Gamo-Gofa-Dawro

Language name and locationː Gofa-Gamo-Dawro, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 戈法-加莫-道洛语 (Gofa variety), 埃塞俄比亚西南部

1. ʔistá	21. namʔʔú támmanné ʔista
2. namʔʔá	22. namʔʔú támmanné namʔa
3. heedzdzá	23. namʔʔú támmanné heedzdza
4. ʔoiddá	24. namʔʔú támmanné ʔoidda
5. ʔitʃtʃáʃa	25. namʔʔú támmanné ʔitʃtʃaʃa
6. ʔusúppuna	26. namʔʔú támmanné ʔusuppuna
7. laáppuna	27. namʔʔú támmanné laappuna
8. hósppuna	28. namʔʔú támmanné hosppuna
9. ʔuddúfuna	29. namʔʔú támmanné ʔuddufuna
10. támma	30. heédzdzú tamma / hástama
11. támmanné ʔistta	40. ʔoíddú tamma / ʔoítama
12. támmanné namʔa	50. ʔitʃtʃáʃú tamma / ʔiʃátama
13. támmanné heedzdza	60. ʔusúppún tamma
14. támmanné ʔoidda	70. laáppún tamma
15. támmanné ʔitʃtʃaʃa	80. hósppun tamma
16. támmanné ʔusuppuna	90. ʔuddúfún tamma
17. támmanné laappuna	100. tsʼeéta
18. támmanné hosppuna	200. namʔa tsʼeéta
19. támmanné ʔuddufuna	1000. mukúla / (ʃáʔa) ( ʃiʔa < Amharic)
20. namʔu tamma / laátamma	2000. namʔa mukúla

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Sellassie Cheru, PhD Student ( Native Wolaitta speaker), Department of Linguistics, Addis Abba University. July 24, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Sellassie Cheru, 2012 年 7 月 24 日.

Other comments: Gamo or Gamo-Gofa-Dawro reported on 'Ethnologue' has a decimal system similar to that of Wolaitta. The above data is taken from Gofa variety.

Language name and locationː Gofa-Gamo-Dawro, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 戈法-加莫-道洛语 (Dache dialect of Gamo), 埃塞俄比亚西南部

1. ʔissíno / ʔistá	21. namʔʔú támmanné ʔissíno
2. namʔá	22. namʔʔú támmanné namʔa
3. heedzdzá	23. namʔʔú támmanné heezza
4. ʔoiddá	24. namʔʔú támmanné ʔoidda
5. ʔitʃtʃátʃa	25. namʔʔú támmanné ʔitʃtʃatʃa
6. ʔusúppuna	26. namʔʔú támmanné ʔusuppuna
7. laáppuna	27. namʔʔú támmanné laappuna
8. hóspuna	28. namʔʔú támmanné hospuna
9. ʔuddúpuna	29. namʔʔú támmanné ʔuddupuna
10. támma	30. heédzdzú tamma
11. támmanné ʔissíno	40. ʔoíddú tamma
12. támmanné namʔa	50. ʔitʃtʃátʃú tamma
13. támmanné heezza	60. ʔusúppún tamma
14. támmanné ʔoidda	70. laáppún tamma
15. támmanné ʔitʃtʃatʃa	80. hóspun tamma
16. támmanné ʔusuppuna	90. ʔuddúpún tamma
17. támmanné laappuna	100. ʔíssí tsʼeéta / tsʼeéta
18. támmanné hospuna	200. namʔa tsʼeéta
19. támmanné ʔuddupuna	1000. ʔíssí ʃiʔa ( ʃiʔa < Amharic)
20. namʔu tamma	2000. namʔa ʃiʔa

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Sellassie Cheru, PhD Student ( Native Wolaitta speaker), Department of Linguistics, Addis Abba University. July 24, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Sellassie Cheru, 2012 年 7 月 24 日.

Other comments: Gamo or Gamo-Gofa-Dawro reported on 'Ethnologue' has a decimal system similar to that of Wolaitta. The above data is taken from Dache dialect of Gamo variety.

Some rearks on Dache ,Gofa and Wolaitta:

1. Dache , like Wolaitta, introduced ʃíʔa and miiloóne since the introduction modern

education, are used as part of the numeral system of , where Gofa borrows only

miiloóne.

2. Tonal accent assignment on the numeral system of Dache, Gofa and Wolaitta:

2.1 Dache ( a variety of a Gamo dialect ),Gofa and Wolaitta are all tonal accent

languages of the North Ometo Cluster.

2.2 Every number from 1-10, in its citation form, assigns a high tonal accent on one

of the syllables or on the second mora of a long accented syllable as it is in

Dache and Gofa as is in Wolaitta (Azeb 1996).

