Language name and location: Bijim, Bauchi and Plateau, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区比吉姆语, 尼日利亚中部包奇州及高原州

 

1. gāt

21. wòrkà ɓá nī gàt

2. ɓ

22. wòrkà ɓa ni ɓa

3. tāt

23. wòrkà ɓa ni tat

4. nās

24. wòrkà ɓa ni nas

5. tòn

25. wòrkà ɓa ton

6. ʃān

26. wòrkà ɓa ʃan

7. tārɓà

27. wòrkà ɓa tarɓa

8. nānās (2 x 4?)

28. wòrkà ɓa nanas

9. twánás

29. wòrkà ɓa twanas

10. wōrì

30. wòrkà tat

11. wōrì ɲɛ́r gat

40. wòrkà nas

12. wōrì ɲɛ́r ɓa

50. wòrkà ton

13. wōrì ɲɛ́r tat

60. wòrkà ʃan

14. wōrì ɲɛ́r nas

70. wòrkà tarɓa

15. wōrì ɲɛ́r ton

80. wòrkà nanas

16. wōrì ɲɛ́r ʃan

90. wòrkà twanas

17. wōrì ɲɛ́r tarɓa

100. lòk gat, 200. lok ɓa

18. wōrì ɲɛ́r nanas

400. lok nas, 800. lok twanas

19. wōrì ɲɛ́r twanas

1000. bībī gat

20. wòrkà ɓa/ ʃírī gàt ( ʃíri < Hausa)

2000. bībī ɓa

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Joshua Innocent Mathias and Mr. Terna Timothy, Theological College of Northern Nigeria, Jos, Nigeria, Lutheran Bible Translators, Nigeria, February 22, 2023.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Joshua Innocent Mathias and Mr. Terna Timothy, 2022 年 2 月 22 日.

 

Other comments: Bijim has a decimal numeral system. Bijim is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers in Tafawa Balewa LGA, Bauchi state and Pankshin LGA, Plateau state: Pankshin LGA, Nigeria.
Consonant & Vowel charts in Bu
Bijim Consonant and vowel charts

 

Phonemes taken from an unpublished document by Blench, Roger. The Vaghat Language of Central Nigeria. 2022

 

Consonants

 

 

Vowels

 


 

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