Editing Dravidian languages (section)

===Numerals===
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The numerals from 1 to 10 in various Dravidian and [[Indo-Iranian languages]] (here exemplified by [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] language [[Sanskrit]] and Iranian language [[Persian language|Persian]]).{{sfnp|Krishnamurti|2003|pp=260–265}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Asher |first1=R. E. |title=Colloquial Tamil : the complete course for beginners |date=2002 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=0-415-18788-5 |page=45}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable Unicode"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Number
! colspan="7" | South
! colspan="2" | South-Central
! Central
! colspan="2" | Northern
! rowspan="2" | [[Proto-Dravidian language|Proto-Dravidian]]
! Indo-Aryan
! Iranian
|-
! [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
! [[Malayalam]]
! [[Kodava language|Kodava]]
! [[Kannada]]
! [[Tulu language|Tulu]]
! [[Toda language|Toda]]
! [[Beary language|Beary]]
! [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
! [[Gondi language|Gondi]]
! [[Kolami language|Kolami]]
! [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]]
! [[Brahui language|Brahui]]
! [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]
! [[Persian language|Persian]]
|-
| 1
| oṉṟŭ, oṇṇŭ <sup>6</sup>
| onnŭ
| ondï
| ondu
| onji
| wïd̠
| onnu
| okaṭi <sup>7</sup>, 
oṇḍu
| undi
| okkod <sup>7</sup>
| oṇḍ
| asiṭ
| *onṯu <sup>1</sup>
| éka
| yek
|-
| 2
| iraṇṭŭ, reṇḍŭ <sup>6</sup>
| raṇḍŭ
| daṇḍï 
| eraḍu
| eraḍŭ, iraḍŭ
| ēḍ
| jend
| reṇḍu
| raṇḍ
| irāṭ
| eṇṛ
| irāṭ
| *iraṇṭu <sup>2</sup>
| dvi
| do
|-
| 3
| mūṉṟŭ, mūṇŭ <sup>6</sup>
| mūnnŭ
| mūndï 
| mūru
| mūji
| mūd̠
| mūnnu
| mū̃ḍu
| muṇḍ
| mūndiŋ
| mūnd
| musiṭ
| *mūnt̠u
| tri
| seh
|-
| 4
| nāl, nālku, nāṉkŭ, nālŭ <sup>6</sup>
| nālu
| nālï
| nālku
| nālŭ
| nōng
| nāl
| nālugu
| nāluṅg
| nāliŋ
| nāx
| čār (II)
| *nāl, *nālnk(k)V, *nānk(k)V
| catúr
| cahār
|-
| 5
| aintŭ, añjŭ <sup>6</sup>
| añjŭ
| añji
| aidu
| ayinŭ, ainŭ
| üɀ
| añji
| ayidu,
ēnu
| saiyuṅg, hayuṅ
| ayd <sup>3</sup>
| pancē (II)
| panč (II)
| *caymtu
| pañca
| panj
|-
| 6
| āṟŭ
| āṟŭ
| ārï
| āru
| āji
| ōr̠
| ār
| āṟu
| sāruṅg, hāruṅg
| ār <sup>3</sup>
| soy (II)
| šaš (II)
| *cāṯu
| ṣáṣ
| śeś
|-
| 7
| ēḻŭ, yēḷŭ<sup>6</sup>
| ēḻŭ
| ë̄ḷï
| ēḷu
| ēḍŭ, ēlŭ, ēḷŭ
| öw
| ēl
| ēḍu
| yeḍuṅg, ēṛuṅg
| ēḍ <sup>3</sup>
| say (II)
| haft (II)
| *ēẓ
| saptá
| haft
|-
| 8
| eṭṭŭ
| eṭṭŭ
| ëṭṭï
| eṇṭu
| enma, eṇma, eḍma
| öṭ
| ett
| enimidi
| aṛmur
| enumadī <sup>3</sup>
| āx (II)
| hašt (II)
| *eṇṭṭu
| aṣṭá
| haśt
|-
| 9
| oṉpatŭ <sup>4</sup> <sup>5</sup> ombadŭ<sup>6</sup>
| oṉbadŭ, <br> ombadŭ <sup>5</sup>
| ombay <sup>5</sup>
| ombattu <sup>5</sup>
| ormba <sup>5</sup>
| wïnboθ <sup>5</sup>
| olimbō <sup>5</sup>
| tommidi
| unmāk
| tomdī <sup>3</sup>
| nāy (II)
| nōh (II)
| *toḷ, *toṇ
| náva
| noh
|-
| 10
| pathŭ
| pattŭ
| pattï
| hattu
| pattŭ
| pot
| patt
| padi
| pad
| padī <sup>3</sup>
| doy (II)
| dah (II)
| *paHtu
| dáśa
| dah
|}
# This is the same as the word for another form of the number one in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]], used as the [[indefinite article]] ("a") and when the number is an [[Grammatical modifier|attribute]] preceding a noun (as in "one person"), as opposed to when it is a noun (as in "How many are there?" "One").
# The stem *īr is still found in compound words, and has taken on a meaning of "double" in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]] and [[Malayalam]]. For example, ''irupatu'' (20, literally meaning "double-ten"), ''iravai'' (20 in Telugu), "iraṭṭi" ("double") or ''iruvar'' ("two people", in Tamil) and "ippattu" (ipp-hattu, double ten", in Kannada).
# The Kolami numbers 5 to 10 are borrowed from Telugu.
# The word ''toṇṭu'' was also used to refer to the number nine in ancient [[Sangam literature|Sangam]] texts but was later completely replaced by the word ''oṉpatu''.
# These forms are derived from "one (less than) ten". Proto-Dravidian *toḷ/*toṇ (which could mean 9 or 9/10) is still used in Tamil and Malayalam as the basis of numbers such as 90 and 900, ''toṇṇūṟu'' ({{frac|9|10}}*100 = 90) as well as the Kannada ''tombattu'' (9*10 = 90).
# Because of shared sound changes that have happened over the years in the majority of the Tamil dialects, the numbers 1–5 have different colloquial pronunciations, seen here to the right of their written, formal pronunciations.
# In languages with words for one starts with ok(k)- it was taken from *okk- which originally meant "to be united" and not a numeral.
* Words indicated '''(II)''' are borrowings from [[Indo-Iranian languages]] (in Brahui's case, from [[Balochi language|Balochi]]).