I don't know about the Japanese, but Chinese people read like 12亿，3456万，7890. (simplified, traditional version would be exactly the same writing as Japanese). I've never seen it separated with commas though, I always see 1234567890.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Jesse Phillips <[email protected]<jessekphillips%[email protected]> > wrote: > Rainer Deyke Wrote: > > > Using groupings of three digits in Japanese seems extremely awkward, > > especially for larger numbers, since you would have to mentally regroup > > the digits in groups of four in order to read it. It's not just the > > written language but the spoken language that uses groups of four. For > > example, the number 1,234,567,890 would be read as 12�|, 3456万, 7890. > > > > Rainer Deyke - [email protected] > > I just asked, and the Japanese separate by the thousands when they write, > and it is read as you described. >
