The Number System in Galadralorean
Counting in Galadralorean is fairly straightforward. The system is basically a decimal system, however, due to regional variation and foreign influence, there are dual methods of counting over ten. The numbers from one through ten are fairly straightforward:
mel - 1 - one
cal - 2 - two
dul - 3 - three
find - 4 - four
s 5 - five
nal - 6 - six
s���- 7 - eight
r鬠- 8 - eight
chal - 9 - nine
for - 10 - ten
The numbers through 20 can be formed two ways. The first way is to blend them with ten, which is more the standard, but there is another set of numbers, seemingly unrelated to the base ten concept, that gives the teens as seperate numbers based on vowel shifts before an identical prefix. This counting method is most common in the isolated regions of the Ithrondur Hills, around the Celebli Myrmor, and other rural, isolated areas. Even if Ocarrian (common) is spoken there, the inhabitants still count numbers using the Galadralorean system.
The first system goes thus:
formë 11- eleven
forcal - 12 - twelve
fordúl - 13 - thirteen
forfindl - 14 - fourteen
forsól - 15 - fifteen
fornal - 16 - sixteen
forsíl- 17 - seventeen
for(r)él- 18 - eighteen
forchál - 19 - nineteen
To form a number that is a round number (counted by tens... e.g. 20, 30, 40, 50...) in multiples of ten, the number is very simple to form:
calmë 20 - twenty
dúcalmë- 30 - thirty
finemë 40 - forty
sólmë - 50 - fifty
nalmë 60 - sixty
sílmë 70 - seventy
rélmë 80 - eighty
chalmë 90 - ninety
To form the numbers inbetween, it is the same with all the multiples of ten. You attach a prefix, a truncated form of the initial nine numbers, to the multiple of ten number, thus:
mecalmë 21 - twenty-one
cacalmë 22 - twenty-two
ducalmë 23 - twenty-three
fincalmë 24 - twenty-four
sócalmë 25 - twenty-five
nacalmë 26 - twenty-six
sílmë 27 - twenty-seven
rélmë 28 - twenty-eight
chácalmë 29 - twenty-nine
(Note that '99' is pronounced 'hachálmë' to avoid a repetition of the 'ch' sound)