Rik Roots wrote:
>
>Gevey, like most other Vreski family languages, uses a base 10 number
>system. However, all other languages on the continent use a base 8
>system. Now as Gevey is a widespread trading language, it needs to be
>able to count in base 8 as well as base 10.
Is there a "reason" for base 8? I don't know any real-world language that
uses it (octal numbers in compsci don't count!), and unlike base 10 or base
20 I can't think of any obvious conection to countable appendages etc.
Andreas
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