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Numeral Bases
Language:
Yaqui
Feature:
Numeral Bases
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Hybrid vigesimal-decimal
Examples
Sentence igt-922:
báhi takáa 'áma wóh mámni
báhi
three
takáa
body
'áma
there
wóh
two
mámni
five
70 (i.e. 3 x 20 + 2 x 5)
Sentence igt-923:
mámni takáa
mámni
five
takáa
body
100 (i.e. 5 x 20)
Sentence igt-924:
báhi síento
báhi
two
síento
hundred
200 (i.e. 2 x 100)
References
Dedrick and Casad 1999
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