly followed by the word for hundred ( cen ), with no space, except for one hundred: cen [100], duacen [200], tigacen [300], carecen [400], limacen [500], sisacen [600], sabecen [700], ococen [800], and nuecen [900].

), with no space, except for one hundred: [100], [200], [300], [400], [500], [600], [700], [800], and [900]. Thousands are formed starting with the multiplier digit, directly followed by the word for thousand ( kilo ), with no space, except for one thousand: kilo [1,000], duakilo [2,000], tigakilo [3,000], carekilo [4,000], limakilo [5,000], sisakilo [6,000], sabekilo [7,000], ocokilo [8,000], and nuekilo [9,000].

), with no space, except for one thousand: [1,000], [2,000], [3,000], [4,000], [5,000], [6,000], [7,000], [8,000], and [9,000]. Big scale numbers starting with million are the International System Unit prefixes: mega (million, 106), giga (billion, 109), tera (trillion, 1012)…

Write a number in full in Globasa

Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Globasa. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.





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Auxiliary languages

Babm, Bolak, Digisk Folkspraak, Esperanto, Folkspraak, Globasa, Glosa, Guosa, Idiom neutral, Ido, Intal, Interlingua, Interlingue, Interslavic, Kotava, Langue nouvelle, Latino sine flexione, Lingua Franca Nova, Lingwa de planeta, Mondial, Mondlango, Pandunia, Ro, Romanid, Slovio, Solresol, Sona, Spokil, Tutonish, Universalglot, Uropi, and Volapük.





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