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The Batak script (natively known as Surat Batak, Surat na Sampulu Sia (lit. ' the nineteen letters '), or Sisiasia) is a writing system used to write the Austronesian Batak languages spoken by several million people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
The Romans used a duodecimal rather than a decimal system for fractions, as the divisibility of twelve (12 = 2 2 × 3) makes it easier to handle the common fractions of 1 ⁄ 3 and 1 ⁄ 4 than does a system based on ten (10 = 2 × 5).
The numerals 1–10 have basic, combining, and independent forms, many of which are formed through reduplication. The combining forms are used to form higher numbers. In some cases there is more than one word for a numeral, reflecting the Balinese register system; halus (high-register) forms are listed in italics.
12 (twelve) is the natural number following 11 and preceding 13. Twelve is the 3rd superior highly composite number , [ 1 ] the 3rd colossally abundant number , [ 2 ] the 5th highly composite number , and is divisible by the numbers from 1 to 4 , and 6 , a large number of divisors comparatively.
A return to an open palm signals the number 10. However to indicate numerals to others, the hand is used in the same manner as an English speaker. The index finger becomes number 1; the thumb now represents number 5. For numbers above five, the appropriate number of fingers from the other hand are placed against the palm.
The Romani language has for most of its history been an entirely oral language, with no written form in common use. Although the first example of written Romani dates from 1542, [1] it is not until the twentieth century that vernacular writing by native Romani people arose.
10 (ten) is the even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system , the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. Linguistics
In mathematical logic, a Gödel numbering is a function that assigns to each symbol and well-formed formula of some formal language a unique natural number, called its Gödel number. Kurt Gödel developed the concept for the proof of his incompleteness theorems .