nasin nanpa likujo
nasin nanpa likujo is a number system created by jan Osuka based on the songs "likujo" and "luka tu wan" by jan Usawi. It uses lyrics of the songs to represent numbers, starting with "wan" meaning 1 from likujo, and ending with "e ale mi" meaning 124 from luka tu wan. It can also indicate a few negative numbers using lyrics before the first chorus of likujo, starting with "nanpa wan la kala ike en monsuta" for -9 and ending with "tenpo ale la mi toki suli e ijo pi olin mi" for 0.
An unfortunate consequence of using song lyrics is that the lyrics in the chorus have multiple meanings. For example, wan could be 1, 34, 42, 52, or 62. However, tokiponists are already used to dealing with context (the song luka tu wan itself makes fun of toki pona's ambiguity), and so this number system is perfect for toki pona.
Song lyrics used to represent numbers
This is an index of all the lyrics used to indicate numbers, along with which values they indicate.
Lyrics from likujo
-9. nanpa wan la kala ike en monsuta -8. toki sin la mi ken tawa lon linja -7. ma pi lon ala ni li sewi mute a -6. mi pilin Weliko -5. tenpo ni la kalama ni -4. likujo li kulijo -3. n -2. mi wile ala toki suli e mi -1. taso mi awen toki suli tan ni: 0. tenpo ale la mi toki suli e ijo pi olin mi 1. wan 2. tu 3. san 4. po 5. luka 6. san san 7. likujo 8. mi lon taso oni sama jan Asune Miku 9. sona li mani mi la mi ken esun e ale 10. mi ken ala pake mi sike pali e ijo likujo 11. mi lon tenpo lon 12. mi weka e ijo ala 13. mi kute e pilin 14. mi kama jo e toki lawa 15. mi sitelen e nimi 16. mi pona e pakala 17. mi pana e kalama pi sama moku nasa wawa 18. mi sama akesi 19. o kama lon poki musi ni 20. ona la mi lon tomo pi nanpa sewi 21. sina wile kama nanpa sewi kin 22. la o kute e kalama a 23. o kama nasa 24. mi sama pipi, jan li ken ala moli e mi (toki tu li wan tan ni: jan Osuka li wan e ona a) 25. mi ken e wile mi 26. jan ike li ken taso oni e ni 27. pakala mi kin li suwi li suno a 28. o pana e mi lon supa sewi 29. mi supa-jan 30. musi kalama mi la sina 31. pilin sama mi pi lon jasima 32. li lukin e mi li toki e ni 33. “ona li usawi mute e mi” 34. wan 35. tu 36. san 37. po 38. luka 39. san san 40. likujo 41. o kalama suli e ni la ale li kulijo 42. wan 43. tu 44. san 45. po 46. luka 47. san san 48. likujo 49. o kalama suli e ni la ale li kulijo 50. tan seme la mi kama ala poki tan ni? 51. kule kalama 52. pi sike lon lawa 53. likujo 54. wan 55. tu 56. san 57. po 58. luka 59. san san 60. likujo 61. o kalama suli e ni la ale li kulijo 62. wan 63. tu 64. san 65. po 66. luka 67. san san 68. likujo 69. o kalama suli e ni la ale li kulijo
Lyrics from luka tu wan
70. tenpo open la 71. mi jan sin taso la 72. jan mute li alasa pona e mi 73. mi wile kama sona 74. mi wile kama pona 75. taso kepeken ala nasin ni 76. tenpo suno ale li sike tawa 77. pali ale li jo e nanpa 78. tenpo pi pakala mi la nanpa 79. en pilin mi li kama anpa 80. tenpo lon la luka tu mi li ken pali e ijo mute 81. ni li suli 82. taso 83. mi jo ala e luka tu wan 84. mi ken ala pali e ale 85. mi ale 86. mi ale li sama ni 87. mi ken ala pali ante 88. taso 89. mi pali 90. mi pali e ni 91. pilin mi li sike tawa 92. olin suli en monsuta 93. suli a 94. mi pilin e ni: mi ken ala 95. tawa ma pi anpa noka 96. mi a 97. mi jo ala e luka tu wan 98. mi ken ala pali e ale 99. sina ale 100. pilin oke utala ni anu seme? 101. mi ken ala pali ante 102. taso 103. mi wile 104. mi wile e ni 105. en la sina ale li olin 106. e pali mi ale 107. ale 108. ale 109. mi o mi 110. sina toki e ni 111. taso tan olin ni la 112. mi wile sama sina 113. mi jo ala e luka tu wan 114. mi ken ala pali e ale 115. mi ale 116. mi ale 117. li jo ala e luka tu wan 118. li ken ala pali ante 119. taso 120. mi ale li pali 121. mi ken ala pali ante 122. tan ni la 123. mi pali 124. e ale mi
The lyrics above are licensed by jan Usawi under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Deed. Their corresponding numerals are unlicensed (it's just counting).