Tongan number system

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  • Tongan and Lojban have a very simple number system.
    • Primarily, you put digits one after another.
    • Generally you only read out letters in English when it's a phone number or a code number.
      • "145606" is almost always "One hundred and forty-five thousand, six hundred and six".
      • However, digits after the radix point are read out, i.e. "Pi is three point one four one five nine two six ..."
  • Note that both in Lojban and Tongan "100" has two possible realizations.
  • Lojban has additional words for hexadecimal system, which explains why it also has a single word for "10".
Number Tongan Lojban Literally means
0 noa no 0
1 taha pa 1
2 ua re 2
3 tolu ci 3
4 fa vo 4
5 nima mu 5
6 ono xa 6
7 fitu ze 7
8 valu bi 8
9 hiva so 9
10 hongofulu dau 10
10 taha noa pa no 1, 0
11 taha taha pa pa 1, 1
12 taha ua pa re 1, 2
13 taha tolu pa ci 1, 3
14 taha fa pa vo 1, 4
15 taha nima pa mu 1, 5
16 taha ono pa xa 1, 6
17 taha fitu pa ze 1, 7
18 taha valu pa bi 1, 8
19 taha hiva pa so 1, 9
20 ua noa re no 2, 0
21 ua taha re pa 2, 1
22 ua ua re re 2, 2
23 ua tolu re ci 2, 3
24 ua fa re vo 2, 4
25 ua nima re mu 2, 5
26 ua ono re xa 2, 6
27 ua fitu re ze 2, 7
28 ua valu re bi 2, 8
29 ua hiva re so 2, 9
30 tolu noa ci no 3, 0
31 tolu taha ci pa 3, 1
32 tolu ua ci re 3, 2
33 tolu tolu ci ci 3, 3
34 tolu fa ci vo 3, 4
35 tolu nima ci mu 3, 5
36 tolu ono ci xa 3, 6
37 tolu fitu ci ze 3, 7
38 tolu valu ci bi 3, 8
39 tolu hiva ci so 3, 9
40 fa noa vo no 4, 0
41 fa taha vo pa 4, 1
42 fa ua vo re 4, 2
43 fa tolu vo ci 4, 3
44 fa fa vo vo 4, 4
45 fa nima vo mu 4, 5
46 fa ono vo xa 4, 6
47 fa fitu vo ze 4, 7
48 fa valu vo bi 4, 8
49 fa hiva vo so 4, 9
50 nima noa mu no 5, 0
51 nima taha mu pa 5, 1
52 nima ua mu re 5, 2
53 nima tolu mu ci 5, 3
54 nima fa mu vo 5, 4
55 nima nima mu mu 5, 5
56 nima ono mu xa 5, 6
57 nima fitu mu ze 5, 7
58 nima valu mu bi 5, 8
59 nima hiva mu so 5, 9
60 ono noa xa no 6, 0
61 ono taha xa pa 6, 1
62 ono ua xa re 6, 2
63 ono tolu xa ci 6, 3
64 ono fa xa vo 6, 4
65 ono nima xa mu 6, 5
66 ono ono xa xa 6, 6
67 ono fitu xa ze 6, 7
68 ono valu xa bi 6, 8
69 ono hiva xa so 6, 9
70 fitu noa ze no 7, 0
71 fitu taha ze pa 7, 1
72 fitu ua ze re 7, 2
73 fitu tolu ze ci 7, 3
74 fitu fa ze vo 7, 4
75 fitu nima ze mu 7, 5
76 fitu ono ze xa 7, 6
77 fitu fitu ze ze 7, 7
78 fitu valu ze bi 7, 8
79 fitu hiva ze so 7, 9
80 valu noa bi no 8, 0
81 valu taha bi pa 8, 1
82 valu ua bi re 8, 2
83 valu tolu bi ci 8, 3
84 valu fa bi vo 8, 4
85 valu nima bi mu 8, 5
86 valu ono bi xa 8, 6
87 valu fitu bi ze 8, 7
88 valu valu bi bi 8, 8
89 valu hiva bi so 8, 9
90 hiva noa so no 9, 0
91 hiva taha so pa 9, 1
92 hiva ua so re 9, 2
93 hiva tolu so ci 9, 3
94 hiva fa so vo 9, 4
95 hiva nima so mu 9, 5
96 hiva ono so xa 9, 6
97 hiva fitu so ze 9, 7
98 hiva valu so bi 9, 8
99 hiva hiva so so 9, 9
100 teau pa ki'o 100
100 taha noa noa pa no no 1, 0, 0