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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·vor 3 JahrenThere’s no good way to predict what base they’d actually use for their numbers, but there’s definitely nothing about 10 that makes it an obvious choice for an inter-species standard line the comic implies.
minus-square1rrelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·vor 3 Jahren3, 6 or 12 would be overwhelmingly likely though, inferring from all documented human language families
There’s no good way to predict what base they’d actually use for their numbers, but there’s definitely nothing about 10 that makes it an obvious choice for an inter-species standard line the comic implies.
3, 6 or 12 would be overwhelmingly likely though, inferring from all documented human language families