Sora

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Sora is a Munda language with over 400,000 speakers, spoken by the Sora people in the Indian states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. It uses a base 12 or 20 number system. It has its own script, Sorang Sompeng, which was created in 1936 by Mangei Gomango.

Here are the numbers from zero to ten translated in Sora:

Number Romanisation Sorang Sompeng Numeral Sorang Sompeng Name IPA
0 𑃰 //
1 aboy 𑃱 π‘ƒ’π‘ƒ’π‘ƒ¦π‘ƒœ /aboj/
2 bagu 𑃲 𑃒𑃕𑃦 /bagu/
3 yagi, αΉ…agi 𑃳 π‘ƒœπ‘ƒ•π‘ƒ€ /jagi/, /Ε‹agi/
4 Ε«nji, unji 𑃴 π‘ƒ₯𑃙𑃠𑃀 /uːndΚ’i/, /undΚ’i/
5 monloy 𑃡 π‘ƒ–π‘ƒ¦π‘ƒ™π‘ƒ˜π‘ƒ¦ /monloj/
6 tutru, tudru 𑃢 𑃑π‘ƒ₯𑃔𑃝π‘ƒ₯ /tutru/, /tudru/
7 gulji 𑃷 𑃕π‘ƒ₯π‘ƒ˜π‘ƒ π‘ƒ€ /guldΚ’i/
8 tanji 𑃸 𑃑𑃖𑃠𑃀 /tandΚ’i/
9 tinji 𑃹 𑃑𑃀𑃙𑃠𑃀 /tindΚ’i/
10 gelji 𑃱𑃰 π‘ƒ•π‘ƒ£π‘ƒ˜π‘ƒ π‘ƒ€ /geldΚ’i/

Source: Omniglot and Living Dictionaries

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