Re:The Word “Million” Didn’t Exist Until We Needed It
by kichuku on Sunday November 01, 2015 @04:28PM
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My first language is Tamil which is spoken in South India. Tamil is known to be a very ancient language.
The interesting fact is that Tamil has had distinct names for wide range of numbers[1] ranging from 10^21 to fractions as small as 1/2,323,824,530,227,200,000,000
There are people who debate that Tamil is as old/older than Sanskrit. But there is no proof for that claim. But there is more than conclusive proof that these distinct names for these large and small numbers existed in written texts since very long time.
The interesting fact is that Tamil has had distinct names for wide range of numbers[1] ranging from 10^21 to fractions as small as 1/2,323,824,530,227,200,000,000
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_numerals#Sanskrit-System
There are people who debate that Tamil is as old/older than Sanskrit. But there is no proof for that claim. But there is more than conclusive proof that these distinct names for these large and small numbers existed in written texts since very long time.
Edit: Grammar, fixed link