Language name and locationː Argobba, Afar region, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿尔古巴语, 埃塞俄比亚东北部阿法尔州

1. ħand

21.  xɜyʔanna ħand

2. xɜʔet

22.  xɜyʔanna xɜʔet

3. soʔost

23.  xɜyʔanna sost

4. ħarʕɨtt

24.  xɜyʔanna ħarʕɨtt

5. ħammɨst

25.  xɜyʔanna ħammɨst

6. sɨddɨst

26.  xɜyʔanna sɨddɨst

7. saʕɨmt

27.  xɜyʔanna saʕɨmt

8. sɨmmɨnt

28.  xɜyʔanna sɨmmɨnt

9. yɨħtʼɜɲ

29.  xɜyʔanna yɨħtʼɜɲ

10. ʕassɨr

30.  sasa

11. ʕasra ħand 

40.  ħarbaʕa

12. ʕasra xɜʔet

50.  ħamsa

13. ʕasra sost

60.  sɨlsa

14. ʕasra ħarʕɨtt

70.  sɜwʕa

15. ʕasra ħammɨst

80.  sɨmna

16. ʕasra sɨddɨst

90.  yɨħtʼɜna

17. ʕasra saʕɨmt

100. bɜkʼɨl

18. ʕasra sɨmmɨnt

200. xɜʔet bɜkʼɨl, 400. ħarʕɨtt bɜkʼɨl

19. ʕasra yɨħtʼɜɲ

1000. ʃi

20. xɜyʔa

2000. xɜʔet ʃi

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Andreas Wetter, Department of African Studies, Section of Linguistics and languages, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Germany, February 15, 2015.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Andreas Wetter, 2015 年 2 月 15 日.

Other comments: The Argobba numerals from fifty are identical to those of Amharic, which probably influenced them, or from which they are borrowed. The above data is taken from Shonke variety.

Note that the Argobba data is different from the one provided by Hetzron because they represent two different varieties. Hetzron used data from Leslau's "Ethiopic Documents: Argobba. Grammar and Dictionary" (1997). I did my research on a distinct variety which is spoken in an area that has no contact with the one Leslau worked on. So, until new research is done in that area (Leslau did his in 1949-50), the data provided by Hetzron should be considered as correct for that variety.

Argobba is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in an area north-east of Addis Ababa by the Argobba people. It belongs to the South Ethiopic languages subgroup along with Amharic and the Gurage languages. Writing in the mid-1960s, Edward Ullendorff noted that it "is disappearing rapidly in favour of Amharic, and only a few hundred elderly people are still able to speak it. Today, many Argobba in the Harari Region are shifting to the Oromo language. The language is spoken in a number of pockets and has at least four regional variations (dialects) in Harar (extinct), Aliyu Amba, Shewa Robit and Shonke.

Language name and locationː Argobba, Afar region, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿尔古巴语, 埃塞俄比亚东北部阿法尔州

1. hand (masc) / handit (fem)

21.  haya hand

2. ket

22.  haya ket

3. sost

23.  haya sost

4. arbit

24.  haya arbit

5. amməst

25.  haya amməst

6. səddəst

26.  haya səddəst

7. saʔint

27.  haya saʔint

8. səmmənt

28.  haya səmmənt

9. ʒʌhtʼʷʌɲ

29.  haya ʒʌhtʼʷʌɲ

10. assər

30.  sasa

11. assər hand 

40.  harba

12. assər ket

50.  hamsa

13. assər sost

60.  səlsa

14. assər arbit

70.  sʌba

15. assər amməst

80.  sʌmanya

16. assər səddəst

90.  zʌtʼʌna

17. assər saʔint

100. mʌto

18. assər səmmənt

200. ket mʌto

19. assər ʒʌhtʼʷʌɲ

1000. ʃi

20. haya

2000. ket ʃi

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Robert Hetzron, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, December 21, 1989.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Robert Hetzron, 1989 年 12 月 21 日.

Other comments: Argobba has a decimal system, the Argobba numerals from fifty are identical to those of Amharic, which probably influenced them, or from which they are borrowed.