| Numbers, as someone pointed out, are a universal language.
The have the same value and the same meaning in any language.
As for numbers equating to a certain letter of the alphabet, get out of that mindset.
Letters as we know them in a certain sequence do not mean the same thing. The do not translate into the same thing on a global scale.
Consider the simple fact that English is NOT the number one spoken language in the world. IDN will eventually happen. It is a matter of time. And being that Asian markets are far ahead of US based technology, I am seeing many phone manufacturers not even placing our English (Latin, Roman) alphabet on handsets. Several are going to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean native script.
And in many Arab countries, those that have large populations of Muslim are also forgoing the English alphabet on hand sets and using Arabic instead.
So there is a certain universal acceptance of numbers. And there has been. Many have not got a thing to do with zip codes. It works as a zip code to those that want it to represent a zip code. But for many it is nothing more than an URL.
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