En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:
>
> I know that in Farsi the "3" is written first, and when handwriting
> one's hand moves to the left a sufficient distance to write "3" "6"
> "5"
> and then jumps rightward over the whole number. But I never could
> find
> out if this is also the case when native Arabic speakers write
> numbers.
>
I've seen Arabic speakers writing numbers. They do it from right to left, in
the same direction as the rest of the writing. It's something to see!!!
Christophe.
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