How to count in Volapük, a language invented by Johann Martin Schleyer in 1879, and revised by Arie de Jong in 1930.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | ser | |
| 1 | bal | balid |
| 2 | tel | telid |
| 3 | kil | kilid |
| 4 | fol | folid |
| 5 | lul | lulid |
| 6 | mäl | mälid |
| 7 | vel | velid |
| 8 | jöl | jölid |
| 9 | zül | zülid |
| 10 | deg | degid |
| 11 | degbal | degbalid |
| 12 | degtel | degtelid |
| 13 | degkil | degkilid |
| 14 | degfol | degfolid |
| 15 | deglul | deglulid |
| 16 | degmäl | degmälid |
| 17 | degvel | degvelid |
| 18 | degjöl | degjölid |
| 19 | degzül | degzülid |
| 20 | teldeg | teldegid |
| 21 | teldegbal | teldegbalid |
| 22 | teldegtel | teldegtelid |
| 30 | kildeg | kildegid |
| 40 | foldeg | foldegid |
| 50 | luldeg | luldegid |
| 60 | mäldeg | mäldegid |
| 70 | veldeg | veldegid |
| 80 | jöldeg | jöldegid |
| 90 | züldeg | züldegid |
| 100 | tum | tumid |
| 1,000 | mil | milid |
| 1,000,000 | balion | balionid |
Large numbers are written by combining individual numbers as follows: 234,567 = teltumkildegfolmil lultummäldegvel, and 4,876,329 = folbalion jöltumveldegmälmil kiltumteldegzül
http://vo.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Volapük
http://www.volapük.com/foms-gramatik.html
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