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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
Subject: Re: Eleven & Twelve
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Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 17:16:51 GMT
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In article <3he9q1$rul@seminole.gate.net> hrick@news.gate.net (Rick Harrison) writes:
>Are there any language families or major languages that do _not_ show
>vestiges of base-12 numeration?

Yes.  Nearly all of them, except the ones mentioned in this thread.

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Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk)    (J Stuart, _Auld Testament Tales_)
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