Universal #1367

Legacy number: 1367

 Number  1363
 Original  The only numeral expressions deleted are those for 1 and for bases of the system.
 Standardized  In numeral systems, IF any numeral expressions are deleted, THEN these are expressions for 1 and for bases of the system.
 Keywords  numeral
 Domain  word formation
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a
 Source  Greenberg 1978a: 278 (#36)

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Discussion
Notes
1. See ##1346, 1366.2. Greenberg concludes that 1 is often deleted as a subtrahend. For example, in Tarahumara (Uto-Aztecan), ‘ki-makoi’ is 9 and ‘makoi’ is 10. However, ‘ki’ is not 1 but expresses deletion and 1 (‘bire’) has been deleted. Bases are frequently deleted as multiplicands. Thus in Oriya (Indo-Iranian), 100 is deleted in the expression 275 as (3 x 100) - 1/4 * (100).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. See <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1346"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1366"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.

2. Greenberg concludes that 1 is often deleted as a subtrahend. For example, in Tarahumara (Uto-Aztecan), 'ki-makoi' is 9 and 'makoi' is 10. However, 'ki' is not 1 but expresses deletion and 1 ('bire') has been deleted. Bases are frequently deleted as multiplicands. Thus in Oriya (Indo-Iranian), 100 is deleted in the expression 275 as (3 x 100) - 1/4 * (100).