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.

Meitei-Manipuri numeral system

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.

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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