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I was looking for Mon numbers when I found this on zompist,

Tai-Kadai numbers

Lati = tiam su ti pu m nam ti mui lu pe

Gelao Qau = si so ta pu bu nang s'i vleu su peu

Buyang = tsam tha tu pa ma nam tu mu dha va


Austronesian numbers

Ancient = esa/isa *duSa *telu *Sepat *lima *enem *pitu *walu *Siwa *sa-puluq

Paiwan = ita dusa celu sepac lima unem picu alu siva ta-puluq

Ilokano = maysa dua tallo uppat lima innem pito walo siam sangapulo

Tagalog = isá dalawá tatló ápat limá ánim pitó waló siyám sampû

Javanese = siji loro telu papat lima nem pitu wolu sanga sepuluh

Sundanese = hidji dua tilu opat lima genep tudjuh dalapan salapan sapuluh

Balinese = sa dua telu empat lima enem pitu akutus asia adasa

These numbers are strangely akin, and I doubt they had any contact for hundreds or thousands of years.
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http://alibataatpandesal.com/masaka.html
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