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| ==..... LOGI==
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| [[Image:TW_numbers_2.png]]
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| Above right you can see the numbers 1 -> 11 displayed. Notice that the forms of 7 and 9 have been simplified (also 1 and 6 in a minor way).
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| In the bottom right you can see 7 interesting symbols. These are used to extend the range of the LIMBAWA number system (remember the basic system only covers 1-> 1727). Their meanings are given in the table below.
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| {| border=1
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| |align=center| elephant
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| |align=center| '''huŋgu'''
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| |align=center| rhino
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| |align=center| '''nàin'''
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| |align=center| water buffalo
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| |align=center| '''wúa'''
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| |align=center| circle
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| |align=center| '''omba'''
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| |align=center| hare
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| |align=center| '''yanfa'''
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| |align=center| beetle
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| |align=center| '''ela'''
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| |align=center| bacterium, bug
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| |align=center| '''ʔiwetu'''
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| |}
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| To give you an idea of how they are used, I have given you a very big number below.
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| [[Image:TW_number_3.png]]
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| O.K. this number has a ridiculous dynamic range. But this is for demonstration purposes only: if you can handle this number you can handle any number. Remember the number is in base 12.
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| This monster would be pronounced '''aja huŋgu aufaidaula nàin ezaitauba wúa adauja omba idaizaupa yanfa elaibau mulu idaidauka ʔiwetu elaifau dó'''
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| Now the 7 "placeholders" are not really thought of as real numbers, they are markers only. The LIMBAWA community has a very strong feeling that there are only 1727 proper numbers. You never see (the LIMBAWA equivalent of) "a thousand" or "a million". Rather you would hear "ONE thousand exactly", or "ONE thousand approximately". (Actually I tell a lie, there are a number of sayings, where you can hear "ONE thousand" etc. etc.)
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| When first introduced to this system, many people think that the LIMBAWA culture must be untenable, however strangely enough the LIMBAWA culture has lasted many thousands of year, despite the obvious confusion that must arise when they attempt to count elephants.
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| One further point ...
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| If you wanted to express a number represented by digits 2->4 from the LHS of the monster, you would say '''aufaidaula nàin''' .... the same way as we have in the Western European tradition.
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| However if you wanted to express a number represented digits 6 ->8 from the RHS of the monster, you would say '''yanfa elaibau''' .... not the way we do it. This is like saying "milli 630" instead of "630 micro".
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| Ah that is another thing ... the units used either come at the end (or they can replace '''omba''' (which means unit, by the way)).
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