Indian numerals Indian numerals Indian numerals are the symbols representing numbers in India. These numerals are used in the context of the decimal Hindu–Arabic numeral system, and are distinct from, though related by descent to Arabic numerals. Below is a list of the Indian numerals in their modern Devanagari form, the corresponding Western Arabic equivalents, their Hindi and Sanskrit pronunciation, and translations in some languages. Since Sanskrit is an Indo-European language, the words for numerals closely resemble those of Greek and Latin. The word "Shunya" for zero was translated into Arabic as "صفر" "sifr", meaning 'nothing' which became the term "zero" in
Korean numerals tensed consonants when possible. Thus for example: Several numerals have long vowels, namely (two), (three) and (four), but these become short when combined with other numerals / nouns (such as in twelve, thirteen, fourteen and so on). The usual liaison and consonant-tensing rules apply, so for example, "yesun-yeoseot" (sixty-six) is pronounced like ("yesun-nyeoseot") and "chil-sip" (seventy) is pronounced like "chil-ssip". "Beon" (), "ho" (), "cha" (), and "hoe" () are always used with Sino-Korean or Arabic ordinal numerals. For example, "Yihoseon" () is Line Number Two in a metropolitan subway system. "Samsipchilbeongukdo" () is highway number 37. They cannot be