Other Modern Indian Languages
See also: Glyphs used with the Arabic numeral systemThe 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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