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C. Sri Vidya Rajagopalan
Lv 7
C. Sri Vidya Rajagopalan asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 8 years ago

What is the language written on the betel nut cutter shown in the figure at URL?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Old-Unique-Silver-Inlay-Wor...

(Burmese numerals or alphabets?)

Also at the URL please,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Iron-Penny-Small-Silve...

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  • Muthu S
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
    Favourite answer

    Mon & Karen are Thai languages.

    Betel nut cutter displays Thai/ Myanmar numerals.

    And no alphabets are seen.

    The decorative numerals may be

    0,1,9 & 10

    mostly adopted from Malayalam language.

    Source(s): from Thai friends from Saudi Arabia
  • C. Sri Vidya Rajagopalan
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    See the inscription in this picture

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