Re: Numbers from 1-10

At 03:58 PM 8/27/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Someone sent me an email (J Gorenc I think it was) concerning numbers
>1-10. Perhaps 1-12 might be more suitible since duodecimal counting
>is much more efficient. I assume it was from this site or the Auxlang
>site.
Why is duodecimal counting much more efficient?

And why is it that the numbering systems in French and Danish seem to be
based on twenty to a certain extent?

Isidora

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