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    A vigesimal (/vɪˈdʒɛsɪməl/ vij-ESS-im-əl) or base-20 (base-score) numeral system is based on twenty (in the same way in which the decimal numeral system...
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    Maya numerals (category Vigesimal numeral systems)
    represent numbers and calendar dates in the Maya civilization. It was a vigesimal (base-20) positional numeral system. The numerals are made up of three...
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  • age of majority in Japan and in Japanese tradition. 20 is the basis for vigesimal number systems, used by several different civilizations in the past (and...
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    Vigesimal Peak is a 6,550-foot-elevation (1,996-meter) mountain summit in Alaska, United States. Vigesimal Peak is located 45 miles (72 km) east-southeast...
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    the Indo-European decimal numeration, there are also remnants of the vigesimal system, as njëzet 'twenty' and dyzet 'forty'. The Arbëreshë in Italy and...
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  • 2012). "Realistic Approach of Strange Number System from Unodecimal to Vigesimal" (PDF). International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications...
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  • language of Bhutan, has two numeral systems, one vigesimal (base 20), and a modern decimal system. The vigesimal system remains in robust use. Ten is an auxiliary...
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    and cultural traits such as a mythological and religious complex, and a vigesimal (base 20) numeric system, were diffused from the Mexican cultures to the...
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  • containing "Eber-" with Basque: ibar ('valley'; 'river mouth'). Elements of vigesimal ("base-20") counting/numerical systems, which Vennemann regards as a trait...
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  • A modern national language which uses a full vigesimal system is Dzongkha in Bhutan. Partial vigesimal systems are found in some European languages:...
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    used in the majority of Francophone countries employs both decimal and vigesimal counting. After the use of unique names for the numbers 1–16, those from...
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  • The traditional counting system used in the Welsh language is vigesimal, i.e. based on twenties where numbers from 11 to 14 are "x on ten", 16–19 are...
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  • approximate system with local variations. The most common of these was a vigesimal (base-20) numbering system with the main denomination called a bisi (see...
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  • Quinary (redirect from Quinary vigesimal)
    computers including Colossus and the IBM 650 to represent decimal numbers. A vigesimal system with four and five as a sub-bases is found in Nahuatl.[citation...
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  • without reduction of benefits) Several languages, especially ones with vigesimal number systems, do not have a specific word for 70: for example, French:...
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  • language has increasingly influenced the Parya language. Parya employs some vigesimal numeral counting patterns. Parya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) "Did you...
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    nobility, comparable to French de, German von or Polish -ski. Georgian has a vigesimal numeric system like Basque or (partially) French. Numbers greater than...
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    Central America required the use of zero as a placeholder within its vigesimal (base-20) positional numeral system. Many different glyphs, including...
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    cultural traits such as a complex mythological and religious tradition, a vigesimal numeric system, a complex calendric system, a tradition of ball playing...
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  • are formed from these primitives via a mixture of decimal (base-10) and vigesimal (base-20) structural principles. The following chart shows the nominative...
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    but is rare outside Mesoamerica. All the languages of Mesoamerica have vigesimal, or base twenty numeral systems. This system has also spread to some languages...
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  • Counting above forty is in part based on a base 20 number system, called vigesimal: halvtred-s(inds-tyve) = 21⁄2 x 20, tre-s(inds-tyve) = 3 x 20, halvfjerd-s(inds-tyve)...
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    Kaktovik numerals (category Vigesimal numeral systems)
    languages, has a base-20 counting system with a sub-base of 5 (a quinary-vigesimal system). That is, quantities are counted in scores (as in Welsh, and in...
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    it is often known as the Maya Long Count calendar. Using a modified vigesimal tally, the Long Count calendar identifies a day by counting the number...
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    structure.: løb!: "run!" Certain numerals are formed on the basis of a vigesimal system with various rules. In the word forms of numbers above 20, the...
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    variation) "Second." Irish has both decimal and vigesimal systems: 10: a deich 20: fiche 30: vigesimal – a deich is fiche; decimal – tríocha 40: v. daichead...
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  • relational terms are historically related to body-part terms. Yoruba uses a vigesimal (base-20) numbering system. Ogún, 20, is a basic numeric block. Ogójì...
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  • 986 = Fibonacci number, Markov number 64,000,000 = 80002 = 4003 = 206 — vigesimal "million" (1 alau in Mayan, 1 poaltzonxiquipilli in Nahuatl) 64,964,808...
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    n-Éces Coelbren y Beirdd — A similar runic alphabet based on the Celtic vigesimal system invented by Iolo Morganwg for the Welsh language. Ogham inscription...
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    left. The system is, as is the Basque system of counting in general, vigesimal (base 20). Although the system is in theory capable of indicating numbers...
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