Numbers in Belter Creole



Learn numbers in Belter Creole

Knowing numbers in Belter Creole is probably one of the most useful things you can learn to say, write and understand in Belter Creole. Learning to count in Belter Creole may appeal to you just as a simple curiosity or be something you really need. Perhaps you have planned a trip to a country where Belter Creole is the most widely spoken language, and you want to be able to shop and even bargain with a good knowledge of numbers in Belter Creole.

It's also useful for guiding you through street numbers. You'll be able to better understand the directions to places and everything expressed in numbers, such as the times when public transportation leaves. Can you think of more reasons to learn numbers in Belter Creole?

Belter Creole (lang Belta) is the language spoken by the Belters, the inhabitants of the asteroid belt, in the world of The Expanse, a series of science fiction novels by James S. A. Corey, the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, which has been adapted as a TV series by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby for the SyFy channel and Amazon Prime. In this universe, the people working in the asteroid belt originating from Earth and Mars developed a creole language from German, Chinese, Romance languages, Hindi, Slavic, and Bantu. The lang Belta has been created by the linguist Nick Farmer for the TV series.Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 999 in Belter Creole. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.

List of numbers in Belter Creole

Here is a list of numbers in Belter Creole. We have made for you a list with all the numbers in Belter Creole from 1 to 20. We have also included the tens up to the number 100, so that you know how to count up to 100 in Belter Creole. We also close the list by showing you what the number 1000 looks like in Belter Creole.

  • 1) wang
  • 2) tu
  • 3) serí
  • 4) fu
  • 5) faf
  • 6) sikesh
  • 7) seng
  • 8) et
  • 9) nang
  • 10) teng
  • 11) wang-un-teng
  • 12) tu-un-teng
  • 13) serí-un-teng
  • 14) fu-un-teng
  • 15) faf-un-teng
  • 16) sikesh-un-teng
  • 17) seng-un-teng
  • 18) et-un-teng
  • 19) nang-un-teng
  • 20) tuteng
  • 30) seriteng
  • 40) futeng
  • 50) fáveteng
  • 60) síkeseteng
  • 70) séngeteng
  • 80) éteteng
  • 90) nángeteng
  • 100) xanya

Numbers in Belter Creole: Belter Creole numbering rules

Each culture has specific peculiarities that are expressed in its language and its way of counting. The Belter Creole is no exception. If you want to learn numbers in Belter Creole you will have to learn a series of rules that we will explain below. If you apply these rules you will soon find that you will be able to count in Belter Creole with ease.

The way numbers are formed in Belter Creole is easy to understand if you follow the rules explained here. Surprise everyone by counting in Belter Creole. Also, learning how to number in Belter Creole yourself from these simple rules is very beneficial for your brain, as it forces it to work and stay in shape. Working with numbers and a foreign language like Belter Creole at the same time is one of the best ways to train our little gray cells, so let's see what rules you need to apply to number in Belter Creole

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  • Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific words: wang [1], tu [2], serí [3], fu [4], faf [5], sikesh [6], seng [7], et [8], and nang [9].
  • Tens are formed prefixing the word for ten (teng) by the mutliplier digit, except for ten itself: teng [10], tuteng [20], seriteng [30], futeng [40], fáveteng [50], síkeseteng [60], séngeteng [70], éteteng [80], and nángeteng [90].
  • Compound numbers are formed starting with the unit, then the coordinator un linked with hypens, and the ten (e.g.: tu-un-seriteng [32], et-un-séngeteng [78]).
  • Hundreds are formed prefixing the word for hundred (xanya) with its multiplier, except for one hundred: xanya [100], túxanya [200], seríxanya [300], fúxanya [400], fávexanya [500], síkesexanya [600], séngexanya [700], étexanya [800], and nángexanya [900].
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