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Real base 60 would be way too many glyphs.
by jimmaswell 3y ago
Real base 60 would be way too many glyphs.
- devnullbrain 3y agoLess than 1% of what Chinese has
- jimmaswell 3y agoNot an example of a sane system.
- makeitshine 3y agoNot for numbers. 零一二三四五六七八九十百千萬億 is all you need to get into the billions. It's not as practical for computation, though.
- devnullbrain 3y agoThere are people who know more Chinese glyphs than just the numbers, implying it is possible to learn 60 glyphs.