Did you solve it? Numbers in New Guinea

The answers to today ’s counting conundrumEarlier 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.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Mathematics Education Science Papua New Guinea Linguistics Source Type: news