6 or six

zzz Other zzz translation: Greek Alphabet

15:22 Sep 16, 2001

zzz Other zzz language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]

zzz Other zzz term or phrase: 6 or six

I\\\'m looking for a language that has the number six. When written the number six should look like a letter \\\'A\\\' and/or a letter \\\'S\\\' or \\\'Z\\\'.

Ochanpaugh

Selected answer:Greek Alphabet

Explanation:
I think you are looking for the Greek alphabet. According to the ancient Greek number system, where the alphabet letters also reprsent number values, the number six would be represented by Z (Zeta). You can find some interesting information on the following website:

http://www.fargonasphere.com/piso/numcode.html

Ancient Greek Number Codes
Ancient Greek had no cyphers (characters 0-9) as we have today. Instead, the alphabet itself was made to serve a dual purpose. Thus a given character had its corresponding number. For example, the Alpha character also stood for the number 1.

I hope this helps!

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Pegmoe

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Greek Alphabet

Pegmoe

In Arabic, 6 looks like 7 and 8 looks like an inverted V.

Parrot

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In Arabic, 6 looks like 7 and 8 looks like an inverted V.

Explanation:
Try looking at this page and see if anything's familiar:
http://www.arabic2000.com/arabic/alphabet.html

Reference: http://www.arabic2000.com/arabic/alphabet.html

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: English

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Thanks anyway, but the 8 looks like it, not the six

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Comment: Thanks anyway, but the 8 looks like it, not the six

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Greek Alphabet

Pegmoe

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