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The Number Concept

CHAPTER V
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aira-ettagapi-matschahma = 6 + 2.
In the dialect of the Mille tribe a single trace of senary counting appears, as the numerals given below show:[215] 6.

dildjidji.
7.

dildjidji me djuun = 6 + 1.
Finally, in the numerals used by the natives of the Marshall Islands, the following curiously irregular sequence also contains a single senary numeral:[216] 6.

thil thino = 3 + 3.
7.

thilthilim-thuon = 6 + 1.
8.


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