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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Subject: Re: Eskimo numbers
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Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 22:21:03 GMT
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In article <librikD8vKHB.MvC@netcom.com> librik@netcom.com (David Librik) writes:
 > atauseq		one
ataaseq
 > mardluk		two
marluk
 > pingasut	three
 > sisamat		four
 > tatdlimat	five
tallimat
 > arfineq		six ("the other hand")
 > arfineq mardluk	seven
arfineq marluk
 > arfineq pingasut eight
 > arfineq sisamat / qulingiluat / qulailuat	nine
qulaaluat
 > qulit		ten ("all the fingers")
 > 
 > This is an old-fashioned spelling system; I think they have changed it
 > somewhat.
Only very little as you see (from a book dated 1993).
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