Basa / Rubassa /Basa-Kogi

Language name and location: Basa, Nassarawa state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 巴萨语 (鲁巴萨语 Rubassa), 尼日利亚北纳萨拉瓦州及科吉州

1. hĩn	21. wéʃi nìbeke
2. jèbí	22. wéʃi nìbe̥jebi
3. tàtɔ	23. wéʃi nìbe̥tetɔ
4. néʃì	24. wéʃi nìbe̥neʃì
5. táná	25. wéʃi nìbe̥te
6. tʃìhin	26. wéʃi nìbe̥tʃíhín
7. tʃéndʒe	27. wéʃi nìbe̥tʃendʒe̥
8. tɔndatɔ	28. wéʃi nìbe̥tĩindetɔ
9. tʃíndʒìʃì	29. wéʃi nìbe̥tʃĩndʒiʃì
10. uḿpwá	30. tàtàtʃe
11. uḿpwá núboko	40. bɔhãnda
12. uḿpwá nìbe̥jebi	50. dupu < dùbù =Hausa loan ) ?
13. uḿpwá nìbe̥te̥tɔ̀	60. dupu nesè unpwa ( 50+10 )
14. uḿpwá nìbe̥neʃì	70. dupu nù weʃi ( 50+20 )
15. uḿpwá nìbe̥te̥	80. dupu nù tàlàtʃe̥ ( 50+30 )
16. uḿpwá nìbetʃíhĩn	90. dupu nɔ̀ bɔhãnda ( 50+40 )
17. uḿpwá nìbe̥tʃendʒe	100. dupu íjèbi ( 50 x 2 )
18. uḿpwá nìbe̥tĩndetɔ	200. úkpakwɔ
19. uḿpwá nìbe̥tʃĩndʒiʃì	1000. ùɡbaa
20. wéʃi	2000. ùɡbaa íjèbi

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Philip M. Imoh through Dr. Gideon S. Omachonu. Department of languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, September 24, 2009.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Philip M. Imoh, 2009 年 9 月 24 日.

Other comments: Basa or Bassa, Basa-Benue, Rubassa is spoken by approximately 320,000 speakers in Benue state: Makurdi LGA; Kogi state: Ankpa and Bassa LGAs: confluence of Niger and Benue rivers; Nassarawa state: Nasarawa LGA; enclave on Nassarawa-Benue border, Nigeria. Basa or Bassa numerals 1 to 40 are similar to those of Pongu. Fifty seems a loan word from Hausa word 'dubu' for thousand.

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