Re: [tied] Re: IE right & 10

Harald:

> > Was there really a base 6 counting system in Uralic? I mean,
> > do 12, 18, etc. function in any way like 20, 30 in the decimal
> > system?
>
> No (the idea stems from a bad-reasoned article in 1960). There are no
> traces in Uralic of 6 as a base i.e no words 6+1 etc or monomorphemic
> words for 12, 18 etc or 6 contained in 12, 18 etc.
> /H

Yes, my doubts turned out to be reasonable. By the way, is anybody aware of
any system like that, i.e. 6, 6+6, 6+6+6 (or 6-dual, 6-plural or sim.) in
any language? I am afraid there is no system like that...

Petusek