Bam! Alphabet
Feb. 19th, 2012 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Well, proto-alphabet
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Edited to add: I don't have numbers yet. My thoughts on numbers were:
They originated in a valley surrounded by 7 mountain peaks. Thus, their original counting was 1-7. But when they discovered base 10 math from another tribe (As they stole most things)... they needed to add 8 and 9 (and 0).
Trick is to make numbers that fit and aren't dupes of letter-shapes.
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Edited to add: I don't have numbers yet. My thoughts on numbers were:
They originated in a valley surrounded by 7 mountain peaks. Thus, their original counting was 1-7. But when they discovered base 10 math from another tribe (As they stole most things)... they needed to add 8 and 9 (and 0).
Trick is to make numbers that fit and aren't dupes of letter-shapes.