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Number Systems of the World by Complexity
- JimmyM 12y agoThis is cool, but the Finnish system seems like it should be higher. Yksi, kaksi, ... kahdeksan, yhdeksan, kymmenen (diacritics etc. omitted because I'm lazy) It looks as though the symmetricality between yksi, kaksi/kahdeksan yhdeksan implies a "two less than ten, one less than ten" pattern rather than an "8, 9" pattern. Can anyone comment on the etymology of kahdeksan/yhdeksan?
- PeterWhittaker 12y agoWell done, very interesting work.
- diroussel 12y agoYep, Missing a few, like Russian and Babylonian