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Bengali numerals ( bn, সংখ্যা ''sôṅkhya'', as, সংখ্যা ''xoiŋkha''), are the units of the
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, originating from the
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, used in
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, Chittagonian, Assamese,
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Base numbers


Extended numbers

An example of the number string:- 1065. One thousand sixty five.
. এক হাজার পঁয়ষট্টি। (in Bengali)
. এহেজাৰ পঁষষ্ঠি। (in Assamese)


Fractions

The Bengali script has a separate set of digits for base-16 fractions: This system was the norm for pricing before decimalization of the currency: ২৲ (₹2), ২৷৷৹ (₹2-8, or 2 rupees 8
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See also

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Bengali alphabet The Bengali script or Bangla alphabet ( bn, বাংলা বর্ণমালা, ''Bangla bôrṇômala'') is the alphabet used to write the Bengali language based on the Bengali-Assamese script, and has historically been used to w ...
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Sylhet Nagari Sylheti Nagri or Sylheti Nagari ( syl, , ISO: , ), known in classical manuscripts as Sylhet Nagri (, ''Sileṭ Nagri'') amongst many other names (see below), was an Indic script used to write the Sylheti language and Eastern Bengali languages. ...


References

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