Re: Numerals in Conlangs (was; The Saharan page (was; Basquearticle))

mpearson@ucla.edu writes:
> I don't know where the Malagasy got this
>low-to-high strategy from - whether it's an Austronesian thing,
>or an African thing, or just some language-particular
>idiosyncrasy.
i dont think it's an Austronesian thing. For instance, in Tagalog, you do
go from highest to lowest. The current year is:  Isang libo siyam na raan
siyamnapu't siyam - one thousand nine hundred ninety and nine.










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