Tamil numerals

For instance, the word for fifty, ஐம்பது (aimpatu) is a combination of ஐ (ai, the prefix for five) and பத்து (pattu, which is ten).

These are typically void in the Tamil language except for some Hindu references; for example, அட்ட இலட்சுமிகள் (the eight Lakshmis).

Even in religious contexts, the Tamil language is usually more preferred for its more poetic nature and relatively low incidence of consonant clusters.

Unlike other modern Indian number systems, Tamil has distinct digits for 10, 100, and 1000.

[clarification needed] Proposals to encode Tamil fractions and symbols to Unicode were submitted.

[3][4] As of version 12.0, Tamil characters used for fractional values in traditional accounting practices were added to the Unicode Standard.

[citation needed] Decimal point is called புள்ளி (puḷḷi) in Tamil.

'Curl of Piḷḷaiyār'), a symbol that most Tamil Hindus will start off any auspicious document with.