Bernard Comrie. 2013. Numeral Bases. In: Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin (eds.) WALS Online (v2020.4) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13950591 (Available online at http://wals.info/chapter/131, Accessed on 2026-06-09.) wals code name value description latitude longitude genus family area xoo !Xóõ 6 Restricted -24.0 21.5 Tu Tu Lexicon abk Abkhaz 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 43.0833333333 41.0 Northwest Caucasian Northwest Caucasian Lexicon abu Abun 1 Decimal -0.5 132.5 Abun Abun Lexicon acg Achagua 6 Restricted 4.41666666667 -72.25 Japura-Colombia Arawakan Lexicon aco Acoma 1 Decimal 34.9166666667 -107.583333333 Keresan Keresan Lexicon ain Ainu 3 Pure vigesimal 43.0 143.0 Ainu Ainu Lexicon abm Alabama 1 Decimal 32.3333333333 -87.4166666667 Muskogean Muskogean Lexicon ala Alamblak 3 Pure vigesimal -4.66666666667 143.333333333 Sepik Hill Sepik Lexicon alb Albanian 1 Decimal 41.0 20.0 Albanian Indo-European Lexicon amh Amharic 1 Decimal 10.0 38.0 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Lexicon adk Andoke 3 Pure vigesimal -0.666666666667 -72.0 Andoke Andoke Lexicon aeg Arabic (Egyptian) 1 Decimal 30.0 31.0 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Lexicon ana Araona 6 Restricted -12.3333333333 -67.75 Tacanan Pano-Tacanan Lexicon arc Archi 1 Decimal 42.0 46.8333333333 Lezgic Nakh-Daghestanian Lexicon arm Armenian (Eastern) 1 Decimal 40.0 45.0 Armenian Indo-European Lexicon awp Awa Pit 6 Restricted 1.5 -78.25 Barbacoan Barbacoan Lexicon aym Aymara (Central) 1 Decimal -17.0 -69.0 Aymaran Aymaran Lexicon bag Bagirmi 1 Decimal 11.6666666667 16.0 Bongo-Bagirmi Central Sudanic Lexicon bam Bambara 1 Decimal 12.5 -7.5 Western Mande Mande Lexicon brs Barasano 6 Restricted -0.166666666667 -70.6666666667 Tucanoan Tucanoan Lexicon bae Baré 6 Restricted 1.0 -67.0 Japura-Colombia Arawakan Lexicon bas Basaá 1 Decimal 3.91666666667 10.5 Bantu Niger-Congo Lexicon bsq Basque 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 43.0 -3.0 Basque Basque Lexicon bkr Batak (Karo) 1 Decimal 3.25 98.25 Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands Austronesian Lexicon baw Bawm 1 Decimal 22.5 92.25 Kuki-Chin Sino-Tibetan Lexicon bma Berber (Middle Atlas) 1 Decimal 33.0 -5.0 Berber Afro-Asiatic Lexicon brh Brahui 1 Decimal 28.5 67.0 Dravidian Dravidian Lexicon bri Bribri 1 Decimal 9.41666666667 -83.0 Western Isthmic Chibchan Chibchan Lexicon brm Burmese 1 Decimal 21.0 96.0 Burmese-Lolo Sino-Tibetan Lexicon bur Burushaski 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 36.5 74.5 Burushaski Burushaski Lexicon cah Cahuilla 1 Decimal 33.5 -116.25 Northern Uto-Aztecan Uto-Aztecan Lexicon car Carib 3 Pure vigesimal 5.5 -56.0 Cariban Cariban Lexicon cyv Cayuvava 1 Decimal -13.5 -65.5 Cayuvava Cayuvava Lexicon cha Chamorro 1 Decimal 13.45 144.75 Chamorro Austronesian Lexicon cle Chinantec (Lealao) 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 17.3333333333 -95.9166666667 Chinantecan Oto-Manguean Lexicon chk Chukchi 3 Pure vigesimal 