It is quite strange to experience that the whole world uses the so-called Arabic numerals, except the Arabs themselves who have chosen Hindu numerals. What is their origin, and why don’t the Arabs use them?
Several analysts have asked themselves this question about the non-use of “Arab” numerals by those who are supposed to have invented them. These became known to Europeans via the famous mathematician of Pisa, Leonardo Fibonacci in the 12th century. He found himself in a Kabyle city where he attended school. It was indeed here, at Bugia, that the young Fibonacci, whose father had a trading post in the city, had to learn mathematics at the feet of his then master, Sidi Omar.
Fibonacci, intelligent and quick-witted, immediately noticed a big difference between the digital symbols used in Bugia (today Arabized in Bejaia), and those used in Europe. In addition, there was another unknown symbol used by these Kabyle traders on the other side of the Mediterranean: the zero.
The discovery of this number would revolutionize all mathematical science, and would allow Fibonacci to become famous all over the world, especially because of the discovery he made by developing what are now known as the “Fibonacci Sequence”.
One of the peculiarities of these numbers, unlike those developed by Europeans and Hindus, lies in the meaning and accuracy of the angles contained within these symbols. The symbol of the number zero, being round, contains no angle. While that of the number “One” contains an angle, that of the “two” contains two angles and so on, up to the symbol of the number “nine”. The symbols were not chosen at random, but drawn by ingenious minds. This meaning is totally absent from other numbering systems.
However, to return to our interrogation, it is curious that the Arabs, who are supposed to have invented this system, did not keep it. They opted for another system, imposed by the Hindus, followed by the Persians before being adopted by the whole of the Middle East. The Hebrews and Greeks, for their part, chose to use alphabetic letters as their prefered numbering system. Moreover, there are apparently no old existing manuscripts containing these figures, which the European give paternity to the Arabs.
Abassid documents clearly include Hindu figures. The only traces of these figures called “Arab” are actually in North Africa, among the Berbers (Amazighs). And their discovery in Vgayeth(Bugia) is not fortuitous. It is more reasonable to say that these figures are actually of Kabyle origin than anything else.
After being adopted by Leonardo Fibonacci, these numerals had trouble settling in Europe, before they imposed themselves over time. But it would be the Church which would have imposed them officially, after the clergy’s noted their facility of use and their definitive installation in the very important commercial exchanges with North Africa.
By adopting them officially, they simply baptised them “Arabic numerals”. That’s how Kabyle numerals became arabized.
The Church, like many in those times, and until today, is purposely considering North Africa as Arabic. It is quite curious to see that the whole world uses the so-called Arabic numerals, except the Arabs themselves who have chosen Hindu figures. What is their origin, and why do not the Arabs use them?
What is the most curious aspect is that it is the Europeans who insist on claiming the numerals to be Arabic. There seems to be a real conspiracy against all that is Amazigh and particularly against Kabyle.
The so-called Arabic numerals are in fact Kabyle numerals
Joha
world public opinion will one day understand that Arabic is non-existent without the unhealthy will of Europeans
It is enough to see the arrogance and cynicism shown by the French state in imposing an institute of a world that it has itself named “https://www.imarabe.org/fr” “Arab World” in the centre of Paris. A whole world, while knowing that the “treasures” exposed in this filthy institute are of Berber origin. A France that claims to be open to plurality, but only to erase the peoples of North Africa. The colonial crime is not finished.
The French are the biggest culprits in this scam of a so-called Arab people and a rich Arabic language.
The french Larousse dictionary says, for example, the Hammam bath “a typical steam establishment in the Arab countries”. incredible audacity from frenchmen. They do not hesitate on any lie to make their Arabs.
I just commented on Wikipedia about the word Hammam to explain to them that the word hammam is an Amazigh word that means hot. Hot In Arabic esperanto is called skhoun …. if this word is not Persian or Hindu
The hammam existed in North Africa long before the existence of Arab and Turkish .. I am curious to see if they will be honest to correct this scam … Larousse refuses and insists on violating the Amazigh language
wrong again….in the the holy Quran the Word ‘Hamim’ is used to describe the ultimate heat of the hell… so stop lying by saying Hamam is a Kabyle word… actually the Kabyle dialect is the most influenced by arabic language in all Amazigh language…. i am not surprised that french people called you arabs in the first place.
Still the Islamic bullshit that believes he will deceive the world by putting “Holy Quran” as a strong argument. You are very badly fallen by coming to this website to talk about Esperanto said Arabic language. According to Muslims, the Arabic language is rich and has influenced other languages. According to them it is in Arabic that we find the words door, window, Olivier, spoon, plate, snow, cow etc. They make me laugh with so much naivity. The desert is not fertile ground for cultivating a language. It’s total emptiness. The Arabic language is nothing more than a middle-age esperanto to the need to build a history of the new religion that was defeated by Catholics.
I always ask Muslims proud of their civilization from “their” religion to provide archeological or written evidence of the existence of an Arab people in the Hijaz desert, the birthplace of the fable Islam. The castle of the famous battle of the trenches of the pseudo city Medina. They can not give anything. We, North Africans, can provide names of kings and philosophers dating well before Jesus. Massinissa, Juba, Syfax, Firmus, Apuleus … But the Muslim is unable to provide any name of a Meccan leader of before the fable islam. There is only one reason. The human does not live in a desert. He crosses it at great risk but never lives in a desert. Just look at the photo of the mecca taken in the 19th century, more than a thousand years after the birth of Islam to understand that everything in this religion is a scam. A crime against humanity committed by the Vatican with the complicity of some North Africans for a reason that escapes me. To return to the esperanto said Arabic language, its grammar was the product of North Africans. Arabic is an esperanto of various words collected everywhere in Mediterranean and whose grammarian was North African of the name of Zwawi.
Look at this article and comment on it.
https://apuleius.net/the-berber-adrian-of-canterbury/
What are your sources? It would be ideal to share them so that this would stand as scholarly work. Otherwise, it is not credible.
Je suis Kabyle.
Regards,
The only plausible source is their place of origin. It was in Kabylia that the Italian Febonaci found them.. in Arabian desert, there was nothing. Not even a small boundary wall. How can you claim that Bedouins who have never built anything can be at the origin of mathematical knowledge. ..Even today with oil money the only thing Bedouins know how to do is pitch a tent.
It is a long and arduous fight to restore the historical truth. So, we are all concerned with sharing the article and others that explain the deception of Islam born in a lifeless desert. I invite you to read and share these articles.
– Professor González Ferrín denies the Islamic invasion anno 711 in ‘Historia general de Al Ándalus’
Where is ‘Mecca’ according to the Quran?
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Thank you very much for your clarification.
It is true that of the Hijaz we do not see any other vestige than the great mosque. This mosque does not appear to be antique, as if it is backdated to give a semblance of historicity to the place.
Regards,
But the word Hammam in arabic is not taken from amazigh, Hammam in arabic is not called hammam because it’s hot, it’s called hammam because in there people can “Yastahimmu”, which means they can “Bath” (The word itself means bathing but is used in the context of bath) in english, “Istihmam” which is another variation for the word hammam means “taking a bath”, a hammam is a hammam because you use water to wash yourself, has nothing to do with hotness.