Opuuo

Language name and locationː Opuuo (Shita), Sudan, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 奥普欧语 (希塔语), 苏丹, 埃塞俄比亚

1. ɗán / ɗíán	21. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-ɗán
2. sùkʼá	22. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-sùkʼá
3. tùsú	23. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-tùsú
4. hwán	24. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-hwán
5. mùtá-kʼʷèj ( litː 'one hand' )	25. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-mùtá-kʼʷèj
6. kánè-ɗéé	26. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-kánè-ɗéé
7. kánè-sùkʼá	27. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-kánè-sùkʼá
8. kánè-tùsú	28. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-kánè-tùsú
9. kánè-hʷán	29. ésì-wɗé-kʼòtkʼóp-kánè-hʷán
10. mútá-kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén ( 'two hands')	30. ésì-wɗé-mútá-kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén *
11. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-ɗán	40. ésì-bí-sùkʼá ( litː 'two men' )
12. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-sùkʼá	50. ésì-bí-sùkʼá-mútá-kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén
13. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-tùsú	60. ésì-bí-tùsú ( litː 'three men' )
14. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-hwán	70. ésì-bí-tùsú-mútá-kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén
15. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-mùtá-kʼʷèj	80. ésì-bí-hwán ( litː 'four men' )
16. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-kánè-ɗéé	90. ésì-bí-hwán-mútá-kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén
17. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-kánè-sùkʼá	100. kór-dán
18. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-kánè-tùsú	200. kór-sùkʼá
19. kʼʷùjá-sùkʼén-kʼòtkʼóp-kánè-hʷán	1000. kísì
20. ésì-wɗé (litː 'one man')	2000. kísì-sùkʼá

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Mellese Gelaneh Alemu, PhD student in Linguistics at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. October 23, 2012, April 28, 2013.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Mellese Gelaneh Alemu, 2012 年 10 月 23 日, 2013 年 4 月 28 日.

Other comments: The Opuuo numeral system is vigesimal similar to other Koman languages. Twenty is expressed by 'one man', thirty is 'one man and two hands',

forty is 'two men', six is 'three men', eighty is 'four men'.

Language name and locationː Opuuo (Shita), Sudan, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 奥普欧语(希塔语), 苏丹, 埃塞俄比亚

1. diʃeɗe	21.
2. ʃuka / cuka	22.
3. tuʃu / tusu	23.
4. hwan / ŋwan	24.
5. mutaːkwei ( one hand ) ?	25.
6. kane-ɗe	26.
7. kane-ʃuka	27.
8. kane-tūʃū	28.
9. kane-hwān	29.
10. muta-kweya-ʃuka-yen (two hands) ?	30. mute-ʃu-ɗe muta-kweya-ʃuka-yen
11. kane-won-ɗe	40. muteʃibi-ʃuka ( 20 x 2 )
12. kane-won-ʃuka	50.
13. kane-won-tuʃu	60.
14. kane-won-hwan	70.
15.	80.
16.	90.
17.	100. i-ʃibin-ta-kwei
18.	200.
19.	1000. kuma-ɗe
20. mute-ʃu-ɗe	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Marvin L. Bender, 2 June, 1989

Southern Illinois University, USA

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Marvin L. Bender, 1989 年 6 月 2 日.

Other comments: The above data are incomplete. The Opuuo might have a

vigesimal system of counting similar to other Koman languages.

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