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From: "Barry Garcia" <barry_garcia@hidden.email>
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.
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