Language name and location: Bena, Njombe region, Tanzania [Refer toː Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 贝纳语, 坦桑尼亚南部恩琼贝区及附近地区

1. yimwi [jímwi]

21.  makyumi ɡavili na yimwi

2. dzivili [tsívili]

22.  makyumi ɡavili na dzivili

3. dzidatu [tsídatu]

23.  makyumi ɡavili na dzidatu

4. dzitaayi / dzitaaye [tsitáːj]

24.  makyumi ɡavili na dzitaayi

5. dzihaanu / dizihaano [tsiháːnu /o]

25.  makyumi ɡavili na dzihaanu

6. mutanda [mútaːⁿda]

26.  makyumi ɡavili na mutanda

7. mufunɡʼati [mufúŋati]

27.  makyumi ɡavili na mufunɡʼati

8. munaana [múnaːna]

28.  makyumi ɡavili na munaana

9. muɡondza [múɡoːⁿza]

29.  makyumi ɡavili na muɡondza

10. nyikyumi [ɲícçumi]

30.  makyumi ɡadatu [mácçjumi ɡádatu]

11. nyikyumi na yimwi

40.  makyumi ɡatayi [mácçjumi ɡátáːj]

12. nyikyumi na dzivili

50.  makyumi dzihaanu [mácçjumi ɡaháːnu]

13. nyikyumi na dzidatu

60.  makyumi mutanda [mácçjumi mútaːⁿda]

14. nyikyumi na dzitaaye

70.  makyumi mufunɡʼati [mácçjumi mufúŋati]

15. nyikyumi na dzihaanu

80.  makyumi munaana [mácçjumi múnaːna]

16. nyikyumi na mutanda 

90.  makyumi muɡondza [mácçjumi  múɡoːⁿza]

17. nyikyumi na mufunɡʼati

100. liɡana limwi [liɡána límwi]

18. nyikyumi na munaana

200. maɡana ɡavili [maɡána ɡávili]

19. nyikyumi na muɡondza

400. maɡana ɡataayi, 1000. mbilíma

20. makyuumi ɡavili [mácçjumi ɡávili]

2000. mbilima dzivili [ᵐbilíma tsívili]

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Michelle Morrison, Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, October 3, 2014.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Michelle Morrison, 2014 年 10 月 3 日.

Other comments: Bena or KiBena has a decimal system.

• Note that the affricate written orthographically as <dz> exhibits considerable dialectal variation and may be pronounced as [ts], [cç], or [tʃ]. It is generally voiceless, but some speakers use slight voicing.
• Likewise orthographic <ky> exhibits dialectal variation (especially intervocallically), between [tʃ], [tʃj], [cçj], [cj], and [ʃj]
• The prenasalized affricate <ndz> can also be voiceless [ⁿs]
• There is some variation in which noun class prefix speakers will use when counting. This likely accounts for why your old data would use, for example, “lichumi” instead of my data, which is “nyikyumi”

• IPA Chart:

   

  	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
  Stop	p  b		t  d		k  g
  Nasal	m		n		ŋ
  Fricative		f   v	s			h
  Affricate			ts
  Prenasalized stop	mb		ⁿz		ⁿg
  Approximant	w		l	j

   

Language name and location: Bena, Njombe region, Tanzania [Refer toː Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 贝纳语, 坦桑尼亚南部恩琼贝省及附近地区

1. yimwi

21.  machumi ɡavili na yimwi

2. dzivili

22.  machumi ɡavili na dzivili

3. dzidatu

23.  machumi ɡavili na dzidatu

4. dzitayi

24.  machumi ɡavili na dzitayi

5. dzihanu

25.  machumi ɡavili na dzihanu

6. dzihmtanda

26.  machumi ɡavili na dzihmtanda

7. dzihmfunɡati

27.  machumi ɡavili na dzihmfunɡati

8. dzihmnane

28.  machumi ɡavili na dzihmnane

9. dzihmwiɡonja

29.  machumi ɡavili na dzihmwiɡonja

10. lichumi

30.  machumi ɡadatu

11. lichumi na himwi

40.  machumi ɡatayi

12. lichumi na dzivili

50.  machumi ɡahanu

13. lichumi na dzidatu

60.  machumi ɡahmtanda

14. lichumi na dzitayi

70.  machumi ɡahmfunɡati

15. lichumi na dzihanu

80.  machumi ɡahmtanda

16. lichumi na dzihmtanda

90.  machumi ɡahmwiɡonja

17. lichumi na dzihmfunɡati

100. liɡana limwi

18. lichumi na dzihmnane

200. maɡana ɡavili

19. lichumi na dzihmwiɡonja

1000. mbilima yimwi

20. machumi ɡavili

2000. mbilima dzivili

Linguist providing data and dateː anonymous contributor, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 26, 1994.

提供资料的语言学家: anonymous contributor, 1994 年 5 月 26 日.

Other comments: Bena (ekiBena) or EkiBene, Ekibena, Ikibena is spoken by approximately 592,000 speakers in Njombe region: Njombe district; southwest Iringa, southwest Morogoro and north Ruvuma regions, Tanzania. Bena has a decimal system.