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Arabic numbers are L-R if you have a big-endian mindset, but R-L if you switch to a little-endian mindset :)


No. Arabic numbers are always L-R...


Not exctly accurate, for the part of the number that is < 100, it will always be R-L, as in 25, would be 5 and twenty in Arabic.

Also for the part that is L-R, that is not the rule, as some people still read all the number as R-L (actually in a lot of historical documents that was the case), so the would read 1925 as five and twenty and nine hundred and a thousand. Where is now most people would read it as a thousand, and nine hundred, and five and twenty.


Many R-L languages do the same such as German French, Hindi et al.


I guess you mean L-R. In Dutch and German 1925 is most commonly read as 'nine teen five and twenty' But 2025 as 'two thousand five and twenty'


Wait, Hindi is neither a R-L language nor does it switch directions for text and numbers.

Source: native Hindi speaker.


Yes sorry for too-late-to-edit confusing typo: german Hindi French are all L-R , all big-endian (least significant digit on right) all have numbers which, when spoken, aren’t said in strict digit order.




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