Huli language
Encyclopedia
Huli is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by the Huli people
of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea
. It features a quindecimal (base-15)
numeral system
.
Huli people
The Huli are an indigenous people that live in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Latest estimates put their numbers at around 150,000, while they have been living in the area where they now reside for about 1000 years...
of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. It features a quindecimal (base-15)
Pentadecimal
The pentadecimal positional notation system is based on the number fifteen. Comparatively, the decimal system is based on the number ten, the hexadecimal system is based on the number sixteen, and so on...
numeral system
Numeral system
A numeral system is a writing system for expressing numbers, that is a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using graphemes or symbols in a consistent manner....
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External links
- Ethnologue report for language code:hui
- Huli counting system
- "Counting and number in Huli", Brian Cheetam. Papua New Guinea Journal of Education