Re: Possible base-20 numeric system
| From: | Chris Bates <chris.maths_student@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 24, 2004, 15:25 |
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>> No, wrong, you have a bizarre dual-base system. Each of the quoted
>> should be 20 more than its predecessor. In the next "place", each would
>> be 20*20=400 more than its predecessor.
>> Also, you must (well, should) only have one name for each integer, but
>> you have:
>> ketïs-tis = koltïs (assuming hyphens add the two numbers)
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> Dual-base systems are bizarre? Systems using 20x5 are not that uncommon;
> Welsh, Danish, French (for 60 and 80) and Georgian are just a few that do
> such.
And Basque!
hamar ten
hogei twenty
hogeitahamar (20 & 10) thirty
berrogei (2x20) fourty
berrogeitahamar (2x20 & 10) fifty
hirurogei (3x20) sixty
hirurogeitahamar (3x20 & 10) seventy
laurogei (4x20) eighty
laurogeitahamar (4x20 + 10) ninety
ehun 100
mila 1000
The one thing is, this can generate some quite long numbers:
hirurogeitahamazortzi
/irurogeitamasortsi/
hiru-hogei-eta-hamar-zortzi
3-20-and-10-8
seventy eight
That's 8 syllables in Basque versus 4 in English.
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