2. INTRODUCTION
The Indian numbering
system is used in India as
well as
in Bangladesh, Nepal and
Pakistan. It is based on
the Vedic numbering
system in which numbers
over 9,999 are written in
two-digit groups (or a mix
of two- and three-digit
groups) rather than the
three-digit groups used in
most other parts of the
world. In Pakistan, this
system is used in Urdu and
other regional language
media, but not in English-
language media
3. The terms lakh or lac (100,000 or
1,00,000 in the Indian system)
and crore (10,000,000 or
1,00,00,000 in the Indian
system)[1] are used in Indian
English to express large
numbers. For example, in India
150,000 rupees becomes 1.5 lakh
rupees, written as ₹1,50,000 or
INR 1,50,000, while 30,000,000
(thirty million) rupees becomes 3
crore rupees, written
as ₹3,00,00,000 with commas at
the thousand, lakh,
and crore levels, and
1,000,000,000 (one billion) rupees
(one hundred crore rupees) is
written ₹1,00,00,00,000.
4. USE OF SEPARATORS
The Indian numbering
system
uses separators differe
ntly from the
international norm; in
such numbers of at
least one lakh (one
hundred thousand), a
comma divides every
two rather than every
three digits to the left
of the last three, thus:
This accords with the
Indian numbering
system, which has
units for thousands,
hundreds of
thousands, tens of
millions, etc.
7. VEDIC NUMBERING SYSTEMS
There are various systems of numeration found in various ancient Vedic
literatures of India. The following table gives one such system used in the
Valmiki Ramayana.[3]
8. USAGE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
In Punjabi, a lakh is
called lakkh (Shahmukhi: لکھ
, Gurmukhi: ਲ
ੱ ਖ)
and a crore is
called karoṛ (Shahmukhi: کروڑ
, Gurmukhi: ਕਰੋੜ
)
In Bengali, a lakh is called লক্ষ lokkho (ardha-
tatsama), or laakh (tadbhava) and a crore is
called ক োটি koti.
In Gujarati, a lakh is called લાખ lākh and a
crore is called કરોડ karoḍ. A hundred crore is
called અબજ abaj.
In Sylheti, a lakh is called লোখ lakh (lax) and a
crore is called ক োটি kuti.
In Kannada, a lakh is called ಲಕ್ಷ lakṣha and a
crore is called ಕ ೋಟಿ kōṭi.
In Malayalam, a lakh is
called ലക്ഷം laksham and a crore is
called ക ോടി kodi.
In Marathi, a lakh is called लाख lākh and a
crore is called कोटी koṭi or करोड karoḍ , and
an arab (109) is called अब्ज abja.
In Nepali, a lakh is called लाख lākh and a
crore is called करोड karoḍ.
In Odia, a lakh is called ଲକ୍ଷ lakhya and a
crore is called କ ୋଟି koti.
In Sinhalese, a lakh is
called ලක්ෂ lakṣa and a crore is
called ක ෝටි kōṭi.
In Tamil, a lakh is
called நூறாயிரம் nooRaayiram as well
as இலட்சம் 'ilatcham and a crore is
called க ாடி kodi.
In Telugu, a lakh is called లక్ష lakṣa and a
crore is called కోటి kōṭi.
In Urdu, a lakh is called الکھlākh and a
crore is called کروڑkaroṛ.
Lakh has entered the Swahili language as
"laki" and is in common use.
In Burmese, crore is called ကုဋေ [ɡədè].
Lakh is used in Burmese English
9. INDIAN DECIMAL SYSTEM
The number system we use every day, based
on 10 digits (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9).
Position is important, with the first position
being units, then next on the left being tens,
then hundreds and so on.
