Hindustani numerals
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Indo-Aryan languages The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. As of the early 21st century, they have more than 800 million speakers, primarily ...
, 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. 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 Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
, numbers are usually represented using Devanagari numeral signs, while in
Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Eastern Arabic numeral system.


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