Unicode 15 includes glyphs for a beautiful base-20 number system invented by Inuit school children in the 90s

Math is called the “universal language,” but a unique dialect is being reborn

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This is SO cool. The examples make so much more sense to my brain than Arabic numerals, even though I have no familiarity with the Inuit language. I do have severe ADHD so I'm not sure if that's a factor? I had a math tutor all through school because I was so bad at it and failed high school chemistry because of math. I wonder if alternative systems like this could help other people who are also visual learners and really struggle to understand basic math.