Number order

The layout reference describes Arabic-script text as right to left while numbers run left to right. Its numeral table identifies the digits used in the two checked excerpts below. This is a shared layout principle from an explicitly Arabic/Persian reference; the Punjabi examples themselves come from the separate dictionary. Copy the digits in their displayed order rather than reversing a number to match the surrounding text’s direction. Check the complete sequence before reading its value.[1]

Checked numerals

The dictionary’s correlative example under اینج دا contains ۲۰۱۰, and its English translation gives 2010. This lesson extracts the numeral sequence rather than repeating the whole sentence. Follow the digits in order and compare your copy with the source excerpt. Use the translation to check the numerical reading, while leaving the example’s wider educational-policy statement outside this activity.[2]

Compare the second checked excerpt

The لاہور entry contains ۱۸۸۴ in a different example, paired with 1884 in its English translation. Compare the repeated middle digit with the first excerpt’s pattern, then copy the complete sequence. The exercise asks you to identify 2010 from these actual published numeral excerpts. It does not ask you to reverse their digits, infer a new Punjabi spelling or treat either source example as an independently verified timeline event. Check every digit before choosing.[3]

Your learning objective

Recognise ۲۰۱۰ and ۱۸۸۴ as the checked numeral sequences and distinguish numbers from the direction of surrounding text.

Prerequisites: Complete Shahmukhi lesson 17 before this lesson. Level 18 · Shahmukhi.

Check your understanding

Which checked numeral excerpt reads 2010?

Answer: ۲۰۱۰. ۲۰۱۰ reads 2010. The other checked excerpt, ۱۸۸۴, reads 1884.

Interactive feedback and progress appear when the tools load. Answer evidence: PH-LAN-0068-S1 PH-LAN-0068-S2 PH-LAN-0068-S3

Sources & notes

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  1. W 3 C Arabic Script Language Enablement community; editor Richard Ishida. Arabic & Persian Layout Requirements ↗technical Group Draft Note · Source date: 2025-10-02 · Locator: Sections 3.1 and 6.1.1–6.1.2: left-to-right number order and Eastern Arabic-Indic digit identities; scope section 2.4. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual dated document inspected. This is a work-in-progress layout reference focused on Standard Arabic/Persian, used only for the specified shared script/layout principle. Its language samples are not relabelled Punjabi. Actual Punjabi words and passages come from the separate dictionary.Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Number order, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. Kanwal Bashir and Abbas Kazmi; Dunwoody Press, hosted by University of Chicago Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. Punjabi-English Dictionary: ainj ↗authored Punjabi dictionary entry · Source date: 2012; digital data updated August 2023 · Locator: Printed p 76, اینج دا correlative example containing ۲۰۱۰ and supplied English 2010 translation; same combined work as lesson 16. Accessed 2026-11-04.Rechecked the named dictionary entry: its Punjabi example includes the displayed 2010 numeral and its accompanying English translation gives 2010. No wider historical claim is drawn from the sentence.Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Script form 1 ↑Return to Checked numerals, paragraph 1 ↑
  3. Kanwal Bashir and Abbas Kazmi; Dunwoody Press, hosted by University of Chicago Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. Punjabi-English Dictionary: laahor ↗authored Punjabi dictionary entry · Source date: 2012; digital data updated August 2023 · Locator: Printed p 503, لاہور entry, third example containing ۱۸۸۴ and supplied English 1884 translation; numeral excerpt only. Accessed 2026-11-04.Rechecked the named Lahore entry: the selected example contains the displayed 1884 numeral and its accompanying English translation gives 1884. The example is not treated as independent historical verification.Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Script form 2 ↑Return to Compare the second checked excerpt, paragraph 1 ↑
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