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--- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, BPJ <bpj@...> wrote: > > On 2013-02-10 23:27, Ben Karnell wrote: > > But I have used some of that information through analogy; for example, Algiers LF used Arabic for its numerals, so I have used Crimean Tatar for most of Parra's numerals. > > That's funny as people in Algeria and Tunisia nowadays tend to use > French numerals in their Arabic! > Indeed, and I know that Romance-based numerals persisted in certain London street cants for many years. Lingua Franca was spotty and inconsistent by nature. I tried to reflect that by keeping Romance numerals for 2 (du), 3 (teré), 4 (vatro), 20 (venti), and 100 (sente), but using Turkic numerals elsewhere. - Ben