Baatonum

Language name and location: Baatonum, Benin, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 巴托农语, 贝宁中部和北部地区及尼日利亚境内

1. tía	21. yɛndu kà tía > yɛndatía
2. ìru	22. yɛndaìru
3. ìta	23. yɛndaìta
4. ǹnɛ	24. yɛndaǹnɛ
5. nɔɔbù	25. yɛndanɔɔbù
6. nɔɔbù ka tía > nɔɔbatía ka = and	26. yɛndanɔɔbatía
7. nɔɔbù ka ìru > nɔɔbaìru	27. yɛndanɔɔbaìru
8. nɔɔbù ka ìta > nɔɔbaìta	28. yɛndanɔɔbaìta
9. nɔɔbù ka ǹnɛ> nɔɔbaǹnɛ	29. yɛndanɔɔbaǹnɛ
10. ɔkuru	30. tɛ̀na
11. ɔkuru kà tía > ɔkuratía	40. wɛ̀ru (20 x 2)
12. ɔkuru kà ìru > ɔkuraìru	50. wɛ̀raɔkuru / wɛ̀rakuru
13. ɔkuru kà ìta > ɔkuraìta	60. wàta (20 x 3)
14. ɔkuru kà ǹnɛ > ɔkuraǹnɛ	70. wàtaɔkuru / wàtakuru
15. ɔkuranɔɔbù	80. wʊnɛ (20 x 4)
16. ɔkuranɔɔbatía	90. wʊnaɔkuru / wʊnakuru
17. ɔkuranɔɔbaìru	100. wùnɔbù (20 x 5)
18. ɔkuranɔɔbaìta	200.
19. ɔkuranɔɔbaǹnɛ	800. 1000
20. yɛndu	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Issa O. Sanusi, Senior Lecture of Department of Linguistics & Nigeria Languages, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. January 14, 2010

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Issa O. Sanusi, 2010 年 1 月 14 日.

Other comments: Baatonum has a quinary-vigesimal system. Batɔnu (referred to by non-native speakers as Bariba/Baruba). It is a language of the Gur (Voltaic) subgroup of the Niger-Congo family. The language is spoken as a first language in two adjacent countries: Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. Specifically, Batɔnu is spoken as a first language in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, with its headquarters at Kósùbósù, Nigeria.

NB: Unlike in the popular decimal system of Arabic numerals, Batɔnu uses base five (i.e. the quinary) or a multiple of five as the basis upon which both cardinal and ordinal numerals are derived. For instance, the numerals ‘six’ through ‘nine’ are derived based on five plus one through four, while ‘ten’ is regarded as a new unit (i.e. a multiple of five).

NB. The data given below is taken from Sanusi, I. O. (1995) ''Counting in Base Five:

The Derivation of Numerals in Bàtònu'' Nigerian Language Studies, No.3, pages 13-19. A Journal Published by National Institute for Nigerian Languages, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.

Language name and location: Baatonum, Benin, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 巴托农语, 贝宁中部和北部地区及尼日利亚境内

1. tiā	21. yɛndá tiā
2. yìru	22. yɛndá yìru
3. ìta / yìta	23. yɛndá ìta
4. ǹnɛ	24. yɛndá ǹnɛ
5. nɔ̀ɔbù	25. yɛndá nɔ̀ɔbù
6. nɔ̀ɔbâ tiā (5+1)	26. yɛndá nɔ̀ɔbù kà tiā
7. nɔ̀ɔbá yìru (5+2)	27. yɛndá nɔ̀ɔbù kà yìru
8. nɔ̀ɔbâ yìta (5+3)	28. yɛndá nɔ̀ɔbù kà ìta
9. nɔ̀ɔbâ ǹnɛ (5+4)	29. yɛndá nɔ̀ɔbù kà ǹnɛ
10. wɔkuru	30. tɛ̀nā
11. wɔkurá tiā	40. wèeru (20 x 2)
12. wɔkurá yìru	50. wèera àkuru / wèeru kà wɔkuru
13. wɔkurá ìta	60. wàta (20 x 3)
14. wɔkurá ǹnɛ	70. wàta ka wɔkuru
15. wɔkurá nɔ̀ɔbù	80. wɛ̀nɛ̀ (20 x 4)
16. wɔkurá nɔ̀ɔbù kà tiā	90. wɛ̀nɛ̀ ka wɔkuru
17. wɔkurá nɔ̀ɔbù kà yìru	100. wùnɔbu (20 x 5) / nõnu
18. wɔkurá nɔ̀ɔbù kà ìta	200. ɡoòbū, 400. nɛ̀ɛru, 600. nàta
19. wɔkurá nɔ̀ɔbù kà ǹnɛ	800. nɛ̀nɛ, 1000. nɔ̀rɔbù / fɔ̀rɔ̀tɔ tiā
20. yɛndu	2000. nɔra yìru / nɔ̀rɔbùn suba yìru

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Gabriel Manessy, CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research), France, December 2, 1994.

Mr. Pierre Barassounon, Summer Institute of Linguistics-Togo-Benin, January 14, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Gabriel Manessy, 1994 年 12 月 2 日. Mr. Pierre Barassounon, 2007 年 1月 14 日.

Other comments: Baatonum has a quinary-vigesimal system. Baatonum or Barba, Bariba is spoken by 1,100,000 speakers in Alibori department: central and southeast; Atacora department: east; Borgou department: Bembereke, Kalale, N’Dali, Nikki, Parakou, Sinende, Perere, and east Tchaourou communes; Donga department: Djougou commune, Benin as well as Nigeria.

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