Chuvash numerals
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Chuvash numerals was an ancient numeral system that the Chuvash people used. Modern Chuvash use Arabic numerals.
Those numerals originate from finger numeration. Chuvash numerals looks like Roman numerals, but bigger numerals stayed at the right side. Was able to mark those numerals to wood. In some cases numerals were preserved until the beginning of 20th century.
[edit] Numerals
| Numeral | Chuvash numeral |
|---|---|
| 1 | I |
| 5 | / |
| 10 | X |
| 50 | |
| 100 | |
| 500 | |
| 1000 |
[edit] Examples
| Arabic | Chuvash |
|---|---|
| 2 | II |
| 4 | IIII |
| 6 | I/ |
| 19 | IIII/X |
| 32 | IIXXX |
| 47 | II/XXXX |
