ENGL 202
Prof. G. Steinberg
Indo-European Languages
Here is how to count in a dozen languages, using standard Roman alphabet transcriptions (not phonetic transcriptions). Six of these languages are Indo-European and six are not. Which are which?
| Language 1 | en | twene | thria | fiuwar | fif |
| Language 2 | jeden | dva | tri | štyri | pät’ |
| Language 3 | i | liang | san | ssu | wu |
| Language 4 | ekas | dvau | trayas | catvaras | pañca |
| Language 5 | ichi | ni | san | shi | go |
| Language 6 | echad | shnayim | shlosha | arba’a | chamishsha |
| Language 7 | mot | hai | ba | bon | nam |
| Language 8 | ün | duos | trais | quatter | tschinch |
| Language 9 | hana | tul | set | net | tasot |
| Language 10 | yaw | daw | dree | tsaloor | pindze |
| Language 11 | uno | dos | tres | cuatro | cinco |
| Language 12 | nigen | khoyar | ghorban | durben | tabon |
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