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Chinantec (Lealao)
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Numeral Bases
Language:
Chinantec (Lealao)
Feature:
Numeral Bases
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Hybrid vigesimal-decimal
Examples
Sentence igt-883:
g y a 4 g y á 3
g y a 4
twenty
g y á 3
ten
30 (i.e. 20 + 10)
Sentence igt-884:
kạ: 3 ñá: lá: 3
kạ: 3
one
ñá:
five
lá: 3
twenty
100 (i.e. 1 x (5 x 20))
References
Yasugi 1995
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