Hindustani numerals

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Like many Indo-Aryan languages, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) has a decimal numeral system that is contracted to the extent that nearly every number 1–99 is irregular, and needs to be memorized as a separate numeral.[1]

+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9
+0 śūnya, sifr ek do tīn chār pāṅch chhah, chhe sāt āṭh nau
+10 das gyārah bārah terah chaudah pandrah solah satrah aṭhārah unnīs
+20 bīs ikkīs bāīs teīs chaubīs pachchīs chhabbīs sattāīs aṭṭhāīs untīs
+30 tīs ikattīs battīs taiṅtīs chauṅtīs paiṅtīs chhattīs saiṅtīs aṛtīs untālīs
+40 chālīs iktālīs bayālīs taiṅtālīs chauwālīs paiṅtālīs chhiyālīs saiṅtālīs aṛtālīs unchās
+50 pachās ikyāwan, ikāwan bāwan tirpan chauwan pachpan chhappan sattāwan aṭṭhāwan unsaṭh
+60 sāṭh iksaṭh bāsaṭh taresaṭh chauṅsaṭh paiṅsaṭh chhiyāsaṭh saṛsaṭh aṛsaṭh unhattar
+70 sattar ik'hattar bahattar tihattar chauhattar pach'hattar chhihattar sat'hattar aṭhhattar unāsī
+80 assī ikyāsī, ikāsī bayāsī tirāsī chaurāsī pachāsī chhiyāsī sattāsi aṭṭhāsī nawwāsī
+90 nawwe, nabbe ikyānwe, ikānwe bānwe, bayānwe tirānwe chaurānwe pachānwe chhiyānwe sattānwe aṭṭhānwe ninānwe

Numbers from 100 up are more regular. There are numerals for 100, sau; 1,000, hazār; and successive multiples by 100 of 1000: lākh (lakh) 100,000 (105), karoṛ (crore) 1,00,00,000 (107), arab 1,00,00,00,000 (109, billion), kharab 1,00,00,00,00,000 (1011), nīl 1,00,00,00,00,00,000 (1013), padma 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 (1015, quadrillion). (See Indian numbering system.) Lakh and crore are common enough to have entered Indian English.

In writing Hindi, numbers are usually represented using Devanagari numeral signs, while in Urdu the signs employed are those of a modified Eastern Arabic numeral system.

Latin 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Hindi ० १ २ ३ ४ ५ ६ ७ ८ ९
Urdu ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹

References[]

  1. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1987), Outline of Hindi Grammar (2nd revised ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 61–62
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