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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4638272, member: 102103"]I just found out that Amharic numerals are just based on Greek numerals via </p><p>Coptic. They are not even that hard to make out once you know what they match</p><p>up to. So the reason that 1 looks nothing like 10 is that 1 resembles a lower </p><p>case a/alpha, while 10 looks like an I/iota. Unlike Greek, they don't have a third set</p><p>of letters for numbers past 100. So 1000s are just 10s of 100s, using the letter </p><p>P/rho to indicate hundreds. This totally blows my mind. I can almost sightread </p><p>numbers without a reference now that I know what they correlate with!</p><p><b> 1</b> <b>2</b> <b>3</b> <b>4</b> <b>5</b> <b>6</b> <b>7</b> <b>8</b> <b>9</b> <b>10</b> <b>20</b> <b>30</b> <b>40</b> <b>50</b> <b>60</b> <b>70</b> <b>80</b> <b>90</b> <b>100 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geʽez_script" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geʽez_script" rel="nofollow">source</a>)</b></p><p><b>Ethiopic</b> <b>፩</b> <b>፪</b> <b>፫</b> <b>፬</b> <b>፭</b> <b>፮</b> <b>፯</b> <b>፰</b> <b>፱</b> <b>፲</b> <b>፳</b> <b>፴</b> <b>፵</b> <b>፶</b> <b>፷</b> <b>፸</b> <b>፹</b> <b>፺</b> <b>፻</b></p><p><b>Greek</b> Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ϛ Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ϙ Ρ</p><p><b>Coptic</b> Ⲁ Ⲃ Ⲅ Ⲇ Ⲉ Ⲋ Ⲍ Ⲏ Ⲑ Ⲓ Ⲕ Ⲗ Ⲙ Ⲛ Ⲝ Ⲟ Ⲡ Ϥ Ⲣ</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146436[/ATTACH] </p><p>Example: Date is equivalent to iota-theta-rho-xi-theta </p><p>= (10 + 9)*100 + 60 + 9 = 1969 (plus 8 to get 1977 AD)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4638272, member: 102103"]I just found out that Amharic numerals are just based on Greek numerals via Coptic. They are not even that hard to make out once you know what they match up to. So the reason that 1 looks nothing like 10 is that 1 resembles a lower case a/alpha, while 10 looks like an I/iota. Unlike Greek, they don't have a third set of letters for numbers past 100. So 1000s are just 10s of 100s, using the letter P/rho to indicate hundreds. This totally blows my mind. I can almost sightread numbers without a reference now that I know what they correlate with! [B] 1[/B] [B]2[/B] [B]3[/B] [B]4[/B] [B]5[/B] [B]6[/B] [B]7[/B] [B]8[/B] [B]9[/B] [B]10[/B] [B]20[/B] [B]30[/B] [B]40[/B] [B]50[/B] [B]60[/B] [B]70[/B] [B]80[/B] [B]90[/B] [B]100 ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geʽez_script']source[/URL]) Ethiopic[/B] [B]፩[/B] [B]፪[/B] [B]፫[/B] [B]፬[/B] [B]፭[/B] [B]፮[/B] [B]፯[/B] [B]፰[/B] [B]፱[/B] [B]፲[/B] [B]፳[/B] [B]፴[/B] [B]፵[/B] [B]፶[/B] [B]፷[/B] [B]፸[/B] [B]፹[/B] [B]፺[/B] [B]፻ Greek[/B] Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ϛ Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ϙ Ρ [B]Coptic[/B] Ⲁ Ⲃ Ⲅ Ⲇ Ⲉ Ⲋ Ⲍ Ⲏ Ⲑ Ⲓ Ⲕ Ⲗ Ⲙ Ⲛ Ⲝ Ⲟ Ⲡ Ϥ Ⲣ [ATTACH=full]1146436[/ATTACH] Example: Date is equivalent to iota-theta-rho-xi-theta = (10 + 9)*100 + 60 + 9 = 1969 (plus 8 to get 1977 AD)[/QUOTE]
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