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Wouldn't unary be considered the least complex?

• ColinWright 9y ago
  Which language/society/culture uses unary?
  • hinkley 9y ago
    Some very dead ones. Unary works like hash marks. We have archaeological records of that number system but GP is wrong. Doing multiplication in your head with unary would be a horrible experience. And any number over ten would put the listener to sleep. I suspect in a unary language system people would invent their own counting strategy in their head. Edit: ah but Wikipedia reminds me that gauge systems such as for grinding or wire use unary for negative numbers. Eg 000 guage wire or OO ground flour.
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  • jessaustin 9y ago
    Probably lots of neolithic tribes could be said to have unary number schemes, but such schemes would max out at e.g. 6 instead of 100.