Re: About Turkish

[Mark Perakh <perakh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since it seems to be a thing "in" to share the knowledge of Turkish
numerals, here are the same numerals in Uzbek (you see how similar to
Turkish)and almost the same (with a slight difference in pronounciation)
in Kazakh: 
1- bir
2-ikki
3-uch
4-tort
5-besh
6-shesh
7-? (I forgot)
8- Sakkuz
9- Tokkuz
10- Un
20- Yirmi etc. 

Why is it of importance for VMs list? 

Julie Porter wrote:
> 
> >BTW, here are the numbers and months in Turkish:
> >
> >      1 = bir     10 = on      100 = yЭz
> >      2 = iki     20 = yirmi   200 = iki yЭz
> >      3 = ЭГ      30 = otuz
> >      4 = dЖrt    40 = kIrk
> >      5 = beS     50 = elli
> >      6 = altI    60 = altmIS
> >      7 = yedi    70 = yetmiS
> >      8 = sekiz   80 = seksen
> >      9 = dokuz   90 = doksan
> >
> >     11 = on bir
> >     12 = on iki
> >        = ...
> This brings up a slighty off topic question. As members may recall, my main
> interest is in clockwork toys. Turkey was the major importer of these
> 'objects de vertu'.
> Many clocks and watches were incorporated with music and automata along
> with precious and semi precious stones. The dials are often paintesd with
> traingles and half moons for numbers. Some time ago I was asked how these
> symbols were used to perform calculations. In other words, do they act like
> roman numbers, or arabic numbers?
> Part of the problem is that these items were produced in Swizerland, with
> cases made in London (for the hallmark) I don't think the dial painters
> (who were most likey swiss or engish) always got the copy correct. These
> are the same dial makers who used IIII instead of IV.
> The makings of the minutes (chapter ring) are of particular intrerest as
> this should go from 0 to 59.
> 
> -julieP