Language name and locationː Kwamba, Uganda, DRC  [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 夸姆巴语 (安巴语 Amba), 乌干达, 刚果民主共和国

1. moti

21.  ɓwasi moti na mulu moti

2. ɓalɪ

22. 

3. salɔ

23. 

4. ini

24. 

5. tanɔ

25. 

6. nkaɡa

26. 

7. ntʃambu

27. 

8. nanɛhɛ

28. 

9. soɓi

29.   

10. komi

30.  ɓwasi moti na komi (1 x 20+10)

11. komi na mulu moti

40.  ɓwasi ɓalɪ ('twenty two')

12. komi na mulu ɓalɪ

50.  ɓwasi ɓalɪ na komi 

13. komi na mulu salɔ

60.  ɓwasi salɔ ('twenty three')

14. komi na mulu ini

70.  ɓwasi salɔ na komi

15. komi na mulu tanɔ

80.  ɓwasi ini ('twenty four')

16. komi na mulu nkaɡa

90.  ɓwasi ini na komi

17. komi na mulu ntʃambu

100. lʊka moti (literally: 'axe one')

18. komi na mulu nanɛhɛ

200. 

19. komi na mulu soɓi

1000. ɓuebue

20. ɓwasi moti  ('twenty one')

2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Constance Kutsch Lojenga. SIL International. August 6, 2012, data collected in November 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Constance Kutsch Lojenga. 2012 年 8 月 6 日.

Other comments: Kwamba or Amba is spoken by approximately 47,000 speakers in Western Uganda and a bit in Eastern D. R. Congo, this language has a vigesimal system for counting with lower numerals 1 to 5 similar to those of Bhele (Pere) language.

Only the numerals 2-5 take a plural prefix ɓɛ- ~ ɓe- when the noun is in the plural

(only animate nouns have singular and plural forms; the plural prefix for the nouns

is ɓa-)

    nkpa moti person one

    ɓakpa ɓɛɓalɪ people two

    ɓakpa ɓɛsalɔ people three

    ɓakpa ɓeini people four

    ɓakpa ɓɛtanɔ people five

but for everything inanimate: no difference in sg/pl for the nouns, and no

prefixation for the numerals.

   ndaɓɔ moti house one

   ndaɓɔ ɓalɪ house two

   ndaɓɔ  sal? house three

   ndaɓɔ  ini house four

  ndaɓɔ  tanɔ house five

  11 komi na mulu moti '10 and ? one' (meaning of mulu unknown)

  20 ɓwasi moti 'twenty one=1 x 20'

  21 ɓwasi moti na mulu moti 'twenty one and ? one = 1 x 20+1'

  30 ɓwasi moti na komi 'twenty one and 10=1 x 20+10'

  40 ɓwasi ɓalɪ 'twenty two=2 x 20'

  50 ɓwasi ɓalɪ na komi 'twenty two and 10=2 x 20+10'

  60 ɓwasi salɔ 'twenty three=3 x 20’

  70 ɓwasi salɔ na komi 'twenty three and 10 = 3 x 20+10'

  80 ɓwasi ini 'twenty four=4 x 20'

  90 ɓwasi ini na komi 'twenty four and 10=4 x 20+10'

 100 ɓwasi moti 'hundred one =1 x 100', or literally: 'axe one'

1000 ɓebue thousand