Kota

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Kota is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu, in the Nilgiri Hills district. It is located near the Toda language, and is only spoken by about 1000 people.

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

Number Romanisation IPA
0 //
1 or, ōr /oɾ/, /oːɾ/
2 eyḏ /ejd/
3 mūnd̠ /muːnd/
4 nāl, nār /naːl/, /naːɾ/
5 anj /and͡ʒ/
6 ār /aːɾ/
7 ēy, ēg /eːj/, /eːg/
8 eṭ /eʈ/
9 onbād /onbad̪/
10 pat /pat̪/

Source: "The Dravidian Languages" by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti

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