[gumby]

Many R-L languages do the same such as German French, Hindi et al.

[hondadriver]

I guess you mean L-R. In Dutch and German 1925 is most commonly read as 'nine teen five and twenty' But 2025 as 'two thousand five and twenty'

[pritambaral]

Wait, Hindi is neither a R-L language nor does it switch directions for text and numbers.

Source: native Hindi speaker.

[gumby]

Yes sorry for too-late-to-edit confusing typo: german Hindi French are all L-R , all big-endian (least significant digit on right) all have numbers which, when spoken, aren’t said in strict digit order.