Thank you for this, Sir! Can you share the Draconic words for numbers?
— Jon Gomez / Zero ~ 🇨🇴 (@ZeromaruX) August 30, 2021
1)
Certainly.
One = ir (pronounced “urr”)
Two = do (“doe” or “doah”)
Three = klau (“claw”)
Four = tveth (“tuh-VETH”)
Five = kloal (“kuh-LOW-ull”)
Six = saqqa (“sah-KWUH”)
Seven = tlokel (“tuh-LOCK-ell”)
Eight = hrist (“hur-ISSSt”)
Nine = vaeve (“VAY-vuh”) 2)
Ten = vok (“VOKE” to rhyme with “woke”)
Dragons of Toril generally count by sixes (groups of six): one group of six is saqqa, twelve is two groups of six and so, “dosaqqa” (doe-sah-KWUH”), eighteen is three groups of six and so, “klausaqqa,” and so on.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 30, 2021
3)
Sixty or voksaqqa functions somewhat like a hundred for Common Tongue speakers, being the “larger group” (for dragons, usually counting the size of a herd or edibles, or a group of humans/demi-humans/humanoids on the move or in a settlement) unit. 4)
So instead of two hundred, three hundred, and so on, most dragons count in sixties: voksaqqa, then “saqqado” for one hundred and twenty, then “saqqaklau” for one hundred and eighty, and so on.
If a dragon is counting precisely for an amount above sixty: …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 30, 2021
5)
for 63, the count is rendered “klaulasaqqa.” In Draconic, 366 is “saqqalasaqqatlokel.” (Yes, 300 is “saqqasaqqa.”)
For many dragons, precise counting is for hoards or dragons; for other creatures, they often count "a few" = lauth or "many" = throden.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 30, 2021
