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CreatrixAnima OP t1_j9yuatg wrote

Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL about Kaktovik numerals, a base-20 number system based on a on Inupiaq language, and created by a class of middle students by CreatrixAnima

The benefit is that it falls in line with their language. One of the challenges that the children have is that they don’t have enough characters in base 10 to represent the numerals that they have in their own language. This system allows them to work with the language they already have.

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