Why arabic numbers are left to right?

Hi,

Yesterday I watched a movie in TV which had Arabic sub-titles. As we know, arabic is from right to left, i.e. opposite to English. However, I note that the arabic numbers are shown in left-to-right direction. The same happen on car plate numbers.

I'm curious why arabic numbers are not shown in righ-to-left direction, to be consistent with arabic words? Wouldn't it be easier?

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By shaheen• 24 Feb 2008 22:43

arabic is a easy language..if u learn

By shaheen• 24 Feb 2008 22:40

Rating: 3/5

speciality of arabic""""""""

By KellysHeroes• 24 Feb 2008 21:07

It depends how you read the number. Actually the proper way is to read units then 10s then 100s and so on.

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By King Edshel• 24 Feb 2008 21:06

Rating: 5/5

numbers are not the original ones. It is taken from the indian numbers, the English numbers are the original Arabic numbers to be more accurate.

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By ChupaRustom• 24 Feb 2008 21:04

good question would love to know why

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Why arabic numbers are left to right?

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