Timeline for Is there any language with number system that uses subtraction? (Other than Ainu)
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| Oct 3, 2017 at 3:53 | vote | accept | WiccanKarnak | ||
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| May 5, 2017 at 3:36 | comment | added | WiccanKarnak | I was just trying to give an example, make it 13 -> 12*2-11, 14 -> 12*2-10, 15 -> 12*2-9, 16 -> 12*2-8, 17 -> 12*2-7, 18 -> 12*2-6, 19 -> 12*2-5, 20 -> 12*2-4, 21 -> 12*2-3, 22 -> 12*2-2, 23 -> 12*2-1, I know 1 and 2 being the most basic numbers would have their names of own, also my example being base 12, there will be individual names till 12. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 15:38 | comment | added | Yellow Sky | @Gusto - I'm sure every natural language in the world has the numerals for at least 1 and 2 as simple words, without any subtraction. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 15:33 | comment | added | WiccanKarnak | Perfect answer I agree, but are these languages not overcounting examples? like the one I mentioned in my example (8 on the 50). I trying to find a language which says 50-8 and not 2 on the way to 50, that too all the way i.e if the base is 12: 1 -> 12-11, 2 -> 12-10, 3 -> 12-9, 4 -> 12-8, 5 -> 12-7, 6 -> 12-6, 7 -> 12-5, 8 -> 12-4, 9 -> 12-3, 10 -> 12-2, 11 -> 12-1. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 14:54 | history | answered | Yellow Sky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |