Re: ConNumbers
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 9, 1999, 22:56 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
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> At 18:13 08/06/99 PDT, someone wrote:
> > So I thought to myself, who would count in base-6? Certainly
> nobody I know
> >about ... all natlangs I've even touched in my studies count in base-10.
Base-20 and base-5 are common. There are others, tho. I've read of one
language with a base-8 system. I would not be surprised if there
weren't natlang precedents for base-12 or 6.
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