You got me curious. I googled and found[1] that indeed they only pronounce numbers 21-99 that way, e.g. for 31 the order of words is "one thirty", but higher or

You got me curious. I googled and found[1] that indeed they only pronounce numbers 21-99 that way, e.g. for 31 the order of words is "one thirty", but higher order components go left to right, e.g. for 25031 the order of words is "five twenty thousand one thirty". 1. http://arabic.tripod.com/VocabNumbers.htm http://arabic.tripod.com/VocabNumbers.htm