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+The following are the cardinal numerals in Rihan:
+(0 - '''lliu''')
+(1 - '''hwi''')
+(2 - '''kre''')
+(3 - '''sei''')
+(4 - '''mne''')
+(5 - '''rhi''')
+(6 - '''fve''')
+(7 - '''lli''')
+(8 - '''the''')
+(9 - '''lhi''')
+(10 - '''dha''')
+(100 - '''khu''')
+The above are the basic cardinal numbers; all other cardinal numbers are derived from the above; tens and hundreds derived from the above bases by a vowel change, as listed following:
+(20 - '''kra''')
+(30 - '''seha''')
+(40 - '''mnha''')
+(50 - '''rha''')
+(60 - '''fvha''')
+(70 - '''lla''')
+(80 - '''thha''')
+(90 - '''lha''')
+(200 - '''kru''')
+(300 - '''sehu''')
+(400 - '''mnhu''')
+(500 - '''rhu''')
+(600 - '''fvhu''')
+(700 - '''llu''')
+(800 - '''thhu''')
+(900 - '''lhu''')
+Numbers from eleven to ninety-nine are formed in a regular manner as illustrated by the following examples:
+(32 - '''seha'kre''')
+(53 - '''rha'sei''')
+(69 - '''fvha'lhi''')
+Numbers from 101 to 999 are also formed regularly:
+(367 - '''sehu-fvha'lli''')
+(442 - '''mnhu-mnha'kre''')
+(980 - '''lhu-thha''')
+The word for "thousand" is '''dhei'''. Its use is quite regular, too, however its regularity is quite different from English.
+(1000 - '''hwi dhei''')
+(1111 - '''hwi dhei khu-dha'hwi''')
+(2000 - '''kre dhei''')
+(43 269 - '''mnha'sei dhei fvhu-kra'sei''')
+(365 201 - '''sehu-fvha'rhi dhei kru'hwi''')
+The illustration above may give the impression that '''dhei''' functions almost identically to English "thousand", however, this is not the case, as its function is to represent any group of three zeroes. Millions and numbers larger are also expressed using '''dhei''', like this:
+(1 million - '''hwi kre-dhei''')
+(2 million - '''kre kre-dhei''')
+It can be noted above that "one million" is formed as "two dheis" - meaning something akin to "one two-groups-of-three-zeroes", which is exactly what a million is - a one followed by three zeroes. Further examples follow:
+(10 million - '''dha kre-dhei''')
+(1 billion - '''hwi sei-dhei''')
+(93 trillion - '''lha'sei mnhe-dhei''')
+Fractions are formed with the particle '''erh'''', with the denominator first, for example '''seha erh'lli''' means "seven thirtieths."
+The decimal point is represented by the word '''errah''', with numbers after the decimal point pronounced separately. "3.1415" would be rendered as '''sei errah hwi mne hwi rhi'''.
+Ordinal numbers are formed from cardinals as adjectives are formed from nouns, with the affix-set '''nu'''-...-'''r''', e.g. '''nuhwir''', "first", '''nudha'lhir''', "nineteenth", and so on.
+Adverbs indicating a number of occasions are formed regularly with the prefix '''caehh''''-, with the exception of "once", which is '''joaie'''. The others are all, however, formed regularly: '''caehh'kre''', "twice", '''caehh'kru-kra'kre''', "222 times", etc.