Meitei numerals
Meitei numerals also known as Meetei numerals or Manipuri numerals or Kanglei numerals, are a system of writing numbers using the letters of the Meitei script. In modern Manipur, they are still used for cardinal numbers. It is a positional notation system. This system has ten basic symbols, which are ꯰, ꯱, ꯲, ꯳, ꯴, ꯵, ꯶, ꯷, ꯸ and ꯹.
| Base | Decimal (base 10) |
|---|---|
| Zero | ꯰ |
| One | ꯱ |
| Two | ꯲ |
| Three | ꯳ |
| Four | ꯴ |
| Five | ꯵ |
| Six | ꯶ |
| Seven | ꯷ |
| Eight | ꯸ |
| Nine | ꯹ |
| Arabic numerals | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meitei numerals | ꯰ | ꯱ | ꯲ | ꯳ | ꯴ | ꯵ | ꯶ | ꯷ | ꯸ | ꯹ |
| Names in Modern Meitei | ꯐꯨꯟ phun |
ꯑꯃ ama |
ꯑꯅꯤ ani |
ꯑꯍꯨꯝ ahum |
ꯃꯔꯤ mari |
ꯃꯉꯥ mangā |
ꯇꯔꯨꯛ taruk |
ꯇꯔꯦꯠ taret |
ꯅꯤꯄꯥꯜ nipāl |
ꯃꯥꯄꯜ māpal |
History
The Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Amailon Pukok Puya, an ancient work, mentions the philosophy of the development of the numerals. It was written in the 14th-15th century BC in Ancient Manipur.[1]
Gallery
Sources
- https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UABC0.pdf
- https://omniglot.com/writing/manipuri.htm
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272863888_Recognition_of_Handwritten_Numerals_of_Manipuri_Script
- https://sites.google.com/site/knowmanipur/home/the-birth-of-zero-0 Archived 2020-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.jamia-physics.net/manipuri/numbers.html
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
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