0 | zero | 10 | twelve | 20 | twentel |
1 | one | 11 | twelve-one | 30 | thirtel |
2 | two | 12 | twelve-two | 40 | fortel |
3 | three | 13 | twelve-three | 50 | fiftel |
4 | four | 14 | twelve-four | 60 | sixtel |
5 | five | 15 | twelve-five | 70 | seventel |
6 | six | 16 | twelve-six | 80 | eighttel |
7 | seven | 17 | twelve-seven | 90 | ninetel |
8 | eight | 18 | twelve-eight | T0 | tentel |
9 | nine | 19 | twelve-nine | E0 | eleventel |
T | ten | 1T | twelve-ten | 100 | one gross |
E | eleven | 1E | twelve-eleven | 200 | two gross |
1 000 | one great | 2 000 | two great | 10 000 | twelve great |
100 000 | one gross great | 1 000 000 | one second great | 1 000 000 000 | one third great |
10^(3n) one (n)th great Other than replacing the -ty (from ten) with the -tel (from twELve) suffix, this system uses the words that are already there. Also, when approaching large numbers, we no longer have to worry about what prefix goes before the -illion, we just need to know how many sets of three digits there are, and know that it's that many greats. |
1 | first | 2 | second | 3 | third | 4 | fourth |
5 | fifth | 6 | sixth | 7 | seventh | 8 | eighth |
9 | ninth | T | tenth | E | eleventh | 10 | twelfth |
10 | twelfth | 20 | twentelth | 30 | thirtelth | 40 | fortelth |
50 | fiftelth | 60 | sixtelth | 70 | seventelth | 80 | eightelth |
90 | ninetelth | T0 | tentelth | E0 | eleventelth | 100 | grossth |
For convenience here, T stands for ten and E for eleven).