Tirhuta digits
E885849
Tirhuta digits are the numeral symbols used in the Tirhuta script, historically employed for writing the Maithili language of the Mithila region in South Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tirhuta digits canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10786430 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tirhuta digits Context triple: [Tirhuta, hasNumeralSystem, Tirhuta digits]
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A.
DIGIT
DIGIT is the European Commission’s Directorate‑General responsible for shaping, implementing, and managing the EU institutions’ digital, IT, and cybersecurity strategies and services.
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B.
De Cifris
De Cifris is a 15th-century treatise by Leon Battista Alberti that lays foundational principles of cryptography, including the introduction of polyalphabetic substitution.
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C.
Arithmoi
Arithmoi is the Greek title of the biblical Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
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D.
Digits
"Digits" is a trap-influenced hip-hop single by Young Thug known for its melodic delivery and distinctive production.
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E.
Abjad numerals
Abjad numerals are a traditional alphanumeric system in which each letter of the Arabic (and related) alphabet is assigned a numerical value for use in calculations, chronograms, and esoteric or symbolic interpretations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tirhuta digits Target entity description: Tirhuta digits are the numeral symbols used in the Tirhuta script, historically employed for writing the Maithili language of the Mithila region in South Asia.
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A.
DIGIT
DIGIT is the European Commission’s Directorate‑General responsible for shaping, implementing, and managing the EU institutions’ digital, IT, and cybersecurity strategies and services.
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B.
De Cifris
De Cifris is a 15th-century treatise by Leon Battista Alberti that lays foundational principles of cryptography, including the introduction of polyalphabetic substitution.
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C.
Arithmoi
Arithmoi is the Greek title of the biblical Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
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D.
Digits
"Digits" is a trap-influenced hip-hop single by Young Thug known for its melodic delivery and distinctive production.
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E.
Abjad numerals
Abjad numerals are a traditional alphanumeric system in which each letter of the Arabic (and related) alphabet is assigned a numerical value for use in calculations, chronograms, and esoteric or symbolic interpretations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
numeral system
ⓘ
set of numeric symbols ⓘ |
| associatedCulture |
Maithil culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Mithila culture
|
| associatedRegion |
Bihar
ⓘ
Terai region of Nepal ⓘ |
| currentStatus | limited contemporary use ⓘ |
| digitCount | 10 ⓘ |
| digitEight | U+114D8 ⓘ |
| digitFive | U+114D5 ⓘ |
| digitFour | U+114D4 ⓘ |
| digitNine | U+114D9 ⓘ |
| digitOne | U+114D1 ⓘ |
| digitRange | 0–9 ⓘ |
| digitSeven | U+114D7 ⓘ |
| digitSix | U+114D6 ⓘ |
| digitThree | U+114D3 ⓘ |
| digitTwo | U+114D2 ⓘ |
| digitZero | U+114D0 ⓘ |
| historicalUsage |
early modern period
ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ |
| numeralBase | base-10 ⓘ |
| numericProperty | European_Number (Unicode general category for digits) ⓘ |
| numericType | decimal ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bengali digits
ⓘ
Devanagari digits ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
Odia digits ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Arabic numerals
ⓘ
linked to:
Hindu–Arabic numeral system
|
| scriptCode | Tirhuta ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | Unicode 7.0 ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlock | Tirhuta ⓘ |
| UnicodeRange | U+114D0–U+114D9 ⓘ |
| UnicodeStandard | The Unicode Standard ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity | Maithili speakers ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage |
Maithili language
ⓘ
linked to:
Maithili
|
| usedIn |
administrative records
ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Mithila region ⓘ |
| usedInScript | Tirhuta script ⓘ |
| usedWith | Tirhuta letters ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope | historical ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida-associated numerals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tirhuta digits Description of subject: Tirhuta digits are the numeral symbols used in the Tirhuta script, historically employed for writing the Maithili language of the Mithila region in South Asia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.