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Re:The New Wave of Indian Type by yorwba on Thursday March 08, 2018 @01:22AM (#16542701)
The written numerals are relatively recent, but the words for numbers are much older and still very similar across languages.
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Re:The New Wave of Indian Type by murukesh_s on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:10AM (#16542867)
Wasn't Roman numerals in use, before the Indo-Arabic came to Europe? How come they are similar? They look worlds apart to me..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals

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Re:The New Wave of Indian Type by kgwgk on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:45AM (#16543382)
These are the words the Romans used:

unus duo tres quattor quinque six septem octo novem decem ...

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Re:The New Wave of Indian Type by murukesh_s on Thursday March 08, 2018 @10:44PM (#16549654)
Yes you are right.. indeed sounds similar..
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Re:The New Wave of Indian Type by nl on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:21AM (#16543106)
The numerals are different but the words are the same. 5 and V are both pronounced “five”, just represented differently.
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Re:The New Wave of Indian Type by murukesh_s on Thursday March 08, 2018 @10:44PM (#16549651)
Ah my bad...
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