A lil to share......

[zeta_theking]

I was just reading Jeremy Falcon's article on number systems. It just accured to me that my native tribal language uses precisely base10, not in writing(there's no written form),but in speaking. FIRST TEN DIGITS: 1:yeala ,2:faylay,3:sawa,4:naanee,5:lawluu,6:waytah,7:wahflaa,8:wayagpah,9:tahluu,10:puuh. PLACE METHOD: 11:puuh mahnuu yeala(this literally translates to 10 plus 1...see the bold words above). but ofcourse as u can see me and my people would be screwed pretty quickly if we had to deal with large magnitudes.The language btw is MENDE.

[Roger Wright]

Interesting; was that derived from the Arabic counting methods, as our numbering system was? Does it include a concept of zero as a placeholder? Sierra Leone, or Liberia[^]? "Your village called -
They're missing their idiot."

[zeta_theking]

Roger Wright wrote:Interesting; was that derived from the Arabic counting methods, as our numbering system was? Does it include a concept of zero as a placeholder? I really don't know,i know there have been long interraction between arabia and africa...but i doubt it. It doesn't have the concept of a zero.

[Jeremy Falcon]

zeta_theking wrote: I was just reading Jeremy Falcon's article on number systems. :cool: Wise choice! :) zeta_theking wrote: It just accured to me that my native tribal language uses precisely base10 How to do you say a hundred? zeta_theking wrote: The language btw is MENDE. Reminds me of the movie Amastad (sp?) - good movie IMO. Jeremy Falcon

[zeta_theking]

Jeremy Falcon wrote:Reminds me of the movie Amastad (sp?) - good movie IMO. Never seen it ,I'll rent it tonite and watch over a bowl full of turkey:)