67.0 -173.0 Northern Chukotko-Kamchatkan Chukotko-Kamchatkan Lexicon cuu Chuukese 1 Decimal 7.33333333333 151.75 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon chv Chuvash 1 Decimal 55.5 47.5 Turkic Altaic Lexicon cmn Comanche 1 Decimal 33.5 -101.5 Northern Uto-Aztecan Uto-Aztecan Lexicon cre Cree (Plains) 1 Decimal 54.0 -110.0 Algonquian Algic Lexicon dag Daga 3 Pure vigesimal -10.0 149.333333333 Dagan Trans-New Guinea Lexicon dam Damana 1 Decimal 11.0 -73.5 Arhuacic Chibchan Lexicon dsh Danish 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 56.0 10.0 Germanic Indo-European Lexicon dio Diola-Fogny 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 13.0 -16.25 Jola Niger-Congo Lexicon dre Drehu 3 Pure vigesimal -21.0 167.25 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon eip Eipo 5 Extended body-part system -4.33333333333 140.083333333 Mek Trans-New Guinea Lexicon eka Ekari 4 Other base -3.83333333333 135.5 Paniai Lakes Trans-New Guinea Lexicon emc Embera Chami 4 Other base 5.0 -76.0 Choco Choco Lexicon eng English 1 Decimal 52.0 0.0 Germanic Indo-European Lexicon eve Evenki 1 Decimal 56.0 125.0 Tungusic Altaic Lexicon ewe Ewe 1 Decimal 6.33333333333 0.416666666667 Gbe Niger-Congo Lexicon fij Fijian 1 Decimal -17.8333333333 178.0 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon fin Finnish 1 Decimal 62.0 25.0 Finnic Uralic Lexicon fre French 1 Decimal 48.0 2.0 Romance Indo-European Lexicon fum Fulfulde (Maasina) 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 15.0 -5.0 Peul-Serer Niger-Congo Lexicon fur Fur 1 Decimal 13.5 25.0 Fur Fur Lexicon gar Garo 1 Decimal 25.6666666667 90.5 Brahmaputran Sino-Tibetan Lexicon geo Georgian 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 42.0 44.0 Kartvelian Kartvelian Lexicon ger German 1 Decimal 52.0 10.0 Germanic Indo-European Lexicon goa Goajiro 1 Decimal 12.0 -72.0 Guajiro-Paraujano Arawakan Lexicon gol Gola 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 7.25 -10.8333333333 Gola Niger-Congo Lexicon goo Gooniyandi 6 Restricted -18.3333333333 126.333333333 Bunuban Bunuban Lexicon grk Greek (Modern) 1 Decimal 39.0 22.0 Greek Indo-European Lexicon grw Greenlandic (West) 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 64.0 -51.0 Eskimo Eskimo-Aleut Lexicon gua Guaraní 1 Decimal -26.0 -56.0 Maweti-Guarani Tupian Lexicon gur Gurung 1 Decimal 28.3333333333 84.3333333333 Bodic Sino-Tibetan Lexicon hai Haida 1 Decimal 53.0 -132.0 Haida Haida Lexicon har Haruai 5 Extended body-part system -5.08333333333 144.166666667 Piawi Piawi Lexicon hau Hausa 1 Decimal 12.0 7.0 West Chadic Afro-Asiatic Lexicon heb Hebrew (Modern) 1 Decimal 31.5 34.8333333333 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Lexicon hin Hindi 1 Decimal 25.0 77.0 Indic Indo-European Lexicon hix Hixkaryana 6 Restricted -1.0 -59.0 Cariban Cariban Lexicon hmo Hmong Njua 1 Decimal 28.0 105.0 Hmongic Hmong-Mien Lexicon hlp Hualapai 1 Decimal 35.5 -113.75 Yuman Hokan Lexicon hve Huave (San Mateo del Mar) 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 