Naiki

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Naiki is a Dravidian Language spoken in the Indian state of Maharashtra, with about 1,500 speakers. Its numerals above six are probably borrowed from Marathi.

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

Number Romanisation IPA
0 //
1 okko, okkod /okko/, /okkod/
2 ernḍi /erɳɖi/
3 mūndi /muːndi/
4 nāli /naːli/
5 sēndi /seːndi/
6 sādi /saːdi/
7 //
8 //
9 //
10 //

Source: "Naiki of Chanda" by S. Bhattacharya

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