Rara #133

Legacy number: 133

 Number  133
 Phenomenon  'eight' as regular base for a numeral system
 Found in  Pamean lgs, esp. Northern Pame (Otomanguean)
 Domain  morphology: word formation — numeral systems: bases
 Type  rarissimum (or infrequentale?)
 Keywords  numeral
 Source  Avelino, Heriberto (2002). Diversity and unity of languages in the border of linguistic areas: Evidence from Pamean number systems. Paper at WSCLA 7, Edmonton, Alberta.

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Discussion
Notes
Pame numeral systems are not monobasic: other bases are ?five?, ?ten?, ?twenty?.
Comment
Frans Plank · 21 Sep 2006
Pame numeral systems are not monobasic: other bases are 'five', 'ten', 'twenty'.