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For those of you who want to expand your counting horizons, here's some examples of base 20 (check out the post, "Counting on Fingers and Polished Little Toes" for why you might care.)

Examples in Mesoamerican languages

[edit]Powers of twenty in Yucatec Maya and Nahuatl

Powers of Twenty in Yucatec Maya and Nahuatl
Number	English	Maya	Nahuatl (modern orthography)	Classical Nahuatl	Nahuatl root	Aztec pictogram
1	One	Hun	Se	Ce	Ce
20	Twenty	K'áal	Sempouali	Cempohualli (Cempoalli)	Pohualli
400	Four hundred	Bak	Sentzontli	Centzontli	Tzontli
8000	Eight thousand	Pic	Senxikipili	Cenxiquipilli	Xiquipilli
160.000	One hundred sixty thousand	Calab	Sempoualxikipili	Cempohualxiquipilli	Pohualxiquipilli
3.200.000	Three million two hundred thousand	Kinchil	Sentzonxikipili	Centzonxiquipilli	Tzonxiquipilli
64.000.000	Sixty-four million	Alau	Sempoualtzonxikipili	Cempohualtzonxiquipilli	Pohualtzonxiquipilli

[edit]Counting in units of twenty

This table shows the Maya numerals and the number names in Yucatec Maya, Nahuatl in modern orthography and in Classical Nahuatl.

From one to ten (1 - 10)
1 (one)	2 (two)	3 (three)	4 (four)	5 (five)	6 (six)	7 (seven)	8 (eight)	9 (nine)	10 (ten)
Hun	Ka'ah	Óox	Kan	Ho'	Wak	Uk	Waxak	Bolon	Lahun
Se	Ome	Yeyi	Naui	Makuili	Chikuasen	Chikome	Chikueyi	Chiknaui	Majtlaktli
Ce	Ome	Yei	Nahui	Macuilli	Chicuace	Chicome	Chicuei	Chicnahui	Matlactli
From eleven to twenty (11 - 20)
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Buluk	Lahka'a	Óox lahun	Kan lahun	Ho' lahun	Wak lahun	Uk lahun	Waxak lahun	Bolon lahun	Hun k'áal
Majtlaktli onse	Majtlaktli omome	Majtlaktli omeyi	Majtlaktli onnaui	Kaxtoli	Kaxtoli onse	Kaxtoli omome	Kaxtoli omeyi	Kaxtoli onnaui	Sempouali
Matlactli huan ce	Matlactli huan ome	Matlactli huan yei	Matlactli huan nahui	Caxtolli	Caxtolli huan ce	Caxtolli huan ome	Caxtolli huan yei	Caxtolli huan nahui	Cempohualli
From twenty-one to thirty (11 - 30)
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Hump'éel katak hun k'áal	Ka'ah katak hun k'áal	Óox katak hun k'áal	Kan katak hun k'áal	Ho' katak hun k'áal	Wak katak hun k'áal	Uk katak hun k'áal	Waxak katak hun k'áal	Bolon katak hun k'áal	Lahun katak hun k'áal
Sempouali onse	Sempouali omome	Sempouali omeyi	Sempouali onnaui	Sempouali ommakuili	Sempouali onchikuasen	Sempouali onchikome	Sempouali onchikueyi	Sempouali onchiknaui	Sempouali ommajtlaktli
Cempohualli huan ce	Cempohualli huan ome	Cempohualli huan yei	Cempohualli huan nahui	Cempohualli huan macuilli	Cempohualli huan chicuace	Cempohualli huan chicome	Cempohualli huan chicuei	Cempohualli huan chicnahui	Cempohualli huan matlactli
From thirty-one to forty (31 - 40)
31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Buluk katak hun k'áal	Lahka'a katak hun k'áal	Óox lahun katak hun k'áal	Kan lahun katak hun k'áal	Ho' lahun katak hun k'áal	Wak lahun katak hun k'áal	Uk lahun katak hun k'áal	Waxak lahun katak hun k'áal	Bolon lahun katak hun k'áal	Ka' k'áal
Sempouali ommajtlaktli onse	Sempouali ommajtlaktli omome	Sempouali ommajtlaktli omeyi	Sempouali ommajtlaktli onnaui	Sempouali onkaxtoli	Sempouali onkaxtoli onse	Sempouali onkaxtoli omome	Sempouali onkaxtoli omeyi	Sempouali onkaxtoli onnaui	Ompouali
Cempohualli huan matlactli huan ce	Cempohualli huan matlactli huan ome	Cempohualli huan matlactli huan yei	Cempohualli huan matlactli huan nahui	Cempohualli huan caxtolli	Cempohualli huan caxtolli huan ce	Cempohualli huan caxtolli huan ome	Cempohualli huan caxtolli huan yei	Cempohualli huan caxtolli huan nahui	Ompohualli
From twenty to two hundred in steps of twenty (20 - 200)
20	40	60	80	100	120	140	160	180	200
Hun k'áal	Ka' k'áal	Óox k'áal	Kan k'áal	Ho' k'áal	Wak k'áal	Uk k'áal	Waxak k'áal	Bolon k'áal	Lahun k'áal
Sempouali	Ompouali	Yepouali	Naupouali	Makuilpouali	Chikuasempouali	Chikompouali	Chikuepouali	Chiknaupouali	Majtlakpouali
Cempohualli	Ompohualli	Yeipohualli	Nauhpohualli	Macuilpohualli	Chicuacepohualli	Chicomepohualli	Chicueipohualli	Chicnahuipohualli	Matlacpohualli
From two hundred twenty to four hundred in steps of twenty (220 - 400)
220	240	260	280	300	320	340	360	380	400
Buluk k'áal	Lahka'a k'áal	Óox lahun k'áal	Kan lahun k'áal	Ho' lahun k'áal	Wak lahun k'áal	Uk lahun k'áal	Waxak lahun k'áal	Bolon lahun k'áal	Hun bak
Majtlaktli onse pouali	Majtlaktli omome pouali	Majtlaktli omeyi pouali	Majtlaktli onnaui pouali	Kaxtolpouali	Kaxtolli onse pouali	Kaxtolli omome pouali	Kaxtolli omeyi pouali	Kaxtolli onnaui pouali	Sentsontli
Matlactli huan ce pohualli	Matlactli huan ome pohualli	Matlactli huan yei pohualli	Matlactli huan nahui pohualli	Caxtolpohualli	Caxtolli huan ce pohualli	Caxtolli huan ome pohualli	Caxtolli huan yei pohualli	Caxtolli huan nahui pohualli	Centzontli