Akebu

Language name and location: Akebu, Plateaux region, Togo [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿克布语, 多哥共和国中南部高原地区

1. cēŋ̄cēŋ̄, c=IPA [tʃ] / tɛ̄ŋ̀ ~ ʈɛ̄yə̀ *	21. tìyí mə̄ cēŋ̄cēŋ̄
2. yɪ́, y=IPA [j]	22. tìyí mə̄ yí
3. tā	23. tìyí mə̄ tā
4. nìə̀ə̀	24. tìyí mə̄ nìə̀ə̀
5. tʊ̄ʊ̀	25. tìyí mə̄ tʊ̄ʊ̀
6. kʊ̀ʈāŋ̀	26. tìyí mə̄ kʊ̀ʈāŋ̀
7. pīʈìmàtā	27. tìyí mə̄ pīʈìmàtā
8. nɛ̀ŋ̀	28. tìyí mə̄ nɛ̀ŋ̀
9. fàŋ̀cēŋ̄cēŋ̄	29. tìyí mə̄ fàŋ̀cēŋ̄cēŋ
10. tə̀	30. tə̀ tā
11. tə̀ mə̄ cēŋ̄cēŋ̄ **	40. tə̀ nìə̀ə̀
12. tə̀ mə̄ yí	50. tə̀ tʊ̄ʊ̀
13. tə̀ mə̄ tā	60. tə̀ kʊ̀ʈāŋ̀
14. tə̀ mə̄ nìə̀ə̀	70. tə̀ pīʈìmàtā
15. tə̀ mə̄ tʊ̄ʊ̀	80. tə̀ nɛ̀ŋ̀
16. tə̀ mə̄ kʊ̀ʈāŋ̀	90. tə̀ fàŋ̀cēŋ̄cēŋ
17. tə̀ mə̄ pīʈìmàtā	100. tùùʈù cēŋ̄cēŋ̄, 200. tùùʈù yí
18. tə̀ mə̄ nɛ̀ŋ̀	400. tùùʈù nìə̀ə̀, 800. tùùʈù nɛ̀ŋ̀
19. tə̀ mə̄ fàŋ̀cēŋ̄cēŋ	1000. làfāā ~ làfāā cēŋ̄cēŋ̄̄, 2000. làfāā yí
20. tìyí	10,000. làfāā tə̀, 100,000. làfāā tùùʈù

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Andrey Shluinsky, Department of African Languages, Institute of Linguistics RAS (The Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia, April 21, 2020.

Reference: 2019. Numerals in Akebu, Nadezhda Makeeva and Andrey Shluinsky,
Department of African languages, Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of sciences
Moscow, Russia

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Andrey Shluinsky, 2020 年 4 月 21 日.

Other comments: Akebu has a decimal system. The number 'nine' fàŋ̀cēŋ̄cēŋ̄ etymologically probably derived from '10 lacking one'.

Note that a different lexical entry ʈɛ̄ŋ̀ ~ ʈɛ̄yə̀ ‘one’ is used for counting.

Akebu or Kebu is spoken by approximately 70,000 speakers in Plateaux region: Agou and Wawa prefectures east of Ghana, mostly Djon, Kamina, Kougnohou, Sérégbéné, and Yala, Togo.

Language name and location: Akebu, Plateaux region, Togo [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿克布语, 多哥共和国中南部高原地区

