text_combined: 6 943 disc non decimal counting systems fulfulde language west africa based fives separate words one five 5 1 six 5 2 5 3 5 4 word ten appo indicates putting sets fingers together get 10 1 10 5 4 separate word twenty wish contribute topic discussion dagaare data dagaare west african language gur family spoken ghana burkina faso provide salient aspects dagaare system numerals seen basically decimal system based 10 also extent based 20 forty dagaare two 20 sixty three 20 like french eighty four 20 hundred name speakers still insist calling five 20 shown 4 dagaare numerals human count human count nenyeni yeni 1 bonyeni bayi yi 2 ayi bata ta 3 ata banaare naare 4 anaare banuu nuu 5 anuu bayooo yooo 6 ayooo bayopoi yopoi 7 ayopoi banii nii 8 anii bawae wae 9 awae noba pie 10 boma pie noba pie ne yeni 11 boma pie ne yeni pie ne bayi 12 pie ne ayi pie ne bawae 19 pie ne awae noba lezare 20 boma lezare lezare ne yeni 21 lezare ne yeni lezare ne bayi 22 lezare ne ayi lezare ne bawae 29 lezare ne awae noba lezare ne pie 30 boma lezare ne pie lezare ne pie ne yeni 31 lezare ne pie ne yeni lezare ne pie ne bayi 32 lezare ne pie ne ayi noba lezae ayi 40 boma lezae ayi lezae ayi ne yeni 41 lezae ayi ne yeni lezae ayi ne bayi 42 lezae ayi ne ayi lezae ayi ne pie 50 lezae ayi ne pie lezae ayi ne pie ne yeni 51 lezae ayi ne pie ne yeni lezae ayi ne pie ne bayi 52 lezae ayi ne pie ne ayi noba lezae ata 60 boma lezae ata lezae ata ne yeni 61 lezae ata ne yeni lezae ata ne bayi 62 lezae ata ne ayi noba lezae ata ne pie 70 boma lezae ata ne pie lezae ata ne pie ne yeni 71 lezae ata ne pie ne yeni lezae ata ne pie ne bayi 72 lezae ata ne pie ne ayi noba lezae anaare 80 boma lezae anaare lezae anaare ne yeni 81 lezae anaare ne yeni lezae anaare ne bayi 82 lezae anaare ne ayi noba lezae anaare ne pie 90 boma lezae anaare ne pie lezae anaare ne pie ne yeni 91 lezae anaare ne pie ne yeni lezae anaare ne pie ne bayi 92 lezae anaare ne pie ne ayi noba koo 100 boma koo koo ne yeni 101 koo ne yeni koo ne bayi 102 koo ne ayi koore ayi 200 koore ayi koore ata 300 koore ata koore awae 900 koore awae noba tur 1000 boma tur tur ayi 2000 tur ayi tur ata 3000 tur ata tur tur mur 1000 000 tur tur mur tur tur tur bur 1000 000 000 tur tur tur bur seen last two numerals speakers would refer million thousand thousand billion presumably thousand thousand thousand names parenthesis mur bur suggestions linguist native speaker language towards better way referring large numbers wonder languages accomodating need numerals counting system adams bodomo