The reason why I ask this question is because of the pattern
I've seen with Japanese numbers. Once you have to repeat a
number to describe itself, you get a new unit. For example, 十十 =
百, 百百 = 万, 万万 = 億. So it seems that 千 is a number that had some
Western influence in its creation. Implying that it was a number
that created in more recent times (ie. the last 200 to 300
years). Am I in the right direction with this pattern I'm
seeing? Or is this just coincidence? The Japanese number system
(which I believe is derived from the Chinese one) is pretty
similar to the western one (just to call it something), except
it breaks at every 4 digits instead of every 3 digits. (assuming
you're from a part of the English speaking world which doesn't
use milliards or "thousand million"s). The confusing thing about
the Japanese system, though, is that when written with digits,
it still puts commas at every third digit. This is most likely
from western influence. Slightly off topic, but... Your idea is
interesting, since it w