Received: from nobody by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TY1EO-0004jh-EZ for lojban-newreal@lojban.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:07:44 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TY1EN-0004j2-60; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:07:43 -0800 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:07:43 -0800 From: Robin Lee Powell To: Peter Hanna Cc: lojban@lojban.org Subject: Re: Lojban Question Message-ID: <20121112210742.GO25271@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: Peter Hanna , lojban@lojban.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 08:52:46PM +0000, Peter Hanna wrote: > I'm curious as to why lojban counts up in base 10. I've heard of > language that count up within differing bases, an example being > base 20. > > Did lojban come to the premise of counting up in base 10, as > opposed to other structures; due to any "logical" significance or > reasoning? Nope, just convenience/commonality. In fact, it has digits up to 16, so you can easily speak in something more reasonable, like duodecimal. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. .i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i danfu lu na go'i li'u .e lu go'i li'u .i ji'a go'i lu na'e go'i li'u .e lu go'i na'i li'u .e lu no'e go'i li'u .e lu to'e go'i li'u .e lu lo mamta be do cu sofybakni li'u