East Asian languages count in ten-thousands, not thousands. So why do we still group digits by three? A proposal: 1,234,567,890 → 12_3456_7890.
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Read 1,234,567,890 the way East Asians actually count—try 12_3456_7890.
@hongminhee I wish you luck with this. The European languages have never been able to agree on using the dot or comma as a thousands separator. I think Switzerland and Northern Italy use a single quote. And then there's long vs. short millions ....
@hongminhee Why not the semicolon? It would at least have a similar visual reading and operate as a useful hint.
Also, is it all East Asian languages, or just the CJK family? The Indic family (which I'm more familiar with) has a slightly different numerology, and historic European languages did too. They shifted over time as the Indian numeral system (which Europeans now call the Arabic numerals) was standardized to this layout across Europe, the Middle East, and Western Asia.
