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Thai Numeral s are traditionally used in Thailand , although the Hindu-Arabic Numerals (also known as Western numerals) are more common. FROM TEN TO A MILLION These are assembled from the words for the powers of ten. The number one following a power of ten becomes ''et''. The numbers from twenty to twenty nine begin with ''yee sip''. For example, one hundred and thirty-two is ''neung roy sam sip song''. The words ''roy'', ''phan'' etc. should never be used without a preceding numeral, so one hundred, for example, is ''neung roy'' and not just ''roy''. Native speakers will use ''roy neung'' (or ''phan neung'' etc.) with different tones on ''neung'' to distinguish one hundred from one hundred and one. ABOVE A MILLION Numbers above a million are constructed by prefixing ''laan'' with a multiplier. For example, ten million is ''sip laan'', and a trillion (1012) is ''laan laan''. SEE ALSO |
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