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Bengali—Assamese numerals

Bengali—Assamese numerals

System of numerals

Bengali-Assamese numerals (Assamese: সংখ্যা, romanized: xoiŋkha, Bengali: সংখ্যা, romanized: sôṅkhya, Meitei: মশীং; ꯃꯁꯤꯡ, romanized: mashing) are the units of the numeral system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used officially in Assamese,[1] Bengali,[2] and Manipuri,[3][4] 3 of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic, as well as traditionally in Bishnupriya, Chakma and Hajong languages. They are used by more than 350 million people around the world and are a variety of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system.[5]

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Base numbers

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Extended numbers

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An example of the number string: -

1065. One thousand sixty-five.
১০৬৫. এহেজাৰ পঁষষ্ঠি। (in Assamese)
১০৬৫. এক হাজার পঁয়ষট্টি। (in Bengali)

Fractions

A book list from 1908, with prices in rupees and anna. The price at top left is ২৷৷৹ (2½ rupees), top right ৸৹ (15 annas).

The Bengali-Assamese script has a separate set of digits for base-16 fractions:

৴৹৵৹৶৹৷৹৷৴৹৷৵৹৷৶৹৷৷৹৷৷৴৹৷৷৵৹৷৷৶৹৷৷৷৹৷৷৷৴৹৷৷৷৵৹৸৹
1⁄161⁄83⁄161⁄45⁄163⁄87⁄161⁄29⁄165⁄811⁄163⁄413⁄167⁄815⁄16

This system was the norm for pricing before decimalization of the currency:[citation needed] ২৲ (₹2), ২৷৷৹ (₹2-8, or 2 rupees 8 annas).

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Assamese alphabet, pronunciation and alphabet". omniglot.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Bengali alphabet, pronunciation and language". omniglot.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    ""GAZETTE TITLE: The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021"". manipurgovtpress.nic.in. Government of India. India: National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 7 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. [4]
    "Manipuri language and alphabets". omniglot.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Bengali numbers (বাংলা সংখ্যা)". Omniglot. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Bengali to Bengali Accessible Dictionary". Bangla Academy.
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    Shahidullah, Muhammad (1965), বাংলাদেশের আঞ্চলিক ভাষার অভিধান (in Bengali), বাংলা একাডেমী
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