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The Number Concept

CHAPTER III
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itacono itoto jamgnar bona tevinitpe = 1 on the hands of another man.
In the Guarani[75] language of Paraguay the same method is found, with a different form of expression for 20.

Here the numerals in question are 5.

asepopetei = one hand.
10.

asepomokoi = two hands.
20.

asepo asepi abe = hands and feet.
Another slight variation is furnished by the Kiriri language,[76] which is also one of the numerous South American Indian forms of speech, where we find the words to be 5.


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