Birwa / Sebirwa

Language name and location: Birwa, Botswana, Zimbabwe [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 比尔瓦语 (瑟比尔瓦语 Sebirwa), 博茨瓦纳西北省及津巴布韦

1. -tèè / nŋwè	21. màsòmè-màbèdí-tèè
2. -bèdí	22. màsòmè-màbèdí-bèdí
3. -rárò	23. màsòmè-màbèdí-rárò
4. -nnè	24. màsòmè-màbèdí-nnè
5. -tʰánò	25. màsòmè-màbèdí-tʰánò
6. -t͡sʰélélà / rátárò	26. màsòmè-màbèdí-t͡sʰélélà / rátárò
7. -sùpá	27. màsòmè-màbèdí-sùpá
8. -ròbèdí ( 10 - 2 )	28. màsòmè-màbèdí-ròbèdí
9. -ròbónŋwè ( 10 - 1 )	29. màsòmè-màbèdí-ròbónŋwè
10. -sòmè	30. màsòmè-màrárò
11. -sòmè-tèè	40. màsòmè-mànnè
12. -sòmè-bèdí	50. màsòmè-màtʰánò
13. -sòmè-rárò	60. màsòmè-màt͡sʰélélà /màsòmè-màrátárò
14. -sòmè-nnè	70. màsòm àsùpá
15. -sòmè-tʰánò	80. màsòm àròbèdí
16. -sòmè-t͡sʰélélà / -sòmè-rátárò	90. màsòm àròbónŋwè
17. -sòmè-sùpá	100. -kxòlò
18. -sòmè-ròbèdí	200. màkxòlò-màbèdí
19. -sòmè-ròbónŋwè	1000. sèkètè
20. màsòmè-màbèdí	2000. dìkètè pèdí

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Andy Chebanne, professor in languages and linguistics in the faculty of Humanities, University of Botswana, July 11, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Andy Chebanne, 2007 年 7 月 11 日.

Other comments: Birwa or Sebirwa has a decimal system with special construction for numbers 8 and 9. Birwa has a two tonesː High tone = á and Low tone = à .
Birwa is the language spoken by approximately 70,000 Babirwa people, which is largely spoken in Botswana, North West Province, a small number of people in Matebeland Province of Zimbabwe and Southern Sotho (spoken in Lesotho, Free State, and Vaal).

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