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Armenian numerals form a historic numeral system created using the majuscules (uppercase letters) of the Armenian alphabet.[1]
There was no notation for zero in the old system, and the numeric values for individual letters were added together.[2] The principles behind this system are the same as for the ancient Greek numerals and Hebrew numerals. In modern Armenia, the familiar Arabic numerals are used. In contemporary writing, Armenian numerals are used more or less like Roman numerals in modern English, e.g. Գարեգին Բ. means Garegin II and Գ. գլուխ means Chapter III (as a headline).
The final two letters of the Armenian alphabet, "o" (Օ) and "fe" (Ֆ), were added to the Armenian alphabet only after Arabic numerals were already in use, to facilitate transliteration of other languages. Thus, they sometimes have a numerical value assigned to them.
- ^ "Numbers in Armenian". omniglot.com. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ Shaw, Allen A. (May 1939). "An Overlooked Numeral System of Antiquity". National Mathematics Magazine. 13 (8): 368–372. doi:10.2307/3028489. JSTOR 3028489. Retrieved 2023-01-06.