I find the argument of language favoring base-12 very weak. If a groundbreaking change like replacing base-10 with 12 (or anything else), language would also be

I find the argument of language favoring base-12 very weak. If a groundbreaking change like replacing base-10 with 12 (or anything else), language would also be able to evolve and adapt to it. Spanish has words up to fifteen, by the way.