2.2 Numbers 11-20 and above are compound words, made up of two or three words.

A high tonal accent of a head word , in a number composed of two words, moves

towards the last syllable of a modifier, in case the modifier assigns its original

high tonal accent either on its ante- penultimate, penultimate or ultimate mora.

Due to this, the modifier assigns two high tonal accents whereas the head word

loses its high tonal accent. The tonal accent on the ultimate mora of the modifier

moves one syllable to the left in order to assign the high tonal accent that shifts

from the head word.

2.3 Most of the numbers from 21 and above are composed of three words. In such a

case, the first word behaves different from the other two in that it retains its high

tonal accent on its original place.

3. Some remarks on the symbols used:

3.1 A long vowel is written twice.

3.2 t’ is a stop – ejective a Wolaitta dialect.

ts’ is a double articulation of alveo-dental, affricate – ejective in only in Dache

and Gofa.

4. Numbers six to nine are compound words composed of numbers 1-4 and /-(p)puna

‘five’ as follows as both Fleming and Azeb agree (Fleming 1976 cited in Azeb1996).

We derive

4.1.ʔussúppuna ‘six’ when the first element ʔussu- ‘one’ is obtained from ʔisso of

many North Ometo cluster dialects,

4.2. laáppuna ‘seven’ when the first element laa- is obtained from laʔʔa ‘two’ of

Dawro dialect,

4.3. hósppuna ‘eight’ when the first element hos- is obtained from hee(d)z(d)za

‘three’ and

4.4. ʔuddúpuna ‘nine’ when the first element ʔuddu- is obtained from ʔoidda ‘four’.

Each of the first elements drops segments or syllables first. The vowel harmony

takes place next. We finally assign the high tonal accent on the right most

syllable of the first element of each of the four compound words. This is true
in Bench and Yam (Fleming 1976:50 in Azeb 1996).

Bibliography

Adams, Bruce. 1983. "A Tagmemic Analysis of the Wolaitta Language." Ph.D. Thesis,

University of London.

AzebAmha (1996).Tone-Accent and Prosodic Domains in Wolaitta. Leiden University.

Fleming, Harold. 1976. "Cushitic and Omotic." In M. L. Bender, J. D. Bowen, R. L.

Cooper, C. A. Ferguson (eds.), Language in Ethiopia, pp. 34-53. London: Oxford

University Press.

Wedekind, Klaus. 1990. "Gimo-Jan or Ben-yem-om: Bench Yemsa* phonemes, tones

and words." In R.J. Hayward (ed.), Omotic Language Studies,pp. 68-184. London:

SOAS.

Yitbarek Ijigu. 1983. "The phonology of Wolaitta." M.A. Thesis, Addis Ababa

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*Yemsa is another name of Yam.

Language name and locationː Gofa-Gamo-Dawro, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 戈法-加莫-道洛语, 埃塞俄比亚西南部

1. ʔissio (ʔista)	21. namʔu tammanne ʔissino
2. namʔa	22. namʔu tammanne namʔa
3. heedzdza	23. namʔu tammanne heedzdza
4. ʔojdda	24. namʔu tammanne ʔojdda
5. ʔitʃtʃatʃtʃa	25. namʔu tammanne ʔitʃtʃatʃtʃa
6. ʔuspuna	26. namʔu tammanne ʔuspuna
7. laappuna	27. namʔu tammanne laappuna
8. hospuna	28. namʔu tammanne hospuna
9. ʔuddupuna	29. namʔu tammanne ʔuddupuna
10. tamma	30. heedzdzu tamma
11. tamma ʔissino	40. ʔojddu tamma
12. tamma namʔa	50. ʔitʃtʃatʃtʃu tamma
13. tamma heedzdza	60. ʔispun tamma
14. tamma ʔojdda	70. laappun tamma
15. tamma ʔitʃtʃatʃtʃa	80. hospun tamma
16. tamma ʔuspuna	90. ʔuddupun tamma
17. tamma laappuna	100. ʔissi sʼeeta ( sʼeeta)
18. tamma hospuna	200. namʔa sʼeeta
19. tamma ʔuddupuna	1000. ʔissi ʃiʔa (ʃiʔa) ( ʃiʔa < Amharic)
20. namʔu tamma (laatamma)	2000. namʔa ʃiʔa

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Samuel Gonderie, native speaker of Gamo language, PhD student in linguistics,, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

March 20, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Samuel Gonderie, 2012 年 3 月 20 日.

Other comments: Gamo or Gamo-Gofa-Dawro reported on 'Ethnologue' has a decimal system similar to that of Wolaitta.

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