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Javanese numerals

Set of numerals used in javanese script

Summary

Set of numerals used in javanese script

Javanese numerals (; ) are a set of numerals traditionally used in the Javanese language, although Arabic numerals are also used. Javanese numerals follow the Hindu–Arabic numeral system commonly used in the rest of the world.

Javanese is rich in numerical expressions. What is written here is the form in standard written Javanese. Spoken Javanese or dialects can take different forms.

Numerals

Basic numerals

The numerals 0–9 have independent and modifier forms. The modifiers are used to form powers of 10 or modify the sum of objects. In some cases, there is more than one word for a numeral reflecting the Javanese register system of (low-register) and (high-register), as well as words from a literary form of Javanese called and derived from Old Javanese.

Numeral	Independent	Modifier	Javanese	Latin
꧐	0	ꦢꦱ꧀,	-	-
꧑	1	ꦱꦶꦗꦶ,	ꦱꦠꦸꦁꦒꦭ꧀,	ꦲꦺꦏ,
꧒	2	ꦭꦺꦴꦫꦺꦴ,	ꦏꦭꦶꦃ,	ꦢ꧀ꦮꦶ,
꧓	3	ꦠꦼꦭꦸ,	ꦠꦶꦒ,	ꦠꦿꦶ, ; ꦠꦿꦶꦤꦶ,
꧔	4	ꦥꦥꦠ꧀,	ꦱꦼꦏꦮꦤ꧀,	ꦕꦠꦸꦂ,
꧕	5	ꦭꦶꦩ,	ꦒꦁꦱꦭ꧀,	ꦥꦚ꧀ꦕ,
꧖	6	ꦤꦼꦩ꧀,	-	ꦱꦢ꧀,
꧗	7	ꦥꦶꦠꦸ,	-	ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠ,
꧘	8	ꦮꦺꦴꦭꦸ,	-	ꦲꦱ꧀ꦛ,
꧙	9	ꦱꦔ,	-	ꦤꦮ,

Teen, tween, and thirty numerals

Like English, Javanese has compound forms for the teens; however, it also has a series of compound 'tweens', 21–29. The teens are based on a root wĕlas and the tweens on likur.

Especially for numerals between 30 and 40, there are two formats: proper form and shortened form (wancahan).

Numeral	Teen	Numeral	Tween	Numeral	Thirty	Ngoko	Krama	Ngoko
11	sawĕlas	-	21	salikur	-	31	tĕlung puluh siji	beh-ji
12	ro wĕlas	kalih wĕlas	22	ro likur	kalih likur	32	tĕlung puluh (lo)ro	beh-ro
13	tĕlu wĕlas	tiga wĕlas	23	tĕlu likur	tiga likur	33	tĕlung puluh tĕlu	beh-lu
14	pat wĕlas	sakawan wĕlas	24	pat likur	sakawan likur	34	tĕlung puluh (pa)pat	beh-pat
15	lima wĕlas	gangsal wĕlas	25	salawe	salangkung	35	salapan	beh-ma
16	ĕnĕm wĕlas	-	26	ĕnĕm likur	-	36	tĕlung puluh ĕnĕm	beh-nĕm
17	pitu wĕlas	-	27	pitu likur	-	37	tĕlung puluh pitu	beh-tu
18	wolu wĕlas	-	28	wolu likur	-	38	tĕlung puluh wolu	beh-wo
19	sanga wĕlas	-	29	sanga likur	-	39	tĕlung puluh sanga	beh-nga

Powers of 10

When basic numbers are combined with powers of 10, the modifier is applied. The table below uses the modifier of one (sa-) as an example.

Power	Name	International notation	Short scale Western	Javanese
100	ꦱꦶꦗꦶ	siji	1	One
101	ꦱꦥꦸꦭꦸꦃ	sapuluh	10	TenSI prefix: deca-
102	ꦱꦲꦠꦸꦱ꧀	saatus	100	One hundred
103	ꦱꦲꦶꦮꦸ	saiwu	1,000	One thousand
104	ꦱꦊꦏ꧀ꦱ	salĕksa	10,000	Ten thousand
105	ꦱꦏꦼꦛꦶ	sakĕthi	100,000	One hundred thousand
106	ꦱꦪꦸꦠ	sayuta	1,000,000	One million
107	ꦱꦮꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦿ	sawĕndra	10,000,000	Ten million
108	ꦱꦧꦫ	sabara	100,000,000	One hundred million
109	ꦱꦒꦸꦭ꧀ꦩ	sagulma	1,000,000,000	One billion
1010	ꦱꦕꦩꦸ	sacamu	10,000,000,000	Ten billion
1011	ꦱꦮꦸꦂꦝ	sawurdha	100,000,000,000	One hundred billion
1012	ꦱꦏꦶꦂꦤ	sakirna	1,000,000,000,000	One trillion
1013	ꦱꦥꦸꦭꦸꦃꦏꦶꦂꦤ	sapuluh kirna	10,000,000,000,000	Ten trillion
1014	ꦱꦲꦠꦸꦱ꧀ꦏꦶꦂꦤ	saatus kirna	100,000,000,000,000	One hundred trillion
1015	ꦱꦠꦸꦠ꧀ꦱ꧀ꦩ	satutsma	1,000,000,000,000,000	One quadrillion
1016	ꦱꦥꦸꦭꦸꦃꦠꦸꦠ꧀ꦱ꧀ꦩ	sapuluh tutsma	10,000,000,000,000,000	Ten quadrillion
1017	ꦱꦲꦠꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦠ꧀ꦱ꧀ꦩ	saatus tutsma	100,000,000,000,000,000	One hundred quadrillion
1018	ꦱꦠꦒ	sataga	1,000,000,000,000,000,000	One quintillion

