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That's really interesting. I did not know that India used commas for numbers like that, 3 digits and then 2 digits, and then apparently 2 digits again? 3,00,00
by chongli 1y ago
That's really interesting. I did not know that India used commas for numbers like that, 3 digits and then 2 digits, and then apparently 2 digits again?
3,00,00,000 instead of 30,000,000
- lazide 1y agoIt’s the lakh and crore system [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system]. Older than western civilization probably, but does take some getting used too.
- aloisdg 1y agoLook for Lakh, crore and the whole indian numbering system. It is interesting. Source: I use to live in India.
- ido 1y agoIt was extremely difficult to get used to when I was visiting India for a few months years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system
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- throw-qqqqq 1y agoI am a European, so may be wrong, but it is my understanding that Indians have intuition around lakhs (100k) instead of thousands/millions. Apparently 100 lakhs is a crore (10M), but I haven’t seen that used so don’t know how prevalent it is - lakh is very commonly used though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system
- vishnugupta 1y agoYou are correct on all counts.