Do All Languages Use Arabic Numerals?

The Arabic or Hindu-Arabic numeral system is the most common numeral system and is used almost everywhere, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. It was introduced to Europe in about the 12th century.

Which languages use Arabic numerals?

Arabic numerals
  • Bengali.
  • Devanagari.
  • Gujarati.
  • Gurmukhi.
  • Odia.
  • Sinhala.
  • Tamil.
  • Malayalam.

Are there countries that don't use Arabic numerals?

It depends, China, Japan amd Korea generally uses Arab ones. Countries that use Arabic script ironically don't use Arabic numbers, they habe their own, Arabic and Persian numerals are mostly the same with some variation.

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