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Numbers in Toaq have special behavior when chaining. For example, heı gue means “▯ are twelve in number”, not “▯ are ten in number and are two in number”.

Digits (in base 10)
Number	Toaq
0	puısıa, koam*
1	shı
2	gu
3	saq
4	jo
5	fe
6	cı
7	dıaı
8	roaı
9	neı

Powers of 10
Number	Toaq
10	heı
100	fue

Powers of 1,000
Number	Toaq
10³	bıq
10⁶	mega
10⁹	gıga
10¹²	tera
10¹⁵	peta
10¹⁸	esa
10²¹	seta
10²⁴	hıota
10²⁷	rona*
10³⁰	kueta*

(*Unofficial.)

In base 10, natural numbers less than 1,000 are written like ([digit] fue) ([digit] heı) ([digit]), where digits followed by a power of 10 can be left out if they are 1.

For higher numbers, [number less than 1,000] [power of 1,000] multiplies the number by the power of 1,000. These [number]–[power of 1,000] groupings can be concatenated together in descending order to add them.

Any part that is 0 can be left out.

For example, 123,001,050 can be written fue gu heı saq mega (shı) bıq fe heı.

Number components

Number components are a proposal that makes numbers their own part of speech, rather than predicates. Numbers are written as single words without spaces, like fueguheısaq rather than fue gu heı saq, so that they can be converted to predicates using prefixes.

The following prefixes can turn numbers into predicates.

ne-: turns a natural number N into the verb “▯ are N in number”
ko-: turns a natural number N into the verb “▯ is Nth in sequence ▯”
chaq-: turns YYYYcoMMcoDD format into “It is the day YYYY/MM/DD”
jam-: turns HHcoMMcoSS format into “It is time HH:MM:SS”

There are also prefixes that can modify the numbers themselves.

jem-: approximately N
nho-: precisely N
ze-: negative N

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-'''Numbers''' in Toaq have special behavior when chaining. For example, {{t|heı gue}} means “___ are twelve in number”, not “___ are ten in number and are two in number”.
+'''Numbers''' in Toaq have special behavior when chaining. For example, {{t|heı gue}} means “▯ are twelve in number”, not “▯ are ten in number and are two in number”.
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 == Number components ==
-Number components are a proposal that makes numbers their own part of speech, rather than predicates. Numbers are written as single words without spaces, like {{t|fueguheısaq}} rather than {{t|fue gu heı saq}}, so that they can be converted to predicates using prefixes.
+'''Number components''' are a proposal that makes numbers their own part of speech, rather than predicates. Numbers are written as single words without spaces, like {{t|fueguheısaq}} rather than {{t|fue gu heı saq}}, so that they can be converted to predicates using prefixes.
-These two prefixes are common ways to turn numbers into predicates:
+The following prefixes can turn numbers into predicates.
-<blockquote>{{t|ne-}}: turns a natural number N into the verb “___ are N in number”
+* {{t|ne-}}: turns a natural number N into the verb “▯ are N in number”
-<br>{{t|ko-}}: turns a natural number N into the verb “___ is Nth in sequence ___”</blockquote>
+* {{t|ko-}}: turns a natural number N into the verb “▯ is Nth in sequence ▯”
+* {{t|chaq-}}: turns YYYYcoMMcoDD format into “It is the day YYYY/MM/DD”
+* {{t|jam-}}: turns HHcoMMcoSS format into “It is time HH:MM:SS”
+There are also prefixes that can modify the numbers themselves.
+* {{t|jem-}}: approximately N
+* {{t|nho-}}: precisely N
+* {{t|ze-}}: negative N
 == See also ==
 [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SKcQDRhTIaRXyPQO-5vt1TtmGyrleW3zAp8gebIs3vc/edit Document on Toaq number system proposals (outdated)]