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The Chosen use a number system inherited from the Quyans. It is a vigesimal or base-20 system [that is, it has distinct numerals from 1-19] and is, further, positional, having a zero.

RP: having a passion for the Maya, I adopted their numbering system for my books. As far as I know, the Maya are the only people other than the Hindus to have developed the zero. A zero is essential for a positional numbering system.

The symbol used by the Quyans for zero differs from the Mayan in that it represents a broken cistern rather than a shell. The broken cistern indicates emptiness - presumably that too was the rationale behind the Mayan use of a shell.

The diagram on the right shows the number 2562264 written in Quyan numerals: 16, 0, 5, 13, 4 read from right to left.

The diagram below it shows the number 0.8007075 written in Quyan fractions: 16, 0, 5, 13, 4 read from left to right.

Quyan numbers can be written vertically upwards.