Bemba

Language name and location: Bemba, Zambia, DR. of the Congo [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 本巴语, 赞比亚中部省, 卢阿普拉省, 北部省和刚果民主共和国境内

1. cìmò	21. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà cìmò
2. fìbìlì	22. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà fìbìlì
3. fìtàtù	23. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà fìtàtù
4. fínè	24. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà fínè
5. físáánò	25. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà físáánò
6. mùtándá	26. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà mùtándá
7. cínè-lùbálí (lit: '4 on one side') *	27. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà cínè-lùbálí
8. cínè-kònsè (lit: '4 on both sides')*	28. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà cínè-kònsè
9. pààbúlá (lit: '1 is missing') *	29. ámàkúmí yà bìlì nà pààbúlá
10. íkúmí lìmò	30. ámàkúmí yà tatu
11. íkúmí nà cìmò	40. ámàkúmí yà ne
12. íkúmí nà fìbìlì	50. ámàkúmí yà saano
13. íkúmí nà fìtàtù	60. ámàkúmí mùtándá
14. íkúmí nà fínè	70. ámàkúmí cínè-lùbálí
15. íkúmí nà físáánò	80. ámàkúmí cínè-kònsè
16. íkúmí nà mùtándá	90. ámàkúmí pààbúlá
17. íkúmí nà cínè-lùbálí	100. ùmwándá ùmò
18. íkúmí nà cínè-kònsè	200. ìmyándá ìbìlì
19. íkúmí nà pààbúlá	1000. ìkànà lìmò
20. ámàkúmí yà bìlì	2000. àmákànà yà bìlì

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Alex Makasa Kasonde, University of Zambia, Zambia, June 13, 1990, January 8, 2008. Additional data provided by: Dr. Nancy C. Kula, University of Essex, U.K.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Alex Makasa Kasonde, 1990 年 6 月 13 日.

Other comments: Bemba (IciBemba) is spoken by approximately 4,000,000 speakers in Eastern, Luapula, Muchinga, and Northern provinces, Zambia as well as Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bemba has a decimal numeral system with special forms for numbers 7, 8 and 9. Dr. Nancy Kula said: 7- cínè-lùbálí literally means '4 on one side' as in 4 fingers on one hand while 8 - cínè-kònsè means '4 on both sides'. Similarly 9 - pabula kind of means 1 is missing.

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