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The single tally stick was an elongated piece of bone, ivory, wood, or stone which is marked with a system of notches (see: Tally marks). The single tally stick serves predominantly mnemonic purposes. Related to the single tally concept are messenger sticks (used by, e.g., Inuit tribes), the knotted cords, khipus or quipus, as used by the Inca.
Roman numerals, the Brahmi and Chinese numerals for one through three (一 二 三), and rod numerals were derived from tally marks, as possibly was the ogham script. [7] Base 1 arithmetic notation system is a unary positional system similar to tally marks. It is rarely used as a practical base for counting due to its difficult readability.
Possible tally marks made by carving notches in wood, bone, and stone appear in the archaeological record at least forty thousand years ago. [9] [10] These tally marks may have been used for counting time, such as numbers of days or lunar cycles, or for keeping records of quantities, such as numbers of animals or other valuable commodities.
In modern Muslim practice, prayers are sometimes kept track of using electronic tally counters as well. [ 1 ] A dial counter is a distinct type of tally counter, typically used in board games for keeping count of various status and conditions, such as scores, life points, current phase or turn order.
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Tally Holmes, an African American tennis player in the 1910s and 1920s; Tally Monastyryov (1939–2011), Soviet alpine skier; Tally Sneddon (1914–1995), Scottish professional football wing half and manager; Tally Stevens (1923–1995), Floyd C. "Tally" Stevens, the head coach for Brigham Young University Cougars football team from 1959–1960