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Numbers
sifar [From Hindi /sifar/, from Arabic /sifr/, extant in Spanish 'cero', Italian 'zero', English 'zero', Novial 'sero'.] zero
van [From English 'one', /wan/, with initial /w-/ in Arabic /wahid/.] one
duos [From Spanish 'dos' and Indo-European *dwo-, extant in Russian /dva/, Hindi /do/, Romance (Latin, Italian, etc.), English ('duo', 'two'), auxiliaries (Esperanto, Novial).] two
san [From Chinese /san/.] three
cuart [From Spanish 'cuatro', from Indo-European *kwetwer-, "four", extant in Russian /ketire/, Hindi /kaar/, Latin 'quattuor', English 'four', et al.] four
panc [From Hindi /pa~c/, from Indo-European *penque (*penkwe), extant in Russian, Romance (from assimilated form *quenque/kwenkwe in Latin, Spanish, Italian, English 'penta-', et al) and Germanic (from *pempe in English, German, Dutch).] five
hest [From Russian /shest/, from Indo-European *s(w)eks, in Arabic, Germanic (English, German, Dutch, et al), Romance (Spanish, Italian) & auxilaries (Esperanto, Novial).] six
sab [From Arabic 'sab`ah', from Indo-European *septm, extant in Russian, Hindi, Spanish, Latin, Greek, German, Dutch, Italian, Esperanto, Novial, et al.] seven
boct [Blend of Chinese /ba/ and Indo-European *okto(u), extant in English 'eight', 'octave', 'octogenarian', 'octopus', et al, extant in Greek and Latin /okto/, in Spanish, Hindi, German, Dutch, Italian, Esperanto and Novial.] eight
nuev [From Spanish 'nueve', from Indo-European *newn, extant in Hindi *naw, Romance (Latin, Italian, et al), Germanic (English, German, Dutch, et al) and auxiliaries (Esperanto, Novial, et al).] nine
dec [From Indo-European *dekm, "ten", extant in Russian, Romance (Latin 'decem') Germanic (English, German, Dutch) and auxilaries (Esperanto, Novial). Mnemonic: decimal.] ten to the power of
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