Editing D'ni numerals

'''D'ni numerals''' depict a base-25 system, with unique symbols for values between 0 and 24. In our own base-10 system, additional digits to the left of the decimal point indicate additional powers of 10. In base 25, additional digits represent additional powers of 25. Cyan's D'ni historian [[RAWA]] has provided an example of how this works:

<pre>9876 Base 10 = ((9 X 10^3) + (8 X 10^2) + (7 X 10^1) + (6 X 10^0))
= ((9 X 1000) + (8 X 100) + (7 X 10) + (6 X 1))
= (9000 + 800 + 70 + 6)
= 9876</pre>

<pre>9876 Base 25 = ((9 X 25^3) + (8 X 25^2) + (7 X 25^1) + (6 X 25^0))
= ((9 X 15625) + (8 X 625) + (7 X 25) + (6 X 1))
= (140625 + 5000 + 175 + 6 )
= 145806</pre>

==Symbols and terminology==
===Numbers 0 - 25===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Decimal number !! D'ni symbol !! D'ni word !! Transliteration
|-
| 0 || <dni>0</dni> || <dni>rUn</dni> || ''roon''
|-
| 1 || <dni>1</dni> || <dni>fa</dni> || ''fah''
|-
| 2 || <dni>2</dni> || <dni>brE</dni> || ''bree''
|-
| 3 || <dni>3</dni> || <dni>sen</dni> || ''sen''
|-
| 4 || <dni>4</dni> || <dni>tor</dni> || ''tor''
|-
| 5 || <dni>5</dni> || <dni>vat</dni> || ''vaht''
|-
| 6 || <dni>6</dni> || <dni>vagafa</dni> || ''vahgahfah'' (five-and-one)
|-
| 7 || <dni>7</dni> || <dni>vagabrE</dni> || ''vahgahbree''
|-
| 8 || <dni>8</dni> || <dni>vagasen</dni> || ''vahgahsen''
|-
| 9 || <dni>9</dni> || <dni>vagator</dni> || ''vahgahtor''
|-
| 10 || <dni>)</dni> || <dni>nAvU</dni> || ''nayvoo''
|-
| 11 || <dni>!</dni> || <dni>nAgafa</dni> || ''naygahfah''
|-
| 12 || <dni>@</dni> || <dni>nAgabrE</dni> || ''naygahbree''
|-
| 13 || <dni>#</dni> || <dni>nAgasen</dni> || ''naygahsen''
|-
| 14 || <dni>$</dni> || <dni>nAgator</dni> || ''naygahtor''
|-
| 15 || <dni>%</dni> || <dni>hEbor</dni> || ''heebor''
|-
| 16 || <dni>^</dni> || <dni>hEgafa</dni> || ''heegahfah''
|-
| 17 || <dni>&</dni> || <dni>hEgabrE</dni> || ''heegahbree''
|-
| 18 || <dni>*</dni> || <dni>hEgasen</dni> || ''heegahsen''
|-
| 19 || <dni>(</dni> || <dni>hEgator</dni> || ''heegahtor''
|-
| 20 || <dni>[</dni> || <dni>riS</dni> || ''rish''
|-
| 21 || <dni>]</dni> || <dni>rigafa</dni> || ''rigahfah''
|-
| 22 || <dni>\</dni> || <dni>rigabrE</dni> || ''rigahbree''
|-
| 23 || <dni>{</dni> || <dni>rigasen</dni> || ''rigahsen''
|-
| 24 || <dni>}</dni> || <dni>rigator</dni> || ''rigahtor''
|-
| 25 || <dni>|</dni> || <dni>fasE</dni> || ''fahsee''
|}

The single-digit symbol for 25 was used for special occasions and shorthand, much like we use the Roman numeral "X" for ten. Typically, the D'ni would use <dni>10</dni> to write 25. There is also a "wrapped zero" character (<dni>=</dni>&nbsp;) used for cyclic sequences, such as clock faces, which would count from 0 through 24 and then wrap back to zero.

===Powers of 25===
Just as we have terms for tens, hundreds, thousands, etc., so the D'ni also had names for each power of 25.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Power of 25 !! Base-10 value !! D'ni place value !! D'ni word !! Transliteration
|-
| 25<sup>0</sup> || 1 || <dni>1</dni> || <dni>fa</dni> || ''fah''
|-
| 25<sup>1</sup> || 25 || <dni>10</dni> || <dni>fasE</dni> || ''fahsee''
|-
| 25<sup>2</sup> || 625 || <dni>100</dni> || <dni>fara</dni> || ''fahrah''
|-
| 25<sup>3</sup> || 15,625 || <dni>1000</dni> || <dni>falen</dni> || ''fahlen''
|-
| 25<sup>4</sup> || 390,625 || <dni>10000</dni> || <dni>famel</dni> || ''fahmel''
|-
| 25<sup>5</sup> || 9,765,625 || <dni>100000</dni> || <dni>fablO</dni> || ''fahblo''
|}

===Reading numbers===
The place values above can be directly compared to the words used in English to indicate our place values. For instance, 100 is "one hundred." Similarly, in D'ni, "''fahsee''" (<dni>fasE</dni>) means "one twenty-five." To indicate larger sums within that place value (such as, for example, fifty), you would say "''breesee''" (<dni>brEsE</dni>), or "two twenty-fives."

When reading long numbers, you read them left to right in a string. For example, 233 (<dni>98</dni>) would be spoken as "''vahgahtorsee vahgahsen''" (<dni>vagatorsE vagasen</dni>), or "nine twenty-five, eight," just as we say "two hundred thirty-three" in English.