RE: arabic number in bidi algorithm

From: Figge, Donald (Donald.Figge@usa.xerox.com)
Date: Mon Nov 01 1999 - 12:30:35 EST

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Gregg Reynolds wrote:

>The difference I mentioned above is that in (modern) Arabic the last two
digits
(tens and ones) are enunciated ones first, then tens. So "1987" is
verbalized as
"one thousand and nine hundred and seven and eighty".

Not only Arabic. Most Germanic languages also.

Don
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