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Conlangery #30: Numeral Systems

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How to Invent a Language for Humans

If you're inventing a language for humans. Think about fingers and toes Yeah. And hands. You are more than likely a decimal system is fine. If you don't if you don't care what about making anything unique about your numeral system just use a decimal system. We have a very very small number of languages that are base eight. Because apparently they're counting the spaces between their fingers. Yes. See that's the way I've always been suspicious of because it's kind of weird but I guess if it works for them it is kind of weird and surprising. William you are massively breaking up and robotic. Sorry. Can you maybe it's probably just Skype but anyway.

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