1. ʈɛ́ì	21. tìímɨ̄rɛ́ì
2. jí	22. tìímɨ̄jí
3. tā	23. tìímɨ̄tā
4. nìə̀ə̀	24. tìímɨ̄nìə̀ə̀
5. tʊ̄ʊ̀	25. tìímɨ̄tʊ̄ʊ̀
6. kʊ̀rã̀ŋ	26. tìímɨ̄kʊ̀rã̀ŋ
7. pīrìmātā	27. tìímɨ̄βīrìmātā
8. nɛ̀ĩ̀ŋ	28. tìímɨ̄nɛ̀ĩ̀ŋ
9. fã̀ŋt͡ʃẽ̄ŋt͡ʃẽ̄ŋ	29. tìímɨ̄fã̀ŋt͡ʃẽ̄ŋt͡ʃẽ̄ŋ
10. tə̀	30. tə̀tā
11. tə̀mɨ̄rɛ́ì	40. tə̀nìə̀ə̀
12. tə̀mɨ̄jí	50. tə̀tʊ̄ʊ̀
13. tə̀mɨ̄tā	60. tə̀kʊ̀rã̀ŋ
14. tə̀mɨ̄nìə̀ə̀	70. tə̀βīrìmātā
15. tə̀mɨ̄tʊ̄ʊ̀	80. tə̀nɛ̀ĩ̀ŋ
16. tə̀mɨ̄kʊ̀rã̀ŋ	90. tə̀fã̀ŋt͡ʃẽ̄ŋt͡ʃẽ̄ŋ
17. tə̀mɨ̄βīrìmātā	100. tùùrù
18. tə̀mɨ̄nɛ̀ĩ̀ŋ	200. tùùrùjí
19. tə̀mɨ̄fã̀ŋt͡ʃẽ̄ŋt͡ʃẽ̄ŋ	1000. lààfā
20. tìí	2000. lààfājí

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Jacques Sossoukpe, SIL International, Togo-Benin, March 20, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Jacques Sossoukpe, 2010 年 3 月 20 日.

Other comments: Akebu has a decimal system. The number 'nine' etymologically probably derived from '10 lacking one'. Akebu or Kebu is spoken by approximately 70,000 speakers in Plateaux region: Agou and Wawa prefectures east of Ghana, mostly Djon, Kamina, Kougnohou, Sérégbéné, and Yala, Togo.

Akebu Consonant Chart

	Labial	Labio-dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Labio-Velar
Stop	p, b		t, d	ʈ, ɖ		k, g	kp, gb
Fricative	β	f, v	s, z				h
Affricate					tʃ, dʒ
Nasal	m	n			ɲ	ŋ
Lateral			l
Approximant					j		w

Akebu Vowel Chart

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, ɪ	ɨ	u, ʊ
Close-mid	e	ə	o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

NBː
   - For long vowels I have doubled the symbols to make it simple
     for me to represent the tones on each.
   - Twelve = ten with two, etc.

Language name and location: Akebu, Plateaux region, Togo [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿克布语, 多哥共和国中南部高原地区

1. dɛi	21. tyi m't͡ʃet͡ʃeŋ
2. yi	22. tyi m'yi
3. taː	23. tyi m'ta
4. niə	24. tyi m'niə
5. tuw	25. tyi m'tuw
6. turaŋ	26. tyi m'turaŋ
7. primata	27. tyi m'primata
8. nɛŋ	28. tyi m'nɛŋ
9. fant͡ʃet͡ʃeŋ (10 - 1) ?	29. tyi m'fant͡ʃet͡ʃeŋ
10. tə	30. tə taː
11. tə m't͡ʃet͡ʃeŋ	40. tiː niə
12. tə m'yi	50. tə tuw
13. tə m'ta	60. tə kuraŋ
14. tə m'niə	70. tə primata
15. tə m'tuw	80. tə nɛŋ
16. tə m'kuraŋ	90. tə fant͡ʃet͡ʃeŋ
17. tə m'primata	100. turu
18. tə m'nɛŋ	200.
19. tə m'fant͡ʃet͡ʃeŋ	1000.
20. tyi	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Jenny Rowe, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Togo-Benin, May 8, 1994.

提供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Jenny Rowe, 1994 年 5 月 8 日.

Other comments: Akebu has a decimal system. The number 'nine' etymologically probably derived from '10 lacking one'. Akebu or Kebu is spoken by approximately 70,000 speakers in Plateaux region: Agou and Wawa prefectures east of Ghana, mostly Djon, Kamina, Kougnohou, Sérégbéné, and Yala, Togo.

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