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'''Bengali-Assamese numerals''' ({{lang-bn|বাংলা সংখ্যা}} {{lang-as|অসমীয়া সংখ্যা}}), are a [[numeral system]] of the [[Bengali language]] and [[Assamese language]] used officially in [[Bangladesh]], [[West Bengal]], [[Tripura]] and [[Assam]], as well as by the other Bengali and Assamese speaking populations around the world. As the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Assamese language]]s share the same written script (with the exception of three alphabetical characters), both languages also share the same numeral system.
'''Bengali-Assamese numerals''' ({{lang-bn|বাংলা সংখ্যা}} {{lang-as|অসমীয়া সংখ্যা}}), are a [[numeral system]] of the [[Bengali language]] and [[Assamese language]] used officially in [[Bangladesh]], [[West Bengal]], [[Tripura]] and [[Assam]], as well as by the other Bengali and Assamese speaking populations around the world. As the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Assamese language]]s share the same written script (with the exception of three alphabetical characters), both languages also share the same numeral system.

==Zero (শূন্য)==

The start and invention of "0" / ‘zero’ is credited to [[Aryabhatta]] around 500 A.D. Ashok Sharma, who is an [[Assamese]] writer and filmmaker has challenged this theory, claiming that zero was actually invented in [[Assam]].<ref>http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr0113/at092</ref>


===Numbers (সংখ্যা)===
===Numbers (সংখ্যা)===

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Bengali-Assamese numerals (Template:Lang-bn Template:Lang-as), are a numeral system of the Bengali language and Assamese language used officially in Bangladesh, West Bengal, Tripura and Assam, as well as by the other Bengali and Assamese speaking populations around the world. As the Bengali and Assamese languages share the same written script (with the exception of three alphabetical characters), both languages also share the same numeral system.

Numbers (সংখ্যা)

Bengali script and Assamese script Hindu-Arabic translation Bengali word and pronunciation Assamese word and pronunciation
0 শূন্য (śhūnyɔ) শূন্য (xhūnyɔ)
1 এক (ēk) এক (Ēk)
2 দুই (dui) দুই (Du'i)
3 তিন (tin) তিনি (Tini)
4 চার (chār) চাৰি (Sāri)
5 পাঁচ (pāṅch) পাঁচ (Pāṅch)
6 ছয় (chhɔẏ) ছয় (shhɔẏ)
7 সাত (sāt) সাত (xāt)
8 আট (āṭh) আঠ (Āṭh)
9 নয় (nɔẏ) ন (Nɔ)

Extended Numbers (বর্ধিত সংখ্যা)

Bengali script and Assamese script Hindu-Arabic translation Bengali word and pronunciation Assamese word and pronunciation

See also

References