Indian Numerals - Other Modern Indian Languages

Other Modern Indian Languages

See also: Glyphs used with the Arabic numeral system

The five Indian languages (Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Nepali and Sanskrit itself) that have adapted the Devanagari script to their use also naturally employ the numeral symbols above; of course, the names for the numbers vary by language. The table below presents a listing of the symbols used in various modern Indian scripts for the numbers from zero to nine:

Arabic Numerals 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Used in
Bengali numerals ০ ১ ২ ৩ ৪ ৫ ৬ ৭ ৮ ৯ Bengali and Assamese languages
Gujarati numerals ૦ ૧ ૨ ૩ ૪ ૫ ૬ ૭ ૮ ૯ Gujarati language
Marathi numerals ० १ २ ३ ४ ५ ६ ७ ८ ९ Marathi, Sanskrit and Hindi languages
Gurmukhi numerals ੦ ੧ ੨ ੩ ੪ ੫ ੬ ੭ ੮ ੯ Punjabi language
Oriya numerals ୦ ୧ ୨ ୩ ୪ ୫ ୬ ୭ ୮ ୯ Oriya language
Lepcha numerals Sikkim and Bhutan
᱀ ᱁ ᱂ ᱃ ᱄ ᱅ ᱆ ᱇ ᱈ ᱉

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