Ayere / Úwû

Language name and location: Ayere, Kogi & Ekiti States, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 阿耶勒语 (乌武语Úwû)), 尼日利亚北部科吉州及西南部埃基蒂州

1. ĩ̀kã̌	21. ēɡbɔ̄-ĩ̀kã̌ / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-ēlî-ĩ̀kã̌ *
2. ìd͡ʒì	22. ēɡbɔ̄-ìd͡ʒì / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-ēlî-ìd͡ʒì
3. ītā	23. ēɡbɔ̄-ītā / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-ēlî-ītā
4. ĩ̄jẽ̄	24. ēɡbɔ̄-ĩ̄jẽ̄ / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-ēlî-ĩ̄jẽ̄
5. ĩ̄tṹ	25. ēɡbɔ̄-ĩ̄tṹ / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-ēlî-ĩ̄tṹ
6. ìfà	26. ēɡbɔ̄-ìfà / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-ìfà
7. īd͡ʒʷī	27. ēɡbɔ̄-īd͡ʒʷī / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-īd͡ʒʷī
8. īrō	28. ēɡbɔ̄-īrō / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-īrō
9. ĩ̄dã̂	29. ēɡbɔ̄-ĩ̄dã̂ / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄- ĩ̄dã̂
10. īɡʷá	30. īɡʷáɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-ītā / ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄ ēlî-īɡʷá *
11. īɡʷá-õːnĩ̄-ĩ̀kã̌ ( 10 + 1 )	40. īɡʷáɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-ĩ̄jẽ̄ / ēɡbɔ̄-ìd͡ʒi ( 20 x 2 )
12. īɡʷá-õːnĩ̄-īd͡ʒwī ( 10 + 2 )	50. īɡʷáɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-ĩ̄tṹ / ēɡbɔ̄-ìd͡ʒì ēlî-īɡʷá
13. īɡʷá-õːnĩ̄-ītā ( 10 + 3 )	60. īɡʷáɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-ìfà / ēɡbɔ̄-ītā ( 20 x 3 )
14. īɡʷá-õːnĩ̄-ĩ̄jẽ̄ ( 10 + 4 )	70. īɡʷáɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-īd͡ʒʷī / ēɡbɔ̄-ītā ēlî-īɡʷá
15. āfìlî-ĩ̄jẽ̄ ĩ̄tṹ ( 20 - 5 )	80. īɡʷáɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-īrō / ēɡbɔ̄-ĩ̄jẽ̄ ( 20 x 4 )
16. āfìlî-ĩ̄jẽ̄ ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄ / īɡʷá-õːnĩ̄-ĩ̄jẽ̄	90. īɡʷáɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-ĩ̄dã̂ / ēɡbɔ̄-ĩ̄jẽ̄ ēlî-īɡʷa
17. āfìlî-ītā ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄ / īɡʷá-õːnĩ̄-īd͡ʒʷī	100. ēɡbɔ̄-ĩ̄tṹ ( 20 x 5 )
18. āfìlî-ìd͡ʒì ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄ / īɡʷá-õːnĩ̄-īrō	200. ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-īɡʷá /ēɡbɔ̄-ĩ̄tṹ ɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-ìd͡ʒì / àk͡pù
19. āfìlî-ĩ̀kã̌ ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄ / īɡʷá-õːnĩ̄- ĩ̄dã̂	1000. ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-īɡʷá ɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-ĩ̄tṹ
20. ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄	2000. ēɡbɔ̄lɔ̄-īɡʷá ɛ̃̄ɡɛ̃̄-īɡʷá

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Anja Choon, SOAS, University of London, UK, August 24, 2013.
提供资料的语言学家: 莊安雅博士, 2013 年 8 月 24 日.

Other comments: Ayere or Úwû is spoken by approximately 3,000 speakers in Ekiti state; Kogi state: Ijumu LGA; Ondo state: Akoko North West and Akolo North East LGAs, Nigeria. The original Úwû (Ayere) numeral system of is vigesimal, i.e. twenty is the smallest primary base (simplex multiplicand, which forms a series of numbers by multiplying by another, smaller numeral). However, probably through borrowing from English the numeral system has also acquired the primary base ten. The only other primary base that was encountered is two-hundred but hardly seems in use. The complex numerals two-hundred and hundred also appeared in multiplications. They were in free distribution. It can be assumed that the latter was not originally used in multiplications and that this function is borrowed from English, just like the use of ten as a multiplicand. Apart from being a primary base, twenty also is a secondary base (simplex augments or minuend, which forms a series of numbers by adding or subtracting another, smaller numeral), though it is shortened in this function.

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