bs2<p>&gt; A linguist who curated a database of the world’s languages in 2015 estimated that of the 6,880 languages for which there are published data on numerals, 1,093 had a counting system that ends at 2 or 3.<br><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/12/not-as-simple-as-1-2-3-humanity-has-a-surprisingly-diverse-understanding-of-numbers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">counterpunch.org/2024/12/12/no</span><span class="invisible">t-as-simple-as-1-2-3-humanity-has-a-surprisingly-diverse-understanding-of-numbers/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/Numeracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Numeracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/LanguageOfNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageOfNumbers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/NumberLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NumberLanguage</span></a> <br>Lancelot Hogben's _Mathematics for the Millions_ comes to mind.</p>