Kodava

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Kodava is a Dravidian language spoken mostly in the Indian state of Karnataka. It had an ancient script called the Thirke acript, but it eventually lost this and adopted the Kannada script. It has just over 100,000 speakers.

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

Number Romanisation Kodava Numeral Kodava Name IPA
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1 ondu ಒಂದು /on̪d̪ɨ/
2 daṇḍu ದಂಡು /d̪əɳɖɨ/
3 mūndu ಮೂಂದು /muːn̪d̪ɨ/
4 nālu ನಾಲು /n̪aːlɨ/
5 añji ಅಂಜಿ /aɲd͡ʒi/
6 āru ಆರು /aːɾɨ/
7 āḷu ಆಳು /aːɭɨ/
8 aṭṭu ಅಟ್ಟು /aʈːɨ/
9 oimbadu ಒಇಂಬದು /oimbad̪ɨ/
10 pattu ೧೦ ಪತ್ತು /pət̪ːɨ/

Source: Wiktionary, Kodava Numerals

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