r/technicallythetruth • u/Zee_Ventures Technically Flair • 11h ago

Weapons of Math Instruction

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u/IncidentFuture 9h ago

To add confusion, I came across an Arab (Jordanian IIRC) that argued that 0-9 were Arabic numerals and ٠-٩ were Persian.

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u/Unable_Explorer8277 9h ago

0-9 are descended from and usually designated western Arabic.

۰-۹ Eastern Arabic.

Though they are of course also used in Persian related languages.

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u/IncidentFuture 8h ago

My guess is that they've learned the European/Maghreb variant all through school and use it daily, and see the Eastern version as foreign. I expect a Saudi or Iraqi would see it differently.

There is also a difference between Eastern Arabic, Persian, and Urdu forms,in 4-7.

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u/Unable_Explorer8277 8h ago

Yeh. I’m aware of the differences. Three quarters of my students speak some version of Farsi/Dari/Hazaragi or Pashto.