This is a design for a coin meant to commemorate 9th September 2009 (9-9-9) which has 27 versions of the number/numeral 9 on it in different alphabets and languages.
Can you identify the alphabets and languages?
22 thoughts on “Name the language / alphabet”
1 is the chinese/japanese character, 2 is korean/hangul, 3 could be georgian, 4 is armenian, 5 looks like bengali, 6 could perhaps be braille, 7 is possibly thai, 8 is arabic and 9 is tamil
1 chinese, 2 korean, 3 no idea, 4 armenian, 5 no idea, 6 sure braile, 7 sanskrit, 8 arabic, 9 it looks like tamil.
I’m wondering why the Korean is written out in the Hangeul alphabet. It seems strange since the others are all the numerals, but that one’s written out. I guess is the Cherokee one written out too?
Also is Egyptian hieroglyph there?
@Michael: Yes, the Hangeul, Cherokee and Tagalog ones are spelled out.
Why didn’t I notice before? 7 is essentially the same sign as 11, just rotated 90° counter clockwise. Odd that they would include both forms.
1 is the chinese/japanese character, 2 is korean/hangul, 3 could be georgian, 4 is armenian, 5 looks like bengali, 6 could perhaps be braille, 7 is possibly thai, 8 is arabic and 9 is tamil
1 chinese, 2 korean, 3 no idea, 4 armenian, 5 no idea, 6 sure braile, 7 sanskrit, 8 arabic, 9 it looks like tamil.
3 is Hebrew.
5 = Bengali; 7 = Devanagari; 17 = Oriya; 22 = Binar Code (or whatever it is called); 25 = Gujarati; 26 = Roman;
Another try: 15 = Sanskrit; 16 = Amharic(?) 17 could also be Tibetan;
My last try: 10 = Javanese (?)
3 is the ninth Hebrew letter Tet. Hebrew letters can represent numbers.
16 is clearly theta, the greek numeral for nine.
22 is binary
25 ¿Hebrew?
26 Roman
Back for my final attempt: 12 = Telugu; 23 = Sumerian ? (since it loooks like cuneiform)
20 can be Mayan, 14 is octal.
I can’t resist: 24 = Sinhalese; 22 = Morse code; 21 = Some Secret Script (since it can hardly be seen)
20 = Mayan?
11 is defiantly Thai, and 9 looks like a common variation of it.
By 9 I mean #7. It’s defiantly the 9 on my Thai wall clock, but the #11 9 is more common.
In truth, immediately i didn’t understand the essence. But after re-reading all at once became clear.
1 hanzi, 2 hangeul (“ahop”), 3 hebrew, 4 armenian, 5 bengali, 6 braille, 7 ???, 8 arabic, 9 tamil, 10 tagalog/baybayin (“siyám”), 11 thai, 12 telugu, 13 ???, 14 ???, 15 devanagari, 16 greek, 17 tibetan, 18 cherokee (“sonela”), 19 ???, 20 aegean, 21 ???, 22 binary, 23 limbu, 24 sinhala, 25 gujarati, 26 roman, 27 balinese
I’m wondering why the Korean is written out in the Hangeul alphabet. It seems strange since the others are all the numerals, but that one’s written out. I guess is the Cherokee one written out too?
Also is Egyptian hieroglyph there?
@Michael: Yes, the Hangeul, Cherokee and Tagalog ones are spelled out.
Why didn’t I notice before? 7 is essentially the same sign as 11, just rotated 90° counter clockwise. Odd that they would include both forms.
Here are the answers I’ve come up with:
1 Hanzi, 2 Hangeul, 3 Hebrew, 4 Armenian, 5 Bengali, 6 Braille, 7 Khmer, 8 Arabic, 9 Tamil, 10 Baybayin / Tagalog, 11 Thai, 12 Telugu, 13 Meroïtic, 14, Octal, 15 Devanagari, 16 Greek, 17 Tibetan, 18 Cherokee, 19 ??, 20 Aegean, 21 ??, 22 Binary, 23 Limbu, 24 Sinhala, 25 Gujarati, 26 Roman, 27 Balinese.