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.
Base | Decimal (base 10) |
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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 |
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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 |
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.[1]