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Otomí (Mezquital)
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Numeral Bases
Language:
Otomí (Mezquital)
Feature:
Numeral Bases
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Hybrid vigesimal-decimal
Examples
Sentence igt-2347:
hñu ʔráte ma ʔrɛ́tʔa ma gohó
hñu
three
ʔráte
twenty
ma
plus
ʔrɛ́tʔa
ten
ma
plus
gohó
four
74 (i.e. 3 x 20 + 10 + 4)
Sentence igt-2348:
gohó nɵebé nĕ ʔrɛ́tʔa ma ʔră
gohó
four
nɵebé
hundred
nĕ
and
ʔrɛ́tʔa
ten
ma
plus
ʔră
one
411 (i.e. 4 x 100 + 10 + 1)
References
Hess 1968
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