Language name and location: Besme, Tandjilé region, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区贝斯梅语, 乍得西南部坦吉莱区

 

1. mōndā ~ mbírāŋ

21.  wèy tʃírí pūwā mbírāŋ

2. tʃírí

22.  wèy tʃírí pūwā tʃírí

3. hā̰sī

23.  wèy tʃírí pūwā hā̰sī

4. ndày

24.  wèy tʃírí pūwā ndày

5. ndìyārá

25.  wèy tʃírí pūwā ndìyārá

6. mānɡùl

26.  wèy tʃírí pūwā mānɡùl

7. ɗīyārā

27.  wèy tʃírí pūwā ɗīyārā

8. ndāsì

28.  wèy tʃírí pūwā ndāsì

9. nòmīnā

29.  wèy tʃírí pūwā nòmīnā

10. wàl

30.  wūjèí

11. wàl pūwā mbírāŋ

40.  wùjì ndày

12. wàl pūwā tʃírí

50.  wùjì ndìyārá

13. wàl pūwā hā̰sī

60.  wùjì mānɡùl

14. wàl pūwā ndày

70.  jù ɗīyārā

15. wàl pūwā ndìyārá

80.  jù ndāsì

16. wàl pūwā mānɡùl

90.  jù nòmīnā

17. wàl pūwā ɗīyārā

100. kìs (<Arabic )

18. wàl pūwā ndāsì

200. kə̀kìs tʃírí

19. wàl pūwā nòmīnā

1000. sák (mbírāŋ)  (sak from French 'sac')

20. wèy tʃírí

2000. sák sérè

  

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Dakinodji Ngarmdjebé, CEFOD, N'jamena, Chad. May 18, 1998.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Dakinodji Ngarmdjebé, 1998 年 5 月 18 日.

 

Other comments: Besme has a decimal system with different forms for 'tens' They use Arabic and French loan-words for the numerals for 'hundreds' and 'thousands'. 

Besme is spoken by approximately 1,200 speakers in Tandjilé region: Kélo and Laï subprefectures, Besmé, Bodor, and 3 other villages along Logone river northwest of Lai, Chad.


 

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