Irula language

Dravidian language spoken in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, India

By culture / time period

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Name Base Sample Approx. First Appearance
Prehistoric numerals 35,000 BCE
Babylonian numerals 60            3,100 BCE
Egyptian numerals 10
Z1V20V1M12D50I8I7C11
3,000 BCE
Chinese numerals, Japanese numerals, Korean numerals (Sino-Korean) 10

零一二三四五六七八九十百千萬億 (Default, Traditional Chinese)

〇一二三四五六七八九十百千万亿 (Default, Simplified Chinese)

零壹貳叄肆伍陸柒捌玖拾佰仟萬億 (Financial, T. Chinese)

零壹贰叁肆伍陆柒捌玖拾佰仟萬億 (Financial, S. Chinese)

1,600 BCE
Aegean numerals 10 𐄇 𐄈 𐄉 𐄊 𐄋 𐄌 𐄍 𐄎 𐄏  (                   )
𐄐 𐄑 𐄒 𐄓 𐄔 𐄕 𐄖 𐄗 𐄘  (                   )
𐄙 𐄚 𐄛 𐄜 𐄝 𐄞 𐄟 𐄠 𐄡  (                   )
𐄢 𐄣 𐄤 𐄥 𐄦 𐄧 𐄨 𐄩 𐄪  (                   )
𐄫 𐄬 𐄭 𐄮 𐄯 𐄰 𐄱 𐄲 𐄳  (                   )
1,500 BCE
Roman numerals 10 I V X L C D M 1,000 BCE
Hebrew numerals 10 א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט
י כ ל מ נ ס ע פ צ ק ר ש ת ך ם ף ץ
800 BCE
Indian numerals 10 Tamil ௦ ௧ ௨ ௩ ௪ ௫ ௬ ௭ ௮ ௯

Devanagari ० १ २ ३ ४ ५ ६ ७ ८ ९

750 – 690 BCE
Greek numerals 10 ō α β γ δ ε ϝ ζ η θ ι
ο Αʹ Βʹ Γʹ Δʹ Εʹ Ϛʹ Ζʹ Ηʹ Θʹ
<400 BCE
Phoenician numerals 10 𐤙 𐤘 𐤗 𐤛𐤛𐤛 𐤛𐤛𐤚 𐤛𐤛𐤖 𐤛𐤛 𐤛𐤚 𐤛𐤖 𐤛 𐤚 𐤖 [1] <250 BCE[2]
Chinese rod numerals 10 𝍠 𝍡 𝍢 𝍣 𝍤 𝍥 𝍦 𝍧 𝍨 𝍩 1st Century
Ge'ez numerals 10 ፩, ፪, ፫, ፬, ፭, ፮, ፯, ፰, ፱
፲, ፳, ፴, ፵, ፶, ፷, ፸, ፹, ፺, ፻
3rd – 4th Century, 15th Century (Modern Style)[3]
Armenian numerals 10 Ա Բ Գ Դ Ե Զ Է Ը Թ Ժ Early 5th Century
Khmer numerals 10 ០ ១ ២ ៣ ៤ ៥ ៦ ៧ ៨ ៩ Early 7th Century
Thai numerals 10 ๐ ๑ ๒ ๓ ๔ ๕ ๖ ๗ ๘ ๙ 7th Century[4]
Abjad numerals 10 غ ظ ض ذ خ ث ت ش ر ق ص ف ع س ن م ل ك ي ط ح ز و هـ د ج ب ا <8th Century
Eastern Arabic numerals 10 ٩ ٨ ٧ ٦ ٥ ٤ ٣ ٢ ١ ٠ 8th Century
Western Arabic numerals 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9th Century
Cyrillic numerals 10 А҃ В҃ Г҃ Д҃ Е҃ Ѕ҃ З҃ И҃ Ѳ҃ І҃ ... 10th Century
Tangut numerals 10 𘈩𗍫𘕕𗥃𗏁𗤁𗒹𘉋𗢭𗰗 1,036 CE
Burmese numerals 10 ၀ ၁ ၂ ၃ ၄ ၅ ၆ ၇ ၈ ၉ 11th Century[5]
Maya numerals 20                                         <15th Century
Muisca numerals 20   <15th Century
Aztec numerals 20 16th Century
Sinhala numerals 10 ෦ ෧ ෨ ෩ ෪ ෫ ෬ ෭ ෮ ෯

𑇡 𑇢 𑇣 𑇤 𑇥 𑇦 𑇧 𑇨 𑇩 𑇪 𑇫 𑇬 𑇭 𑇮 𑇯 𑇰 𑇱 𑇲 𑇳 𑇴

<18th Century
Kaktovik Inupiaq numerals 20 𝋀 𝋁 𝋂 𝋃 𝋄 𝋅 𝋆 𝋇 𝋈 𝋉 𝋊 𝋋 𝋌 𝋍 𝋎 𝋏 𝋐 𝋑 𝋒 𝋓 1994
Irula numerals 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Early 5th Century

References

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  1. Everson, Michael (2007-07-25). "Proposal to add two numbers for the Phoenician script" (PDF). UTC Document Register. L2/07-206 (WG2 N3284): Unicode Consortium.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. Cajori, Florian (Sep 1928). A History Of Mathematical Notations Vol I. The Open Court Company. p. 18. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. Chrisomalis, Stephen (2010-01-18). Numerical Notation: A Comparative History. ISBN 9781139485333.
  4. Chrisomalis, Stephen (2010). Numerical Notation: A Comparative History. Cambridge University Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780521878180.
  5. "Burmese/Myanmar script and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 5 June 2017.