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Thailand's own digits.
Also known as: Thai digits
The Thai numeral forms, used alongside the Hindu-Arabic digits in official and ceremonial contexts.
Write numbers in Thai text.
Contexts: Mathematics, Public information
Coexist with the Hindu-Arabic digits rather than being displaced by them: government documents, banknotes and temple inscriptions use the Thai forms while commerce and signage generally use the Arabic ones.
Contexts: Mathematics, Public information
Their retention is a deliberate policy of the Thai state rather than a survival, which is why they appear where the state is speaking and rarely elsewhere.
Contexts: Mathematics, Public information
Ten distinct forms built from the same curved strokes as the Thai letters, so that a number set in them reads as part of the surrounding text.