- From: Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:39:44 +0100
- To: www-style@w3.org, www-international@w3.org
On Thursday 12 February 2009 13:32, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
> *BUT* it could be, though, that traditional numeric Armenian
> numeric system might not be the most pressuring thing for Armenian
> internet users. Wheras Armenican alphabetic list would be very
> relevant. Are there any langauge that doesn't use its alphabet for
> making simple alphabetically enumerated lists from time to time?
> Phonebooks exist in any language, right? (PS: I know that even
> alphabetical lists are a complicated matter.)
Clearly, Armenian *does* use the alphabet for numbering, just like
English, but after the tenth letter the algorithm differs a bit.
It would be confusing to make lists where Ի means 11 instead of 20:
...
Ղ) eighteenth item (not 90th)
Ճ) nineteenth item (not 100th)
Մ) twentieth item (not 200th)
instead of
...
ԺԸ) eighteenth item
ԺԹ) nineteenth item
Ի) twentieth item
I'm not Armenian, but I think the first looks strange.
Bert
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