Module 10: Telling numbers

Below you find the numerals from 1 to 5 from 12 existing languages. Some of these languages are related, they belong to one language family. The other languages do not belong to this family. On the basis of these data only, can you make a guess which of these languages are related and which aren’t?

Note: Not all these languages use the Latin alphabet, so in some cases this is just an (imperfect) way to represent the pronunciation of these words in the foreign language with the help of a writing system familiar to us.

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L1entwenethriafiuwarfif
L2jedyndwajtřištyripjeć
L3iliangsanssuwu
L4ekadvautrayascaturpañca
L5ichinisanshigo
L6echadshnayimshloshaarba?achamishasha
L7mothaibabonnam
L8ünduostraisquattertschinch
L9hanatulsetnettasŏt
L10yawdawdreetsaloorpindze
L11unodostrescuatrocinco
L12nigenkhoyarghorbandurbentabon

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