Re: specialized numbers
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 19, 2001, 21:53 |
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Anton Sherwood wrote:
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> Do any of you have two or more sets of numbers, used in different
> contexts?
Common Kassi, the common ancestor of the Kassi languages (that is,
Uatakassi, and Northern Kassi) had two sets of numbers, altho by now
they've collapsed into one set. However, sometimes both members will
survive in different contexts, for example (Uatakassi uses base 12):
12 = Nadu, often -ndu in compounds
2 = Kabi
24 = Kannadu
6 = Mandu (ma- = half)
3 = Sli
36 = Diidii (<Dékë-dékë; dékë = 6, vestige of an earlier base 6)
4 = Vandu (va- = 1/3)
48 = Tindu
72 = Diindu (same root as diidii)
> I have in mind the Japanese native series (hi hu mi yo)
Actually, it's hito, futa/huta, mitsu/mitu, yo(n) ...
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