Burmese numerals (, ) are a set of numerals traditionally used in the Burmese language, although Arabic numerals are also used. Burmese numerals follow the Hindu–Arabic numeral system commonly used in the rest of the world. Main numbers Zero to nine 1 Burmese for zero comes from Sanskrit śūnya. 2 Can be abbreviated to in list contexts, such as telephone numbers. Spoken Burmese has innate pronunciation rules that govern numbers when they are combined with another word, be it a numerical place (e.g. tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.) or a measure word. For one, two, and seven (all of which end in the rhyme ), when combined, shift to an open vowel, namely the schwa () For three, four, five, and nine which all have the long tone (similar to the flat tone in pinyin), when combined, the word immediately following it, given that it begins with a consonant, shifts to a voiced consonant (e.g., , "40" is pronounced , not ). Other suffixes such as (; thousand), (; ten thousand), (; hundred thousand), and (; million) all shift to (; thousand), (; ten thousand), (; hundred thousand), and ; million), respectively. For six and eight, no pronunciation shift occurs. These pronunciation shifts are exclusively confined to spoken Burmese and are not spelt any differently. Ten to a million 1 Shifts to voiced consonant following three, four, five, and nine. 2 Athinche () sometimes could mean "too large to be counted". Ten to nineteen are almost always expressed without including (one). Another pronunciation rule shifts numerical place name (the tens, hundreds and thousands place) from the low tone to the creaky tone. Number places from 10 () up to 107 () has increment of 101. Beyond those Number places, larger number places have increment of 107. 1014 () up to 10140 () has increment of 107. There are totally 27 major number places in Burmese numerals from 1×100 to 10140 Numbers in the tens place: shift from (, low tone) to (, creaky tone), except in numbers divisible by ten (10, 20, 30, etc.) In typical speech, the shift goes farther to ( or ). Numbers in the hundreds place: shift from (, low tone) to (, creaky tone), except for numbers divisible by 100. Numbers in the thousands place: shift from (, low tone) to (, creaky tone), except for numbers divisible by 1000. Hence, a number like 301 is