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I would say yes. The usage of "lakh" as a unit is fairly limitedusage of "lakh" as a unit is fairly limited, to the Indian subcontinent. For the sake of clarity, it makes sense to convert it into a digit grouping system that's widely understood.

Informally, we've had similar discussions in comments in the past about the usage of commas versus dots in digit grouping. I don't think we have a specific stance on this; it's usually dependent on the author but we veer towards using commas instead of dots since more countries in the world use that system. (Although one could say the most populous countries use the "dot".)

I would say yes. The usage of "lakh" as a unit is fairly limited, to the Indian subcontinent. For the sake of clarity, it makes sense to convert it into a digit grouping system that's widely understood.

Informally, we've had similar discussions in comments in the past about the usage of commas versus dots in digit grouping. I don't think we have a specific stance on this; it's usually dependent on the author but we veer towards using commas instead of dots since more countries in the world use that system. (Although one could say the most populous countries use the "dot".)

I would say yes. The usage of "lakh" as a unit is fairly limited, to the Indian subcontinent. For the sake of clarity, it makes sense to convert it into a digit grouping system that's widely understood.

Informally, we've had similar discussions in comments in the past about the usage of commas versus dots in digit grouping. I don't think we have a specific stance on this; it's usually dependent on the author but we veer towards using commas instead of dots since more countries in the world use that system. (Although one could say the most populous countries use the "dot".)

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I would say yes. The usage of "lakh" as a unit is fairly limited, to the Indian subcontinent. For the sake of clarity, it makes sense to convert it into a digit grouping system that's widely understood.

Informally, we've had similar discussions in comments in the past about the usage of commas versus dots in digit grouping. I don't think we have a specific stance on this; it's usually dependent on the author but we veer towards using commas instead of dots since more countries in the world use that system. (Although one could say the most populous countries use the "dot".)