How do you pronounce "1–10 + some counter"? I have seen lists of common
counters, but they may not contain less common counters, such as ～話 or ～膳.

How do I know how to count with rare counters?
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counters numbers
How to count with rare counters
I'm not sure but the following site could be helpful for you.

<http://voicetext.jp/?gclid=CPHXh-mHlNECFcsGKgodhqUMTg>

You can input Japanese sentence and click the either speaker icon, then you
can hear the voice of Japanese. At the top of the site there are language
selection, so you have to choose Japanese to hear the Japanese speech.
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Comprehensive information can be found in a dictionary such as 数え方の辞典. (The
first page is quoted in [this
answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/15563/1628).)

Basically, there are three types of numbers used with counters

  * いち、に、さん、…
  * ひと、ふた、み、…
  * ワン、ツー、スリー、…

derived from Chinese, native Japanese, or derived from English, respectively.
There is no hard rule which to use with a given counter, although as a rule of
thumb,

  * Chinese-derived numbers go with _on'yomi_ counters,
  * native Japanese numbers go with _kun'yomi_ counters,
  * English-derived numbers _may_ be used with counters derived from loanwords

The rule of thumb applies to ～話 and ～膳 that you mention in your question: both
a _on'yomi_ , both are counted with Chinese-derived numbers.

> 一話【いちわ】、二話【にわ】、…  
>  一膳【いちぜん】、二膳【にぜん】、…

One word of caution, though: I would say that even with those counters that
are counted with ひと、ふた、… numbers 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 (and higher) are rarely used
and Chinese-derived numbers are used instead, i.e. you'd rarely hear 五皿【いつさら】,
even though it would be 一皿【ひとさら】.
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