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Kaktovik Numerals

Kaktovik Numerals

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The Kaktovik numerals are used by the Inupiat Eskimo people for their vigesimal (base-20) number system.

In 1994 there was a school in the town of Kaktovik. Its students decided that they wanted to do calculations using a system with their familiar base of 20. Since there are only ten Arabic numerals, they came up with a completely new set of numbers. As you can see, there are only 6 basic symbols, and the remaining numbers are formed by combining them.

The vigesimal number system is used in all Eskimo-Aleut languages, so the Kaktovik numerals have spread among the northernmost indigenous peoples. Nowadays, they are taught in some schools in Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.

Properties

Range	1D2C0–1D2DF
Characters	32

List of Characters

Table of Characters

1D200–1D24F Ancient Greek Musical Notation 1D2E0–1D2FF Mayan Numerals