1/6/2024 0 Comments Babylonian numerals names![]() The Ethiopic numeral names above are the actual Geez names of the numbers in the ancient Geez language. However, I was reluctant to modify the infinity since Geez could use the Latin symbol, though the option is available for it and others. Ten thousand has it own number and a hundred million is represented by two of them (11).Įthiopia has the word, zm, but not the symbol for infinity. The gif above is that of Geez digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0. In the EthioWord and GeezEdit programs, these numbers are typed with one keystroke per digit. The Ethiopic character sets include the Arabic numerals that I have always also left in their ASCII positions in all our software. The Ethiopic zero numerals were mapped to the zero positions or ASCII 048 in ModEth and EthioWord and were added for their mathematical uses and to make the sets complete. Their positions in the GeezEdit fonts have continued to be arbitrary, mainly because priority was given to the Arabic numerals and due to lack of interest in using the Ethiopic zeros. (It was the figure eight that was difficult to fit as the number of pixels was reduced.) Digitizing the Geez was not a problem considering the limited pixels that were available for displaying the Ethiopic alphanumeric characters on the computer screen adapters. Like all the Geez numbers, the digit has two horizontal strokes. I have modified the shape of the Arabic (Latin) zero to a novel Ethiopic zero and added the new character to our standard Ethiopic sets since 1987. Ethiopic is one of the ancient alphabets that did not have the zero (0) number.
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