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What language is it?: Numbers

This is a Guide for YUL staff to help identify scripts and which selector they belong to.

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Number cheat sheet

The following document contains a full set of numbers in multiple writing systems (languages). It was created for Yale University Library employees by Jason Zentz. Number systems here include:

  • East Asian: CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean), Tibetan
  • Judaica: Hebrew
  • Near East: Arabic, Persian
  • South Asian: Devanagari (Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi), Tamil, Bengali, Urdu
  • Southeast Asian: Thai

More information on numbers

Librarian for South Asian Studies

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Rich Richie
Contact:
Sterling Memorial Library, 212

Southeast Asia Reading Room: Sterling Memorial Library, 214



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