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Malto is a Dravidian language spoken in Eastern India. It is spoken by the tribal Malto people, who, due to being surrounded by Indo-Aryans, have adopted their number system.
Here are the numbers from zero to ten translated in Malto:
| Number | Romanisation | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | // | |
| 1 | ēk, ort | /eːk/, /oɾt̪/ |
| 2 | dū/iwr | /duː/, /iwɾ/ |
| 3 | tīn | /t̪iːn/ |
| 4 | cār | /caːr/ |
| 5 | pānc | /paːɲc/ |
| 6 | cē | /ceː/ |
| 7 | sāt | /saːt̪/ |
| 8 | āṭ | /aːʈ/ |
| 9 | naw | /naw/ |
| 10 | das | /das/ |
Source: "Introduction to the Malto Language and Malto Vocabulary" by Rev. Ernest Droese (pages 18 and 19), and "Descriptive Analysis of Verbs in Malto" by Chaithra Puttaswamy (page 255)
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