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Universal 1362:

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Universal 1362:

Original
If 1 is expressed as a multiplier with a particular base, it is expressed with all higher bases.
Standardized
In numeral systems, IF 1 is expressed as a multiplier with a particular base, THEN it is expressed with all higher bases.
Keywords
numeral
Domain
word formation
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a
Source
Greenberg 1978a: 278 (#35)
Counterexamples
Ulithi (Austronesian) expresses 1 with 10, 100 and 1000 but not with 10.000 and 100.000 (1978a: 278)

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. MULTIPLICAND = a quantity to be multiplied by another.MultiplieR = a quantity by which another is multiplied.2. For example, in English, “a ten” or “one ten” is not acceptable, but given there is “a hundred” and “one hundred,” “a thousand” are “one thousand” are predictable.3. See also #1364.

    1. May 2020

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