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Brahui is a Dravidian language mostly spoken in Balochistan, Pakistan. Due to it being isolated from other Dravidian languages and being surrounded by Indo-Iranic languages, it has picked up a lot of vocabulary from Indo-Iranic, which can be seen in its numbers. Only numbers from one to three resemble other Dravidian languages.
Here are the numbers from zero to ten translated in Brahui:
| Number | Romanisation | Brahui Numeral | Brahui Name | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | sonne | ٠ | صِفر | // |
| 1 | asiṭ | ١ | اسِٹ | /asiʈ/ |
| 2 | irāṭ | ٢ | اِرٹ | /iɾaʈ/ |
| 3 | musiṭ | ٣ | مسٹ, مُسہ | /musiʈ/, /musi/ |
| 4 | čār | ٤ | چار | /t͡ʃaːɾ/ |
| 5 | panč | ٥ | پنچ | /pant͡ʃ/ |
| 6 | šaš | ٦ | شش | /ʃaʃ/ |
| 7 | haft | ٧ | ہفت | /haft/ |
| 8 | hašt | ٨ | ہشت | /haʃt/ |
| 9 | nō | ٩ | نو | /noː/ |
| 10 | dah | ١٠ | دہ | /dah/ |
Source: Brahui Numerals on Wiktionary
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