Khmer numbers

cowyippee · Post by **cowyippee** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:31 am

It has always been a great mystery to me that how Khmer use the numerals. If you write for example ៣០០០០ it sure is 30000 but how about 34000? Is it just ៣៤០០០០ or is it more complicated? I feel a little stupid when asking this but I have never understood this system. Answers appreciated greatly!

prahocalypse now · Post by **prahocalypse now** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:28 am

cowyippee wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:31 am I how about 34000? Is it just ៣៤០០០០ or is it more complicated?

Wouldn't that be 340,000?

cowyippee · Post by **cowyippee** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:49 am

prahocalypse now wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:28 am
cowyippee wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:31 am I how about 34000? Is it just ៣៤០០០០ or is it more complicated?

Wouldn't that be 340,000?
That precisely is what I'm not getting in the Khmer numerals if you add one more number then the whole count becomes entirely wrong. So the question is: how do you spell 30 000 and 34 000 Khmer?

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:15 am

The system used is the same, just change the symbols.

cowyippee · Post by **cowyippee** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:24 am

Will do, thanks for info!

do you think that most of the native Khmers have difficulties understanding "western" numbers? I recall quite many situations a few years back that Khmers didn't understand Western numbers, only Khmer numbers. Is there still Khmer-number-only-people in Cambodia these days?

epidemiks · Post by **epidemiks** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:26 am

cowyippee wrote:
prahocalypse now wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:28 am
cowyippee wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:31 am I how about 34000? Is it just ៣៤០០០០ or is it more complicated?

Wouldn't that be 340,000?
That precisely is what I'm not getting in the Khmer numerals if you add one more number then the whole count becomes entirely wrong. So the question is: how do you spell 30 000 and 34 000 Khmer?

Writing the numbers is exactly the same, what differs is the counting system.
Khmer uses both base 5 and 10, and counts units of ten thousands. (but it's more complicated than that)

Five
pram
៥

Six
pram mouy
five + one
៦

Sixteen
dop pram mouy
ten + five + one
១៦

Thirty thousand
bie meun
3 ten thousands
៣០,០០០

Thirty four thousand
bie meun, buon poan
3 ten thousands, four thousand
៣៤,០០០

Two million six hundred and fifty thousand
Pi lien, pram mouy saen, pram meun
Two million, five + one hundred thousands, five ten thousands
២,៦៥០,០០០

edit. fixed mashed quotes and dodgy tapatalk formatting

Barang chgout · Post by **Barang chgout** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:29 am

Always remember to add a 0 when selling to Barang.

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epidemiks · Post by **epidemiks** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 1:24 pm

quoted myself instead of editing.

epidemiks · Post by **epidemiks** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 1:36 pm

cowyippee wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:24 am Will do, thanks for info! do you think that most of the native Khmers have difficulties understanding "western" numbers? I recall quite many situations a few years back that Khmers didn't understand Western numbers, only Khmer numbers. Is there still Khmer-number-only-people in Cambodia these days?

I haven't come across anyone - even those who were functionally illiterate in Khmer - who didn't understand written latin numerals.

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