16.2166666667 -95.0 Huavean Huavean Lexicon hun Hungarian 1 Decimal 47.0 20.0 Ugric Uralic Lexicon hzb Hunzib 1 Decimal 42.1666666667 46.25 Avar-Andic-Tsezic Nakh-Daghestanian Lexicon hpd Hup 6 Restricted 0.166666666667 -69.25 Nadahup Nadahup Lexicon hup Hupa 1 Decimal 41.0833333333 -123.666666667 Athapaskan Na-Dene Lexicon igb Igbo 3 Pure vigesimal 6.0 7.33333333333 Igboid Niger-Congo Lexicon ika Ika 1 Decimal 10.6666666667 -73.75 Arhuacic Chibchan Lexicon imo Imonda 6 Restricted -3.33333333333 141.166666667 Border Border Lexicon ind Indonesian 1 Decimal 0.0 106.0 Malayo-Sumbawan Austronesian Lexicon ing Ingush 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 43.1666666667 45.0833333333 Nakh Nakh-Daghestanian Lexicon irq Iraqw 1 Decimal -4.0 35.5 Southern Cushitic Afro-Asiatic Lexicon iri Irish 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 53.0 -8.0 Celtic Indo-European Lexicon jak Jakaltek 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 15.6666666667 -91.6666666667 Mayan Mayan Lexicon jpn Japanese 1 Decimal 37.0 140.0 Japanese Japanese Lexicon jaq Jaqaru 1 Decimal -13.0 -76.0 Aymaran Aymaran Lexicon kab Kabardian 1 Decimal 43.5 43.5 Northwest Caucasian Northwest Caucasian Lexicon kan Kana 3 Pure vigesimal 4.75 7.41666666667 Ogonoid Niger-Congo Lexicon knd Kannada 1 Decimal 14.0 76.0 Dravidian Dravidian Lexicon knr Kanuri 1 Decimal 12.0 13.0 Western Saharan Saharan Lexicon krk Karok 1 Decimal 41.6666666667 -123.0 Karok Hokan Lexicon kyl Kayah Li (Eastern) 1 Decimal 19.0 97.5 Karen Sino-Tibetan Lexicon kay Kayardild 6 Restricted -17.05 139.5 Tangkic Tangkic Lexicon ket Ket 1 Decimal 64.0 87.0 Yeniseian Yeniseian Lexicon khl Khalaj 1 Decimal 35.0 50.0 Turkic Altaic Lexicon kha Khalkha 1 Decimal 47.0 105.0 Mongolic Altaic Lexicon kty Khanty 1 Decimal 65.0 65.0 Ugric Uralic Lexicon khm Khmer 1 Decimal 12.5 105.0 Khmer Austro-Asiatic Lexicon klv Kilivila 1 Decimal -8.5 151.083333333 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon krb Kiribati 1 Decimal 1.33333333333 173.0 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon koa Koasati 1 Decimal 34.8333333333 -85.1666666667 Muskogean Muskogean Lexicon kob Kobon 5 Extended body-part system -5.16666666667 144.333333333 Kalam-Kobon Trans-New Guinea Lexicon kor Korean 1 Decimal 37.5 128.0 Korean Korean Lexicon kfe Koromfe 1 Decimal 14.25 -0.916666666667 Koromfe Niger-Congo Lexicon kse Koyraboro Senni 1 Decimal 16.0 0.0 Songhay Songhay Lexicon kro Krongo 3 Pure vigesimal 10.5 30.0 Kadugli Kadu Lexicon knm Kunama 1 Decimal 14.5 37.0 Kunama Kunama Lexicon kut Kutenai 1 Decimal 49.5 -116.0 Kutenai Kutenai Lexicon lak Lak 1 Decimal 42.1666666667 47.1666666667 Lak Nakh-Daghestanian Lexicon lkt Lakhota 1 Decimal 43.8333333333 -101.833333333 Mississippi Valley Siouan Siouan Lexicon lan Lango 1 Decimal 2.16666666667 33.0 Western Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Lexicon lat Latvian 1 Decimal 57.0 24.0 Baltic Indo-European Lexicon lav Lavukaleve 1 Decimal -9.08333333333 159.2 Lavukaleve Solomons East Papuan Lexicon leg Lega 1 Decimal -2.83333333333 27.1666666667 Bantu Niger-Congo Lexicon lez Lezgian 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 41.6666666667 47.8333333333 Lezgic Nakh-Daghestanian Lexicon ara Lokono 3 Pure vigesimal 5.5 -55.1666666667 Antillean Arawakan Arawakan Lexicon luv Luvale 1 Decimal -12.0 22.0 Bantu Niger-Congo Lexicon mal Malagasy 1 Decimal -20.0 47.0 Barito Austronesian Lexicon mnd Mandarin 1 Decimal 34.0 110.0 Chinese Sino-Tibetan Lexicon mmb Mangap-Mbula 3 Pure vigesimal -5.66666666667 148.083333333 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon myi Mangarrayi 6 Restricted -14.6666666667 133.5 Mangarrayi Mangarrayi-Maran Lexicon mao Maori 1 Decimal -40.0 176.0 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon map Mapudungun 1 Decimal -38.0 -72.0 Araucanian Araucanian Lexicon mrt Martuthunira 6 Restricted -20.8333333333 116.5 Western Pama-Nyungan Pama-Nyungan Lexicon msl Masalit 1 Decimal 13.3333333333 22.0 Maban Maban Lexicon mei Meithei 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 24.75 94.0 Manipuri Sino-Tibetan Lexicon mxa Mixtec (Atatlahuca) 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 17.0 -97.75 Mixtec Oto-Manguean Lexicon mxc Mixtec (Chalcatongo) 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 17.05 -97.5833333333 Mixtec Oto-Manguean Lexicon nsz Nahuatl (Sierra de Zacapoaxtla) 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 19.5833333333 -97.3333333333 Aztecan Uto-Aztecan Lexicon nht Nahuatl (Tetelcingo) 1 Decimal 19.6666666667 -99.0 Aztecan Uto-Aztecan Lexicon kho Nama 1 Decimal -25.5 18.0 Khoe-Kwadi Khoe-Kwadi Lexicon nav Navajo 1 Decimal 36.1666666667 -108.0 Athapaskan Na-Dene Lexicon ndy Ndyuka 1 Decimal 4.5 -54.5 Creoles and Pidgins other Lexicon ntu Nenets 1 Decimal 70.0 76.0 Samoyedic Uralic Lexicon nez Nez Perce 1 Decimal 46.0 -116.0 Sahaptian Penutian Lexicon nti Ngiti 4 Other base 1.33333333333 30.25 Lendu Central Sudanic Lexicon niv Nivkh 1 Decimal 53.3333333333 142.0 Nivkh Nivkh Lexicon nko Nkore-Kiga 1 Decimal -0.916666666667 29.8333333333 Bantu Niger-Congo Lexicon noo Noon 1 Decimal 14.8333333333 -16.8333333333 Cangin Niger-Congo Lexicon nbd Nubian (Dongolese) 1 Decimal 18.25 30.75 Nubian Eastern Sudanic Lexicon ond Oneida 1 Decimal 43.0 -75.6666666667 Northern Iroquoian Iroquoian Lexicon orh Oromo (Harar) 1 Decimal 9.0 42.0 Lowland East Cushitic Afro-Asiatic Lexicon otm Otomí (Mezquital) 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 20.1666666667 -99.1666666667 Otomian Oto-Manguean Lexicon pai Paiwan 1 Decimal 22.5 120.833333333 Paiwan Austronesian Lexicon prs Persian 1 Decimal 32.0 54.0 Iranian Indo-European Lexicon prh Pirahã 6 Restricted -7.0 -62.0 Mura Mura Lexicon pit Pitjantjatjara 6 Restricted -26.0 130.0 Western Pama-Nyungan Pama-Nyungan Lexicon poh Pohnpeian 1 Decimal 6.88333333333 158.25 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon pme Pomo (Eastern) 1 Decimal 39.0 -122.666666667 Pomoan Hokan Lexicon qim Quechua (Imbabura) 1 Decimal 0.333333333333 -78.0 Quechuan Quechuan Lexicon qui Quileute 1 Decimal 47.9166666667 -124.25 Chimakuan Chimakuan Lexicon ram Rama 6 Restricted 11.75 -83.75 Rama Chibchan Lexicon rap Rapanui 1 Decimal -27.1166666667 -109.366666667 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon rus Russian 1 Decimal 56.0 38.0 Slavic Indo-European Lexicon sah Sahu 1 Decimal 1.16666666667 127.5 North Halmaheran North Halmaheran Lexicon san Sango 1 Decimal 5.0 18.0 Ubangi Niger-Congo Lexicon sap Sapuan 1 Decimal 15.1666666667 106.833333333 Bahnaric Austro-Asiatic Lexicon sla Slave 1 Decimal 67.0 -125.0 Athapaskan Na-Dene Lexicon so So 1 Decimal 2.58333333333 34.75 Kuliak Eastern Sudanic Lexicon sou Sorbian (Upper) 1 Decimal 51.8333333333 14.5 Slavic Indo-European Lexicon spa Spanish 1 Decimal 40.0 -4.0 Romance Indo-European Lexicon sup Supyire 4 Other base 11.5 -5.58333333333 Senufo Niger-Congo Lexicon swa Swahili 1 Decimal -6.5 39.0 Bantu Niger-Congo Lexicon tab Taba 1 Decimal 0.0 127.5 South Halmahera - West New Guinea Austronesian Lexicon tag Tagalog 1 Decimal 15.0 121.0 Greater Central Philippine Austronesian Lexicon tam Tamang (Eastern) 3 Pure vigesimal 27.5 85.666666666667 Bodic Sino-Tibetan Lexicon twe Tarahumara (Western) 1 Decimal 27.5 -108.0 Tarahumaran Uto-Aztecan Lexicon taw Tawala 3 Pure vigesimal -10.3333333333 150.666666667 Oceanic Austronesian Lexicon tel Telugu 1 Decimal 16.0 79.0 Dravidian Dravidian Lexicon tha Thai 1 Decimal 16.0 101.0 Kam-Tai Tai-Kadai Lexicon tli Tlingit 1 Decimal 59.0 -135.0 Tlingit Na-Dene Lexicon tms Tommo So 4 Other base 15.0 -3.0 Dogon Dogon Lexicon tsz Tsez 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 42.25 45.75 Avar-Andic-Tsezic Nakh-Daghestanian Lexicon tug Tuareg (Ahaggar) 1 Decimal 23.0 6.0 Berber Afro-Asiatic Lexicon tuk Tukang Besi 1 Decimal -5.5 123.5 Celebic Austronesian Lexicon tur Turkish 1 Decimal 39.0 35.0 Turkic Altaic Lexicon una Una 5 Extended body-part system -4.66666666667 140.0 Mek Trans-New Guinea Lexicon vie Vietnamese 1 Decimal 10.5 106.5 Vietic Austro-Asiatic Lexicon wra Warao 3 Pure vigesimal 9.33333333333 -61.6666666667 Warao Warao Lexicon war Wari' 6 Restricted -11.3333333333 -65.0 Chapacura-Wanham Chapacura-Wanham Lexicon wsk Waskia 6 Restricted -4.5 146.0 Kowan Trans-New Guinea Lexicon wch Wichí 6 Restricted -22.5 -62.5833333333 Matacoan Matacoan Lexicon yag Yagua 1 Decimal -3.5 -72.0 Peba-Yaguan Peba-Yaguan Lexicon ykt Yakut 1 Decimal 62.0 130.0 Turkic Altaic Lexicon yaq Yaqui 2 Hybrid vigesimal-decimal 27.5 -110.25 Cahita Uto-Aztecan Lexicon yid Yidiny 6 Restricted -17.0 145.75 Northern Pama-Nyungan Pama-Nyungan Lexicon yim Yimas 3 Pure vigesimal -4.66666666667 143.55 Lower Sepik Ramu-Lower Sepik Lexicon yor Yoruba 3 Pure vigesimal 8.0 4.33333333333 Defoid Niger-Congo Lexicon yct Yucatec 3 Pure vigesimal 20.0 -89.0 Mayan Mayan Lexicon yko Yukaghir (Kolyma) 1 Decimal 65.75 150.833333333 Yukaghir Yukaghir Lexicon ypk Yup'ik (Central) 3 Pure vigesimal 59.5 -160.0 Eskimo Eskimo-Aleut Lexicon zqc Zoque (Copainalá) 3 Pure vigesimal 17.0 -93.25 Mixe-Zoque Mixe-Zoque Lexicon zul Zulu 1 Decimal -30.0 30.0 Bantu Niger-Congo Lexicon