Editing Scriptio continua (section)

===Numbers===
Before the invention of delimiters and other punctuation to set off groups of three digits in numbers above four digits, large numbers (e.g. numbers greater than 999) were written continuously. As of now, only numbers with fewer than four digits are written with no delimiter or other punctuation. This manner is somewhat similar how to separate a word in a sentence.

While numbers up to four digits are recommended for separating three digits, there are some of them are not. These include most [[Slavic languages]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] and [[Swiss German]]. These languages do not use a delimiter to separate numbers in four digits. [[English language|English]] sometimes follows this practice.