• Fushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 hours ago

      Not really. We are talking about how numbers are called in different languages. Other languages have actual names for twenty that aren’t a combination of digit+ten.

      Basque is hogei, ten is hamar, two is bi, there is no phonetic similarity. The way language is created then informs how counting and numbers work.

      Spanish has a proper distinct name for 20, but then is like english for 30 and above.

      No need to be so passive aggressive while not understanding what I was trying to explain.