Meitei numerals

Meitei-Manipuri numeral system
Base	Decimal (base 10)
Zero	꯰
One	꯱
Two	꯲
Three	꯳
Four	꯴
Five	꯵
Six	꯶
Seven	꯷
Eight	꯸
Nine	꯹
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Meitei numerals also known as Meetei numerals or Manipuri numerals or Kanglei numerals, are a system of writing numbers using the letters of the Meitei script. In modern Manipur, they are still used for cardinal numbers. It is a positional notation system. This system has ten basic symbols, which are ꯰, ꯱, ꯲, ꯳, ꯴, ꯵, ꯶, ꯷, ꯸ and ꯹.

Arabic numerals	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Meitei numerals	꯰	꯱	꯲	꯳	꯴	꯵	꯶	꯷	꯸	꯹
Names in Modern Meitei	ꯐꯨꯟ phun	ꯑꯃ ama	ꯑꯅꯤ ani	ꯑꯍꯨꯝ ahum	ꯃꯔꯤ mari	ꯃꯉꯥ mangā	ꯇꯔꯨꯛ taruk	ꯇꯔꯦꯠ taret	ꯅꯤꯄꯥꯜ nipāl	ꯃꯥꯄꯜ māpal

History

The Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Amailon Pukok Puya, an ancient work, mentions the philosophy of the development of the numerals. It was written in the 14th-15th century BC in Ancient Manipur.^[1]

Gallery

Meitei Numerals Media

A Meitei language stone inscription in Meitei script about a royal decree of a Meitei king found in the sacred site of God Panam Ningthou in Andro, Imphal East, Manipur.
Meetei Mayek script
The eighteen foremost letters of the ancient Meitei script (ancient Meetei script) of ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur)
The logograms of the Meitei script
Ancient Meitei character "KOK" (ꯀ) represents as well as means "brain" or "head"
Ancient Meitei letter "SAM" (S) - meaning as well as representing "hair"
Ancient Meitei character "SAM" (ꯁ) represents as well as means "hair"
Ancient Meitei letter "LAI" (L) - meaning as well as representing "forehead"
Ancient Meitei character "LAI" (ꯂ) represents as well as means "forehead"