Awing

Language name and locationː Awing, Northwest Reg., Cameroon [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿荣语, 喀麦隆西北区梅赞州阿荣-班巴鲁维村

1. mɔ̌	21. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ tà
2. pɛ́	22. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ pɛ́
3. térə́	23. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ térə̀
4. nə̀kwà	24. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ kwà
5. ténə̀	25. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ ténə̀
6. tóɣə́	26. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ tóɣə̀
7. sàmbɛ́	27. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ sàmbɛ̌
8. nə̀fémə́	28. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ fémə́
9. nə̀púʔə́	29. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ pùʔə́
10. nə̀ɣə́mə́	30. nə̀ɣə́mtérə́
11. tsɔ̀pmɔ̌ʔ	40. nə̀ɣə́mnə̀kwá
12. tsɔ̀ppɛ̌	50. nə̀ɣə́mténə̀
13. tsɔ̀ptérə̀	60. nə̀ɣə́mtóɣə́
14. tsɔ̀pnə̀kwà	70. nə̀ɣə́msàmbɛ̌
15. tsɔ̀ptérə̀	80. nə̀ɣə́mnə̀fémə́
16. tsɔ̀pntùɣə́	90. nə̀ɣə́mnə̀pùʔə́
17. tsɔ̀psàmbɛ́	100. ŋkɛ̀rə́
18. tsɔ̀pnə̀fémə́	200. ŋkɛ̀tpɛ́
19. tsɔ̀pnə̀pùʔə́	1000. tɔ́sə̀ (<English 'thousand')
20. nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́	2000. tɔ́sə̀pɛ́

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Gueche Fosto Hugues Carlos, Department of Linguistics, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon. June 9, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Gueche Fosto Hugues Carlos, 2012 年 6 月 9 日.

Other comments: Awing is spoken by approximately 19,000 speakers in Awing-Bambaluwe village, Mezam division, North West region, Cameroon. Awing has a decimal system. Awing cardinals can be divided into simple and complex cardinals. Simple cardinals consist of the numbers. Complex cardinals results from the combination of simple hundreds or thousands.

(1) For tens, “nə̀ɣə́mə́” is multiplied by digits from “two” to “nine” to obtain numbers
from “20” to “90”.

(2) “nə̀ɣə́mə́” : “ten” // “pɛ́”: “two” ⇒ “nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́”: “twenty”

“nə̀ɣə́mə̀” : “ten” // “kwà”: “four” ⇒ “nə̀ɣə́mnə̀kwá”: “forty”

     To obtain hundreds “ŋkɛ̀rə́” becomes “ŋkɛ̀t” before being multiplied by digits
       from “two” to “nine” and yields numbers that range from “200” and “900” as the
       following example show. The morpheme “m?” is absent here.

(3) “ŋkɛ̀t” : “hundred” // “pɛ́”: “two” ⇒ “ŋkɛ̀tpɛ̀”: “two hundreds”
“ŋkɛ̀t”: “hundred” // “ténə̀”: “six” ⇒ “ŋkɛ̀tténə̀”: “five hundreds”

       As far as thousands are concerned, the same process is applied since “tɔ́sə̀” has to
       be multiplied by digits from “one” “to “nine” to obtain numbers from “2000” to
       “9000” as evidenced below.

(4) “tɔ́sə”: “one thousand” // “m?oà?fi”: nine ⇒ “tɔ́sə̀nə̀pùʔə́”: “ nine thousands”
“tɔ́sə́”: “one thousand” // “tóɣə́”: “six” ⇒ “tɔ́sə̀tóɣə́”: “six hundreds”

       From “11” to “19”, the complex cardinal is obtained from adding the digit
       corresponding to “units” to “sróo” through the following formula: tsɔ̀p + Unit.
       From “20” to “99”, it is the formula “Tens + nə̀ + Unit” that enables to obtain
       the complex cardinal. “nə́” literally means “and” in the language.

(5) From “101” upwards the connector “nə̀” is used to link “hundreds” or “thousands”
to their various units. ŋkɛ̀t nə́ tàʔ “101”, tàʔ tɔ́zə̀ nə́ ŋkɛ̀t nə́ tàʔ “1001”

ŋkɛ̀t nə́ pɛ́ “102”, tàʔ tɔ́zə̀ nə́ ŋkɛ̀t nə́ pɛ́ “1002”

ŋkɛ̀t nə́ térə̀ “103”, tàʔ tɔ́zə̀ nə́ ŋkɛ̀t nə́ térə̀ “1003”

ŋkɛ̀tpɛ̌ nə́ pɛ́ “202”, tɔ́zə̀pɛ́ nə́ pɛ́ “2002”

ŋkɛ̀t nə́ nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ ténə̀ “125”, tàʔ tɔ́zə̀ nə́ nə̀ɣə́mbɛ́ nə́ ténə̀ “1025”

Awing is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken by approximately 19,000 speakers in Northwest Region of Cameroon.

Language name and locationː Awing, Northwest Reg., Cameroon [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿荣语, 喀麦隆西北区梅赞分区阿荣-班巴鲁维村

1. mɔh	21. meɡemembe nɨ pu mɔh
2. pəːə	22. meɡemembe nɨ pu pəːə
3. teːre	23. meɡemembe nɨ pu teːre
4. kwa	24. meɡemembe nɨ pu nɨkwa
5. taa	25. meɡemembe nɨ pu taa
6. ntuɡu	26. meɡemembe nɨ pu ntuɡu
7. saːmbe	27. meɡemembe nɨ pu saːmbe
8. nɨfeːme	28. meɡemembe nɨ pu nɨfeːme
9. nɨpueh	29. meɡemembe nɨ pu nɨpueh
10. nɨɡeːme	30. meɡememteːre
11. ntsɔp mɔh	40. meɡememnɨkwa
12. ntsɔp pəːə	50. meɡememtaa
13. ntsɔp teːre	60. meɡememntuɡu
14. ntsɔp nɨkwa	70. meɡememsaːmbe
15. ntsɔp taa	80. meɡememnɨfeːme
16. ntsɔp ntuɡu	90. meɡememnɨpueh
17. ntsɔp saːmbe	100. tah mkère
18. ntsɔp nɨfeːme	200. mket pəːə
19. ntsɔp nɨpueh	1000. tah-ntʃoure
20. meɡemembe	2000. ntʃoure pəːə

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Domché Teko Engelbert, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, November 26, 1996.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Domché Teko Engelbert. 1996 年 11 月 26 日.

Other comments: Awing has a decimal numeral system similar to that of most languages in Ngemba group. Awing is spoken by approximately 19,000 speakers in Awing-Bambaluwe village, Mezam division, North West region, Cameroon.

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