Quote from: davout on February 01, 2011, 03:43:17 PM

Tonal system sounds pretty complicated...
Is it a base 16 system ?
How do you count to 10 or 100 (decimal) with it ?

Yes, from a decimal perspective it is base sixteen. There is a learning curve for someone used to decimal, but given a fair comparison, it is actually much easier in practice.

Decimal	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Tonal	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9						10
Pronunciation	Noll	An	De	Ti	Go	Su	By	Ra	Me	Ni	Ko	Hu	Vy	La	Po	Fy	Ton
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Decimal	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112
Tonal	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	6	69	6	6	6	6	6	70
Pronunciation	By-ton	By-ton-an	By-ton-de	By-ton-ti	By-ton-go	By-ton-su	By-ton-by	By-ton-ra	By-ton-me	By-ton-ni	By-ton-ko	By-ton-hu	By-ton-vy	By-ton-la	By-ton-po	By-ton-fy	Ra-ton
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Decimal	248	249	250	251	252	253	254	255	256	257	258	259	260	261	262	263	264
Tonal	8		9						100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108
Pronunciation	Fy-ton-me	Fy-ton-ni	Fy-ton-ko	Fy-ton-hu	Fy-ton-vy	Fy-ton-la	Fy-ton-po	Fy-ton-fy	San	San-an	San-de	San-ti	San-go	San-su	San-by	San-ra	San-me