Editing Octal (section)

===By Native Americans===
* The [[Yuki language]] in [[California]] has an octal system because the speakers count using the spaces between their fingers rather than the fingers themselves.<ref>{{cite journal |jstor=2686959 |title=Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas |issue=4 |pages=353–355 |author-first=Marcia |author-last=Ascher|author-link= Marcia Ascher |journal=The College Mathematics Journal|volume=23 |year=1992 |doi=10.2307/2686959 }}</ref>
* The [[Pame language|Pamean languages]] in [[Mexico]] also have an octal system, because their speakers count on the knuckles of a closed fist.<ref>{{Cite journal
 | last=Avelino
 | first=Heriberto
 | title=The typology of Pame number systems and the limits of Mesoamerica as a linguistic area
 | journal=Linguistic Typology
 | year=2006
 | volume=10
 | issue=1
 | pages=41–60
 | url=http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~avelino/Avelino_2006.pdf
 | doi=10.1515/LINGTY.2006.002
 | s2cid=20412558
 | access-date=2007-11-21 
 | archive-date=2011-06-04 
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604174942/http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~avelino/Avelino_2006.pdf
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>