Re: Numeral systems was:Re: Getting into the intro game

Omeina only names numbers up to 12, so I suppose you could call it a
duodecimal system of sorts. There are of course terms for larger amounts of
things, like "many", "a skyful", "very many", "a very great many", etc.,
etc.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Jackson Baker" <litrex1@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:36 PM
Subject: Numeral systems was:Re: Getting into the intro game


> Siyo!
> Just off-hand, I know that in Ainu they use base 20
> and only have names for numbers up to 800 (base 10).
>
> Clint
>
> --- Jake X <alwaysawake247@...> wrote:
> > > > for some bizarre reason I was fascinated for a
> > long
> > > > time with non-base-10 counting :P. Always had an
> > > > interest for this stuff but not so much of a
> > talent I
> > > > suppose. My interests are too fickle for me to
> > get
> > > > really good at anything.
> > > >
> > >
> > >Sounds like me :)) . Funny enough, I had (and still
> > have) the same interest
> > >for
> > >orthographies and non-base-10 counting, and also a
> > lack of skill in both
> > >subjects :(( .
> > >
> > Me too!!!! (ever done anything with the Akkadian
> > base 60?)
> >
> > Jake
> >
> > ~Patient is the procrastinator.~
> >
> >
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