Meitei numerals

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.

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

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.

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Meitei Numerals Media

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  Yumbanlol (Yumpanlol), a group of 6th century ancient Meitei language copper plate inscriptions, written in Meetei script.

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  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.

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  Meetei Mayek script

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  Meitei letter "Ama" (lit. One) in the symbol of Sanamahism (traditional Meitei religion)

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  A typical Meitei Mayek keyboard

Sources

• https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UABC0.pdf
• https://omniglot.com/writing/manipuri.htm
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272863888_Recognition_of_Handwritten_Numerals_of_Manipuri_Script
• https://sites.google.com/site/knowmanipur/home/the-birth-of-zero-0 Archived 2020-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.jamia-physics.net/manipuri/numbers.html