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minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoThe Arabs adopted the numbers from India and refere to them as Indian Numbers. I think the system is therefore sometimes called Indo-Arabic Numbers. So rather than brahmic using an adaptation of Arabic Numbers, it’s the other way around.
minus-squarekokopelli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoI’ve seen it called Arabic Indic as well
The Arabs adopted the numbers from India and refere to them as Indian Numbers. I think the system is therefore sometimes called Indo-Arabic Numbers.
So rather than brahmic using an adaptation of Arabic Numbers, it’s the other way around.
I’ve seen it called Arabic Indic as well