Language name and location: Avokaya, South Sudan, DRC [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 阿沃卡雅语, 南苏丹南部中赤道州及刚果人民共和国境内

 

1. àlō

21.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-àlō

2. rì

22.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-rì

3. nā

23.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-nā

4. sū

24.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-sū

5. njī

25.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-njī

6. njī-kázíyá

26.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-njī-kázíyá

7. njī-drì-là-rì  (5+2)

27.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-njī-drì-là-rì

8. njī-drì-là-nā (5+3)

28.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-njī-drì-là-nā

9. njī-drì-là-sū  (5+4)

29.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-njī-drì-là-sū

10. mūdrí  (lit: 'hands joined')

30.  nyāʔdī-trá-drì-lā-nɡā-mūdri

11. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-àlō

40.  nyāʔdī-rì (20x2)

12. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-rì

50.  nyāʔdī-rì-drì-lā-nɡā-mūdri

13. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-nā

60.  nyāʔdī-nā (20x3)

14. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-sū

70.  nyāʔdī-nā-drì-lā-nɡā-mūdri

15. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-njī

80.  nyāʔdī-sū (20x4)

16. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-njī-kázíyá

90.  nyāʔdī-su-drì-lā-nɡā-mūdri

17. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-njī-drì-là-rì

100. kámá-àlō   kámá < Bantu language

18. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-njī-drì-là-nā

200.  kámá-rì

19. mūdri-drì-lā-nɡā-njī-drì-là-sū

1000. kútù-àlō  kútù< Bantu language

20. nyāʔdī-trá 

2000. kútù-rì

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Eileen Kilpatrick, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Sudan, June 3, 1997.

供资料的语言学家: Ms. Eileen Kilpatrick, 1997 6 3 .

 

Other comments: Avokaya is spoken by approximately 100,000 speakers in Central Equatoria state and Western Equatoria state in South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Avokaya has a vigesimal system. There are loanwords from Bangala, a Bantu language, for the numbers 100 káma ́ and 1000 kútu.


 

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