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Conlangery #33: Suprasegmentals

Conlangery Podcast

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The Danish Number System

In Danish, half them, half five, and forgive me for pronouncing these wrong, is 430. There's also a special word for one and a half in Danish. Half third, 2.5. Half your day, half for 3.5. The names of the 10s, 50 to 90 are derived from the number of scores. For example, 60 is thres in TV.

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