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I mean... in English we also use different words, such as "pair" and "dozen", for some specific numbers.
that's because the english language numbers are based off of base 12, not base 10
But those are just words for "a group of a special size"
Some eastern languages have totally different counting words depending on WHAT you're counting. One set of number-words for flat things, another set for long things, another set for printed/bound things, another set for things with handles...