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Re: numbers systems from conlangs

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Friday, September 12, 2003, 23:16
Carsten Becker wrote:
> Daléian (don't know the influences here either) ATTENTION! THIS SYSTEM IS > BASE-8, THAT MEANS THERE ARE ONLY NUMBERS FROM 1 to 7, 8 = 10, 9 = 11, 10
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> 12 > > base-8: > 1 - ver > 2 - ºer > 3 - nir > 4 - cer > 5 - bar > 6 - mar > 7 - gir > 10 - iºa > > base-10: > 1 - ver > 2 - ºer > 3 - nir > 4 - cer > 5 - bar > 6 - mar > 7 - gir > 8 - iºa > 9 - iºa-ver > 10 - iºa-ºer >
How does the Base-10 version differ from normal counting in Base 8? My Gwr still retain traces of their original Base 8 system; but mostly now use a decimal system. The Old word for "10" [=8] is still the word for 10 [=10]; they borrowed Kash words for decimal 8 and 9. Or would that lead to great confusion?? Probably when it was first introduced, but not anymore.