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Numeral Bases
Language:
Mixtec (Atatlahuca)
Feature:
Numeral Bases
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Hybrid vigesimal-decimal
Examples
Sentence igt-2776:
kụ 2 ụ 3 ši 2 ko 3 šạ 2 ʼụ 3 kụ 2 ụ 3
kụ 2 ụ 3
four
ši 2 ko 3
twenty
šạ 2 ʼụ 3
fifteen
kụ 2 ụ 3
four
99 (i.e. 4 x 20 + 15 + 4)
Sentence igt-2777:
kụ 2 ụ 3 siento
kụ 2 ụ 3
four
siento
hundred
400 (i.e. 4 x 100)
References
Yasugi 1995
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