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Spanish has separate words up to fifteen. French has separate words up to sixteen. The linguistic argument for switching is suspect (even setting aside words s
by mooism2 16y ago
Spanish has separate words up to fifteen. French has separate words up to sixteen.
The linguistic argument for switching is suspect (even setting aside words such as "twenty" and "hundred").
- wwortiz 16y agoI don't know if I would consider 12 and 13 in Spanish separate, but yes it is suspect. I just posted because I was wondering if there were any real advantages to base 12, or some given examples.
- 1amzave 16y agoIf high school memories serve, Latin has regular number-names for 11 through 17, but then semi-irregular ones for 18 (duodeviginti, or "two from twenty") and 19 (undeviginti, "one from twenty"). (I say semi-irregular because they're inconsistent with 11 through 17, but at least consistent with each other, unlike say "eleven" and "twelve", as far as I can tell.)