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Is it *incorrect* to use single digit numerals? [closed]
I had an argument with someone recently and figured I should find out, so I went on a research spree and could not find any authoritative answers on the subject.
I am sure there are many disputes ...
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In use numeral systems
In addition to Western and Eastern Arabic numeral symbols is there any other numeral symbols in active use nowadays? There is 460 decimal (46 numeral set) and 224 non-decimal number in Unicode, which ...
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Old-Persian Numeral System
Does any body know how old-Persian numeral were used and provide some example?
(source of image is Unicode characters maps)
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Word for eighteen expressed as Twenty Minus Two
Other than Latin, are there any languages that have a word for the number 18 that means twenty minus two?
A quick glance at some of the numeral systems of languages in the Indo-European reveal that ...
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Is there a term in linguistics for underdeveloped number systems?
I had trouble phrasing a recent question because I couldn't find simple wording to convey the difference between languages like English where all kinds of numbers are expressible, such as "nineteen ...
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Are there languages with indefinite articles but for which the word for “one” is not related etymologically to any of the indefinite articles?
This is part of a set of three related questions but note they are each specific and distinct, they are not duplicates.
In all the languages I'm familiar with that have an indefinite article, the ...
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Are there languages which lack a full number system but which have an indefinite article?
Most languages have a fully developed concept of numbers but many do not, for instance most Australian Aboriginal languages lack numbers and counting beyond a few such as 1, 2, and 3.
Many languages ...
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How do linguists determine whether a language has an indefinite article?
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For those languages which have it, the indefinite article mostly if not always is derived from the numeral for "one".
Most languages have numbers but many lack articles.
How do linguists ...
