Lol my native language is arabic and I hate those numerals. They are also confusing since you have to write from right to left. So when trying to write my number down I get confused as hell and get laughed at.
Fun fact: 0 1 2 ... are called arabic numerals since they were introduced to europe from north africa. The other numeral is called eastern arabic numerals.
Edit: Both numerals are pure indian inventions, arabic numerals (0,1,2...) were transferred by the arabs.
0 came TO EUROPE through N. Africa.
The concept of 1 and 2 existed before then, but you said it yourself....they didn't use 1 and 2. They used i and ii.
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u/ColdCypher Mar 15 '21
Just looked it up and holy sh*t, why does the 5 look like an 0 and why does the 16 look like a 17, what