"Minus half" numerals

There are 3 words that mean "minus half of" some number. Tĕngah means minus half of 1, sasur means minus half of 10, and bĕlah means minus half of 100.

The format is ka- + basic numeral + minus half numeral. The basic numeral’s place value is decided by the minus half numeral, so the lima ("five") in kalima tĕngah () means five, while the lima in kalima sasur (45) means fifty.

For place values over 100, compounds containing bĕlah are used. Minus half of 1000 is bĕlah iwu. Minus half of 10,000 is bĕlah lĕksa.

Tĕngah	Sasur	Bĕlah	Arabic Numeral	Javanese Name	Arabic Numeral
	satĕngah	35	kapat sasur	150	karo bĕlah
	karo tĕngah	45	kalima sasur	250	katĕlu bĕlah
	katĕlu tĕngah	55	kaĕnĕm sasur	350	kapat bĕlah
	kapat tĕngah	65	kapitu sasur	450	kalima bĕlah
	kalima tĕngah	75	kawolu sasur	550	kaĕnĕm bĕlah
	kaĕnĕm tĕngah	85	kasanga sasur	650	kapitu bĕlah
	kapitu tĕngah	95	kasapuluh sasur	750	kawolu bĕlah
	kawolu tĕngah			850	kasanga bĕlah
	kasanga tĕngah			950	kasapuluh bĕlah
	kasapuluh tĕngah			1,500	karo bĕlah iwu
	kasaatus tĕngah			45,000	kapat bĕlah lĕksa
and so on...

Sasur is only used for thirty and above.

Fractions

Fractions are made up of numerator (modifier form) + pra- + denominator. Below is the example:

Numerator	Denominator	Name
tĕlu	pat	tĕlung prapat
siji	tĕlu	sapratĕlu
pat	lima	patang pralima

Special numerals

There are several forms of numbering that do not follow the pattern above. These special numerals can be combined with the powers of 10.

Numeral	Name	Ngoko
25	salawe	salangkung
35	salapan	-
50	saikĕt	-
60	sawidak	-
75	tĕlung lawe	-
400	samas	-
800	dhomas	-

Examples

Numeral	Javanese	English	Literal
	Kapat bĕlah karo tĕngah	Four hundred minus fifty and two minus one-half	Three hundred fifty-one and a half
500,075	Limang kĕthi kawolu sasur	Five kĕthi and eighty minus five	Five hundred thousand and seventy five
123,456,789	Sabahara rong wĕndra tĕlung yuta kalima belah kĕthi ĕnĕm iwu pitung atus wolung puluh sanga	One bahara two wĕndra three million five hundred minus fifty thousand and six thousand seven hundred eighty-nine	One hundred and twenty-three million four hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine
17,000,000,000	Sacamu pitung gulma	One camu seven gulma	Seventeen billion (short scale)
6,789,000,000,000,000	Ĕnĕm tutsma pitung atus wolung puluh sanga kirna	Six tutsma seven hundred eighty nine kirna	Six quadrillion seven hundred and eighty-nine trillion

Old Javanese numerals

Old Javanese numerals have two sets of names: native names (from Austronesian) and loan names (from Sanskrit).

Old	Western
Arabic	Old Javanese	Native	Sanskrit
	0	-	()
	1	()	()
	2	()	()
	3	()	()
	4	()	()
	5	()	()
	6	()	()
	7	()	()
	8	()	()
	9	()	()
	10	()	()

The word for zero was calqued into Arabic as صفر sifr, meaning 'nothing', which became the term "zero" in many European languages via Medieval Latin zephirum.

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References

"zero - Origin and meaning of zero by Online Etymology Dictionary".

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