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All Lahob languages have a duodecimal numeral system. Here are the numbers from 1 to 12 (10<sub>12</sub>) in some of them. Note that there is no common word for "zero" (most of them use the word for "nothing"; Chlouvānem has the Lällshag borrowing ''ajrā''). The Proto-Lahob numerals for three and six are based on finger counting, being the word for "finger" and its dual form (some languages have innovated a newer word for finger with a later derivation, cf. Chl. ''pamuvis'', Yeł. Lawo ''kpim̃í''); Kenaywanic and Tłašnelek also have the root *den, "phalanx", for one – which is reflected in all languages' word for Ɛ, *wewʕe-den, or "one phalanx more [to twelve]".<br/> Nayzehenyn languages have three as a sub-base and their word for twelve is "four fingers" or "four times three". | All Lahob languages have a duodecimal numeral system. Here are the numbers from 1 to 12 (10<sub>12</sub>) in some of them. Note that there is no common word for "zero" (most of them use the word for "nothing"; Chlouvānem has the Lällshag borrowing ''ajrā''). The Proto-Lahob numerals for three and six are based on finger counting, being the word for "finger" and its dual form (some languages have innovated a newer word for finger with a later derivation, cf. Chl. ''pamuvis'', Yeł. Lawo ''kpim̃í''); Kenaywanic and Tłašnelek also have the root *den, "phalanx", for one – which is reflected in all languages' word for Ɛ, *wewʕe-den, or "one phalanx more [to twelve]". It is also notable that *tītijo, used for "eight" in all branches except for Nayzehenyn and Chlouvānem, also means "limbs", referring to legs, feet, arms, and hands.<br/> Nayzehenyn languages have three as a sub-base and their word for twelve is "four fingers" or "four times three". | ||
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| chīka || ''*siko'' || sik || siku || šikë || ''*ʃika'' || šika || šik || šia || ''*sik'' || siȟ || si || sik || ''*siko'' || suk || ''*čīka'' || kica | | chīka || ''*siko'' || sik || siku || šikë || ''*ʃika'' || šika || šik || šia || ''*sik'' || siȟ || si || sik || ''*siko'' || suk || ''*čīka'' || kica | ||
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! *tītijo <small>"eight"</small> | ! *tītijo ～ *məbuŋo <small>"eight"</small> | ||
| | | mbula || ''*tiso'' || tis || sisun || tišë || ''*g͡buŋ͡ma'' || gbum̃o || gbum̃a || kpuža || ''*tis'' || tis || tis || tis || ''*tiyo'' || ti || ''*tīča'' || tica | ||
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! *mawɟo <small>"nine"</small> | ! *mawɟo <small>"nine"</small> | ||