Universal 1248: multiplication ⇒ addition

Universal 1248: multiplication ⇒ addition

Original

The existence of multiplication implies the existence of addition.

Standardized

In numeral systems, IF there is multiplication, THEN there is addition.

Keywords

numeral

Domain

word formation

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a

Source

Greenberg 1978a: 258 (#10)

Counterexamples

In one subgroup of the Yuman languages (Hokan) there are systems in which L=11 and the numerals may be analyzed as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3×2, 7, 4×2, 3×3, 10 (Greenberg 1978a: 258).