Article 5N437 Did you solve it? Numbers in New Guinea

Did you solve it? Numbers in New Guinea

by
Alex Bellos
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The answers to today's counting conundrum

Earlier today I set you the following problem about how to count in Ngkolmpu, a language spoken by about 100 people in New Guinea.

Ngkolmpu does not have a base ten system like English does. In other words, it doesn't count in tens, hundreds and thousands. Beyond its different base, however, it behaves very regularly.

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