Voice of Intellectual Man- An International Journal
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : ( 109) Last page : ( 126)
Print ISSN : 2231-6914. Online ISSN : 2319-4308.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2319-4308.2019.00010.0

A New Parallel Number System in Hindi with Hindi Version and Transliteration

Kumar R Santhosh

Assistant Professor, Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Online published on 2 July, 2019.

Abstract

Hindi, our national language, is relatively simple in terms of the listening, speaking and writing skills required. However, the number system of the language poses a major stumbling block for learners, especially in the case of beginners and foreigners. The existing system is quite easy for those who are good in Hindi or those were born and brought up in states that use Hindias a first language. Here, I would like to discuss the possibility of a parallel numbering system for the language. It will serve to improve the interest of learnersof the language in a more systematic manner. The new parallel number system is developed with the help of twenty-nine conventional numbers in Hindi. Those who internalise these twenty-nine numbers and the pattern of the formation of new numbers can handle numbers from zero to thousand quite easily. For example, fifty in both the conventional Hindi number system and the proposed system is ‘Puchaass’; but fifty-seven in the conventional Hindi number system is ‘Suttaawun ’, whileas per the new parallel number system, it is Puchaass Saath. Those interested have ample opportunities to add more numbers in this format.

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Keywords

Hindi, Language, New, Parallel, Number.

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