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What I can figure out from this is that interviewer might have pinpointed your linguistic discrepancy.

'Lakh' is not a pure English word. Its a word from our local dialects. In English language, the equivalent of 'Lakh' is 'Lac' pronounced as 'Lake'. The quantitative value remains same i.e 100,000 (One hundred thousands).
Dear the correct pronunciation for LAC is not LAKE but Lack
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correct pronunciation will be lack.
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In my opinion
tknw01 is right according ti international stndrd large digits should be interms of millions not in lacs
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tknw01 is right according ti international stndrd large digits should be interms of millions not in lacs
Thanks for your consideration but I would rather concede to the views of Raz here. You normally don't use Million with the figures that are less than a Million and in that case you simply use Thousands or Hundred Thousands.

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''Lakh and 'Lac both words are used.


Pronunciation is same as we use in Urdu.
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hundred thousand is more appropiate and after 9 hundred thousand,a million may be used
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Zohaib Baloch is right.

I think it is better to use hundred thousand then to get stuck in either to put the spelling of lakh in '' Lac '' ''Lake '' or Lack etc.
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interviewer asked a question what is the total area of Pakistan.


i replied seven lakh, ninety six thousand and ninety six square kilometer (796096 or 796095 is exact area of Pak in sq km) but the interview said what the HELL is this, use proper words. can some1 guide me what are the exact words for this figure in english?
The unit "lakh" is South Asian/Central Asian and it has nothing to do with the English language. Don't use it while talking in English.

The English equivalent for the Urdu word "lakh" is "one hundred thousand".

Therefore, 796096 square kilometers is said like so:

Seven hundred and ninety six thousand and ninety six square kilometers

or preferably:

Seven ninety six thousand and ninety six kilometers squared.
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In official correspondecnce we write one lac as one hundred thousand

so one hundred thousand is right one
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Can v Say this figure in discrete form in "verbal communication" like we tell telephone Numbers?
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