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CYRILLIC NUMERAL SYSTEM

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1. Numerals

Cyrillic numeral system has individual letters assigned to represent numbers from 1 to 9 in registries from digits to hundreds, for a total of 27 numerals. There's no zero numeral.

Cyrillic Arabic Cyrillic Arabic Cyrillic Arabic
а҃ 1 і҃ 10 р҃ 100
в҃ 2 к҃ 20 с҃ 200
г҃ 3 л҃ 30 т҃ 300
д҃ 4 м҃ 40 у҃ 400
є҃ 5 н҃ 50 ф҃ 500
ѕ҃ 6 ѯ҃ 60 х҃ 600
з҃ 7 ѻ҃ 70 ѱ҃ 700
и҃ 8 п҃ 80 ѿ҃ 800
ѳ҃ 9 ч҃ 90 ц҃ 900

2. "Basic" numbers

A number x < 1000 is represented by appropriate Cyrillic registry numerals in descending registry order, except for numbers 11-19 where numerals are swapped.

Examples:

Cyrillic Arabic Cyrillic Arabic Cyrillic Arabic
р҃ 100
р҃а 101
і҃ 10 р҃і 110
а҃і 11 ра҃і 111
а҃ 1 к҃а 21 рк҃а 121

3. Numbers from thousand and above

In a number x > 999, the ҂ "thousand" sign is used before numerals that represent higher order of magnitude. For each thousand sign before a numeral its value is multiplied by 1000.

Examples:

Cyrillic Arabic
҂а҃ 1 000
҂і҃ 10 000
҂р҃ 100 000
҂҂а҃ 1 000 000

4. Number building: various styles

There are various styles of building Cyrillic numbers with values x > 999.

4.1. "Plain" style

In "plain" style, "thousand" signs are prepended to each numeral in higher registries, so that only the numeral following is multiplied.

In this style, numerals representing numbers 11-19 are only swapped unless "thousand"-marked.

Examples:

Cyrillic Arabic
҂р҂і҂ара҃і 111 111

4.2 "Delimeter" style

In "delimeter" style, "thousand" signs are prepended to each group of numerals that form a "basic" number, so that the whole basic number following is multiplied.

Unlike in "plain", in this style numerals representing numbers 11-19 are swapped on each occurrence.

Examples:

Cyrillic Arabic
҂҂раі҂раіра҃і 111 111 111

4.3 "Circled" style

In "circled" style, a special set of encircling markers is used to denote each higher order of magnitude from ten thousands up to billions.

Examples:

Cyrillic Arabic
а҈а⃝҂ара҃і 111 111

5. Decoration

5.1 "Titlo"

The ҃   "titlo" superscript sign is obligatory to Cyrillic numbers. "Titlo" is placed above the 2nd-from-last digit if it exists and is not thousand-marked, otherwise above the last digit.

Historically, "titlo" could've been placed above the 2nd digit, or above the whole number. It is possible to reproduce this with Unicode symbols "Titlo start", "titlo section", "titlo end".

5.2 Dots

Cyrillic numbers may be decorated with dots. A dot may be appended at the end or at both sides of a number. Dots also may be used as additional delimeters. It is necessary to do so in some cases to avoid ambiguity:

Cyrillic Arabic
"Plain" style: ҂і҂а҃ 11000
"Delim" style: ҂а҃і 11000
҂а.і҃ 1010