Rara #26
Legacy number: 26
| Number | 26 |
| Phenomenon | 'four' as a regular base for a numeral system |
| Found in | Nyali (aka Huku, Bantu, Niger-Congo), Afudu (affiliation?, Africa); Hawaiian (originally; Polynesian, Austronesian); Welsh (Celtic, IE) (?) |
| Domain | morphology: word formation — numeral systems: bases |
| Type | rarum |
| Source | Gvozdanovic, Jadranka (1999). Types of numeral changes. In Jadranka Gvozdanovic (ed.), Numeral Types and Changes Worldwide, 95-112. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Justus, Carol (1999). ???. In Jadranka Gvozdanovic (ed.), Numeral Types and Changes Worldwide, 95-112. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Elbert, Samuel H. & Mary Kawena Pukui (1977). Hawaiian Grammar. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; pp. 161-162 The Linguist List 6.894 |
| Violates | none |
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