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Kurux is a Dravidian Language spoken in East India with about 2 million speakers. It has retained Dravidian numerals from 1 to 4, but it has borrowed its other numerals from Indo-Aryan languages. Since it doesn't have a literally tradition, it is normally written in the Devanagari script, but it has 2 new scripts created in the 1990's and neither are in Unicode yet.
Here are the numbers from zero to ten translated in Kurukh:
| Number | Hindi Numeral | Hindi Name | Romanisation | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ० | नीदी | nīdī | /niːdiː/ |
| 1 | १ | ओंद | oṇḍ | /oɳɖ/ |
| 2 | २ | एँड़ | eṇṛ | /eɳɽ/ |
| 3 | ३ | मूंद | mūnd | /muːnd/ |
| 4 | ४ | नाख़ | nāx | /naːx/ |
| 5 | ५ | पंचे | pañcē | /paɲt͡ʃeː/ |
| 6 | ६ | सय | soy | /soj/ |
| 7 | ७ | सोय | say | /saj/ |
| 8 | ८ | अख़ | āx | /aːx/ |
| 9 | ९ | नय | nāy | /naːj/ |
| 10 | १० | दोय | doy | /doj/ |
Source: "Kurukh Grammar" by Ferdinand Hahn, Wiktionary, and u/g0d0-2109 on Reddit
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