Dravidian
Proto-Dravidian is the ancestor of all Dravidian languages. No records of it survive, so Proto-Dravidian is reconstructed from the languages it has produced.
Here are the numbers from zero to ten translated in Proto-Dravidian:
| Number | Romanisation | IPA* |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | // | |
| 1 | onṯu | /ontu/ |
| 2 | iraṇṭu | /iraɳʈu/ |
| 3 | mūnt̠u | /muːntu/ |
| 4 | nāl | /naːl/ |
| 5 | caymtu | /cajmt̪u/ |
| 6 | cāṯu | /caːtu/ |
| 7 | eẓu | /eːɻu/ |
| 8 | eṇṭṭu | /eɳʈːu/ |
| 9 | toḷ/toṇ | /t̪oɭ/t̪oɳ/ |
| 10 | paHtu | /paht̪u/ |
*Proto-Dravidian phonemes are still a matter of debate. The provided IPA transcriptions may not be accurate.
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