1493: Thai Numerals Jan 13, 2019

Thai, like many other East Asian languages has its own writing system, but unlike many other writing systems all over the world that do not have distinct symbols for numerals, the Thai system does. The numerals follow a base-ten system with the Arabic numerals, but this should not be surprising since they both followed from the same Hindu origins. However, while not represented in the numeration, the name for the number 1, nèung, changes to become èt when it is at the end of other numbers, like 11, or sìp èt (literally: ten-one).

0: ๐
1:๑
2:๒
3: ๓
4: ๔
5: ๕
6: ๖
7: ๗
8: ๘
9: ๙