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Names
The name of a Fith is four words long: the name of his nation, followed by the name of his clan, followed by the name of his mother, followed by the name his mother gave him. (Why do I use the pronoun his? Because 80% of Fithian births are to males, meaning men outnumber women four to one.)
Tsho Ming Sun Do
Do, of the mother Sun, of the clan Ming, of the nation Tsho
Among family and among friends of the same clan, only the given name (e.g., Do) is used. Among other members of the same clan, the mother's name is also used (e.g., Sun Do). Among members of another clan belonging to the same nation (even presuming friendship), the clan name is used (e.g., Ming Sun Do). Everyone else uses the full name. Occasionally, a Fithian's best friend will be of another nationality: those two will go through life calling each other by their full names.
Because clans often change allegiances, a Fithian's national name may change two or three times during his life. Tsho Ming Sun Do was born Lom Ming Sun Do, before the Ming clan joined the Tsho nation. (Tsho Ming Sun Do eventually led the Tsho nation to complete victory over the Lom nation, entirely conquering it.)
The words that are used as names have no other meaning (no names like Grace or Joy) and are chosen from a set that has become fixed by tradition. There are now just 144 possible given names, and 12 times that many clan names. The name of a nation is taken from the name of its preeminent clan.
Numbers
The Fithians use a number system based on 144. They have unique words for the numbers 0 through 144, then express greater numbers using 144 as the base.
0. sing
1. an
2. kyuunh
3. tshun
4. noengh
5. nguñ
6. staimh
7. mrongh
8. tloumn
9. meengh
10. hliem
11. vwuunm
12. hlemnh
13. shrengh
14. swangh
15. tloeñ
16. ngim
17. sprengh
18. riengh
19. sreeñ
20. shum
21. zrienh
22. nrou
23. roumnh
24. syou
25. gwuunm
26. pumnh
27. tweenh
28. langh
29. dhu
30. vlenmh
31. shtronmh
32. zhliemh
33. shtinmh
34. tshuung
35. staing
36. foimnh
37. swuuñ
38. tshe
39. loinm
40. tiemnh
41. dzhaing
42. sreen
43. fleenmh
44. dwemn
45. skroung
46. pluunm
47. shtaimn
48. dzhaingh
49. nlaimh
50. dwanmh
51. hluu
52. sfaimnh
53. pangh
54. krimn
55. thlaim
56. thlung
57. tim
58. tshlonmh
59. pree
60. dzhonm
61. nwainh
62. shkoñ
63. lainmh
64. pwaimnh
65. syiemnh
66. mring
67. pliengh
68. stheenm
69. vwimn
70. myimn
71. kloim
72. spoum
73. menm
74. tleeng
75. sproemh
76. vwiemn
77. shtang
78. fainm
79. hrieñ
80. soin
81. banmh
82. hlinh
83. nweenmh
84. stimn
85. meenm
86. dzhlomnh
87. ranh
88. frinh
89. brounm
90. sthoenm
91. keemn
92. tshluu
93. dzhlaingh
94. sriem
95. wonh
96. mram
97. gwuunh
98. pwang
99. ki
100. truñ
101. puumh
102. soen
103. myaimh
104. byañ
105. prem
106. bloing
107. vyoum
108. xhon
109. syeemh
110. bronm
111. tyemnh
112. shproimnh
113. bwaingh
114. zroen
115. shkang
116. glomh
117. kromh
118. fliemnh
119. kroeng
120. fweemnh
121. nlu
122. lee
123. ftham
124. dhloemnh
125. gyai
126. mrungh
127. skuumn
128. blumh
129. shproinm
130. gwuuñ
131. dyin
132. gienh
133. vreenmh
134. sproimn
135. zhoing
136. teemnh
137. zhloimnh
138. mwuung
139. thouñ
140. femh
141. dzhloimnh
142. syienm
143. zhluumh
144. mang
When a number is mentally processed, the Fithian checks the stack top to see if that is a number as well. If it is, it multiplies that number by 144 and adds its own value. Thus an kyuunh would be 1 x 144 + 2 = 146, while mang an would be 144 x 144 + 1 = 20,737.
Numbers are otherwise treated as nouns. To use a noun as an adjective requires using the postposition tshon, "of" (but used only for numbers). To say, "I saw two men", one would say, lu hong kyuunh tshon vilh, literally "I man two of saw".
Partings
The most common parting is Song ke duun, "Friend the go-away-with-the-intention-of-returning" -> "The friend departs but will come again."
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