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[–] Midnight1938@reddthat.com 30 points 11 months ago (10 children)

To be fair the system is hindu arabic.

Closer to hindu १२३ than arabic ١٢٣

[–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (7 children)

How did they get mixed? I see 1 in arabic and 2 and 3 in Hindu. Is there a good place to start reading or watching about this in your opinion? If not, I'm just gonna YouTube the history of numbers and see where I land

[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

I'd go on a youtube journey. I'm sure you'll find some cool linguistics videos about it

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