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Regading Tamil zero:

The Tamil numeral system does not traditionally use a zero. E.g., 20 is written as ௨௰ (the numeral for 2 followed by the numeral for 10). This is why there is no Tamil zero in Unicode (as of Unicode 4.0, at least).

Tamil numerals are not normally used in Tamil writing in India and Sri Lanka. European numerals, or sometimes Devanagari numerals, are used instead.

However, Tamil numerals (or something very similar) are used on recent Mauritian banknotes (for pictures, click on the camera icons on this page - the denomination in Tamil numerals can be seen on the back on the note). These banknotes do use a zero in their Tamil numbers; it is similar to a Devanagari zero, or an old-style European zero.

For now, I've uploaded a version of the image with the question mark removed. This at least makes it correct for the traditional usage. If someone has a good Tamil font that includes a Tamil zero, then it could be added (but all the other Tamil numerals would have to be redone to ensure consistency of style).

--Zundark 13:14, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)