Talk:Fén Ghír

Accents
What exactly do the acute accents indicate? Greatbuddha (talk) 20:07, October 31, 2012 (UTC)

They lengthen the vowel, ala Irish Gaelic: Fauxlosophe (talk) 03:22, November 1, 2012 (UTC)

Numbers
I've noticed you haven't posted a number system yet. Have you considered making it something other than base 10? They do exist in human languages, i've hear of base 5,12,20 and one language that uses base 27.

I have actually posted a number system using base 10. It's in the vocabulary section. I made this language prior to being overly comfortable with departing from common Indoeuropean mores since I wanted a fantasy rather than Xenofiction feel to it. However, I have also considered a Roman Number inspired system using base 5. I would also consider base 13 in order related to a lunar calendar, which the language heavily implies is in use (Though I've only just realized this implication and may expand upon it in otherways). I've also considered a base Eleven System since at present I use my Runic (Closer to Ogham Alphabet but created prior to my knowledge of it] as a numerical system for them and their alphabet has eleven symbols.

An interesting experiment in this would be a number system where the names reflected Roman Numbers, creating a sort of base 3 system within a base Five system.

One, Two, Three, Pre-Five, Five, Five One, Five Two, Five Three, Pre-Ten, Ten, Ten One... Fifteen... Twenty... TwentyFive...

Where Fifteen/TwentyFive are treated on equal terms with Ten and Twenty and are given distinct names and symbols.

At present, One-Two-Three are found a lot on the main page since they also find expression as other Fén terms; an indeterminant article (a/an), some/rare causes (literally a pluralized form of one), a few (using two as an adjective which is shown by not pluralizing the word) and many (Similar to two except using three). This would complicate a lower base system though it still seems promising since it would emphasize the importants of these terms (or alternatively, I could chance them without doing a great deal of damage, the few cases where they have been used literally all need minor editing anyway)

Fauxlosophe (talk) 04:47, November 2, 2012 (UTC)