Tibetan numerals is the

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of the

Tibetan script The Tibetan script is a segmental writing system (''abugida'') of Brahmic scripts, Indic origin used to write certain Tibetic languages, including Lhasa Tibetan, Tibetan, Dzongkha, Sikkimese language, Sikkimese, Ladakhi language, Ladakhi, Jire ...

and 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 ...

. It is used in the

Tibetan Tibetan may mean: * of, from, or related to Tibet * Tibetan people, an ethnic group * Tibetan language: ** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard ** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...

language and has a base-10 counting system. The

Mongolian numerals Mongolian numerals are numerals developed from Tibetan numerals and used in conjunction with the Mongolian and Clear script. They are still used on Mongolian tögrög The tögrög or tugrik (Mongolian Cyrillic: , Mongolian script: , trans ...

were also developed from the Tibetan numerals.

Cardinal numbers

Extended numbers

Ordinals

Fractions

Several slashed forms of tibetan numerals are included in Unicode to represent fractions. However, their exact meaning and authenticity are unclear.

References

External links

*Mazaudon & Lacito, 2002
"Les principes de construction du nombre dans les langues tibeto-birmanes"
in François, ed. ''La Pluralité'' {{Tibetan language Tibetan script Numerals