Zurvár Language and Culture - Numerals

Unlike the base 10 (decimal) system used by Earth's dominant cultures, the Zurvár use a base five (quinary) system of numbers. As such Zurvár has only five digits, representing the numbers from 0 to 4.

Zurvár Number 0
0
Zurvár Number 1
1
Zurvár Number 2
2
Zurvár Number 3
3
Zurvár Number 4
4

These symbols are derived from the traditional alphabet of house Vàgalstan, which officially replaced the original more ornate symbols created by Cufár Bekátal Kuváravik (Cufár of Bekátálá) at the 2nd Wàcurátá Conferance in -ST0109.

There are conventional names for all numbers up to 50, as presented below. Beyond this point there are names for some of the round numbers (125, 625, etc up to 78125) and multiples thereof, but it is more common to just read out the numbers in sequence, possibly grouping the last two or three together if a conventional name is available. For instance...

Zurvár Number 4 Zurvár Number 3 Zurvár Number 2   =   tò-rûvár   or   tò-rû-ver

Zurvár Number 1 Zurvár Number 1 Zurvár Number 4 Zurvár Number 0   =   zad-zatòat   or   zad-zad-tò-kadat

There is a small yet rather vocal movement on Zurvár Arèáná advocating an official change to a base ten system. They are generally regarded as harmless mon gerek.

Numerals Name Number
Zurvár Number 0 kadat 0
Zurvár Number 1 zad 1
Zurvár Number 2 ver 2
Zurvár Number 3 rû 3
Zurvár Number 4 tň 4
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 0 zadat 5
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 1 s'tár 6
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 2 z'vár 7
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 3 surû 8
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 4 sutň 9
Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 0 varat 10
Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 1 v'rad 11
Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 2 várár 12
Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 3 v'rû 13
Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 4 vatň 14
Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 0 rûat 15
Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 1 rûad 16
Numerals Name Number
Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 2 rûvár 17
Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 3 rûár 18
Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 4 r'tň 19
Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 0 tňat 20
Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 1 tňad 21
Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 2 t'vár 22
Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 3 tarû 23
Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 4 tňár 24
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 0Zurvár Number 0 zakadat 25
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 0Zurvár Number 1 sazad 26
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 0Zurvár Number 2 záver 27
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 0Zurvár Number 3 zárû 28
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 0Zurvár Number 4 zátň 29
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 0 sazadat 30
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 1 sazatár 31
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 2 sazafár 32
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 3 sazurû 33
Numerals Name Number
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 4 sazatň 34
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 0 zavarat 35
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 1 zavarad 36
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 2 zavarár 37
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 3 zavarû 38
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 4 zavatň 39
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 0 zarûat 40
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 1 zarûad 41
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 2 sarûvár 42
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 3 sarûár 43
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 3Zurvár Number 4 saratň 44
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 0 zatňat 45
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 1 zatňad 46
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 2 zatávár 47
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 3 zatárû 48
Zurvár Number 1Zurvár Number 4Zurvár Number 4 zatûár 49
Zurvár Number 2Zurvár Number 0Zurvár Number 0 kazadat 50
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