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Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj

→ Atong (India) byryi (inherited)
→ Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿ (derived)
→ Tibetan བཞི (inherited)
→ Dzongkha བཞི (inherited)
→ Garo bri (inherited)
→ Sichuan Yi ꇖ (inherited)
→ Jingpho mali (inherited)
→ Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (derived)
→ S'gaw Karen လွံၢ် (inherited)
→ S'gaw Karen ꤜꤝꤟꤤ꤭ (inherited(ksw/kyu))
→ Lao ສີ່ (derived)
→ Lashi mi (inherited)
→ Burmese လေး (inherited)
→ Newar पे (inherited)
→ Namuyi zìh (inherited)
→ Bouyei sis (derived)
→ Western Pwo လံ (inherited)
→ Shan သီႇ (derived)
→ Sikkimese ཞི (inherited)
→ Saek ซี (derived)
→ Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (derived)
→ Thai สี่ (derived)
→ Kokborok brwi (inherited)
→ Chinese 四 (inherited)
→ Chinese 匹 (cognate)
→ Zou li (inherited)