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Counting in kamikawa is quite simple: That's it. The people of Kamikawa haven't traditionally been interested in mathematics, however they did recognize the need to account for their food stores and trading with other peoples. As a result they developed a base five counting system. While they rarely, write out the words for base five numbers, when spoken they say them in the reverse order than they would be written so that the hearer can build up the total sum in their head as they hear the numbers. zero through ten would be: 0 - hu 1- ape 2 - ni 3 - no 4 - u Learning_to_count.pdf (graphical representation of basic counting) io wueili ei i amo ae tiku kavi ani womeu pea i womeuki <u ape> a ito ape ni i u mo u mo ape / ani womeu pea i womeuki <u ni> ------------------------------- Translation: The total of zero times all things is zero. The total of one times one is one. The total of two times one is two. The total of three times one is three. the total of four times one is four. but see i | it in number big /important this quickly comes before "hu ape" 0 1 is 4 1 1 is 4 + 1 2 1 is 4 + 2 3 1 is 4 + 3 ani womeu pea i womeuki <u ape> and see you | "u ape" doesn't exist this quickly comes before "hu ni". 0 2 is 4 + 4 a ito ape ni i u mo u mo ape / 1 2 is 4 + 4 + 1 2 2 is 4 + 4 + 2 3 2 is 4 + 4 + 3 ani womeu pea i womeuki <u ni> |
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