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Bengali numerals ( bn, সংখ্যা ''sôṅkhya'', as, সংখ্যা ''xoiŋkha''), are the units of the
. এক হাজার পঁয়ষট্টি। (in Bengali)
. এহেজাৰ পঁষষ্ঠি। (in Assamese)
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
numeral system
A numeral system (or system of numeration) is a writing system for expressing numbers; that is, a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using digits or other symbols in a consistent manner.
The same sequence of symbo ...
, originating from the Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, In ...
, used in Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
, Sylheti, Chittagonian, Assamese, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Chakma
Chakma may refer to:
*Chakma people, a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India
*Chakma language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
**Chakma script
The Chakma Script (''Ajhā pāṭh''), also called Ajhā pāṭh, Ojhapath, O ...
, Hajong and Meithei languages. They are used by more than 350 million people around the world (over 5% of the population), and are a variety of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system
The Hindu–Arabic numeral system or Indo-Arabic numeral system Audun HolmeGeometry: Our Cultural Heritage 2000 (also called the Hindu numeral system or Arabic numeral system) is a positional decimal numeral system, and is the most common syste ...
.
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 annas
Annas (also Ananus or Ananias;Goodman, Martin, "Rome & Jerusalem", Penguin Books, p.12 (2007) , ; grc-x-koine, Ἅννας, ; 23/22 BC – death date unknown, probably around AD 40) was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High ...
).
See also
*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 ...
*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 languag ...
References
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