Sinhala

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Sinhala is an Indo-European language spoken mainly in Sri Lanka. It has had a lot of influence from the nearby Dravidian languages. It has also lost its numerals in its script.

Here are the numbers zero to ten written in Sinhala:

Number Romanisation Sinhala Name IPA
0 binduva බින්‍දුව /bind̪uʋa/
1 eka එක /eka/
2 deka දෙක /d̪eka/
3 tuna තුන /t̪una/
4 hatara හතර /hat̪ara/
5 paha පහ /paha/
6 haya හය /haja/
7 hata හත /hat̪a/
8 aṭa අට /aʈa/
9 navaya, namaya නවය, නමය /naʋaja/, /namaja/
10 dahaya දහය /d̪ahaja/
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