Borna

Language name and locationː Borna, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 博尔纳语 (希纳沙语 Shinasha), 埃塞俄比亚西北部本尚古勒-古马兹州

1. íkkà	21. híjà íkkà
2. ɡíttà	22. híjà ɡíttà
3. kèèzà	23. híjà kèèzà
4. àwúdà	24. híjà àwúdà
5. úútsà	25. híjà úútsà
6. ʃírtà	26. híjà ʃírtà
7. ʃàwààtà	27. híjà ʃàwààtà
8. ʃímítà	28. híjà ʃímítà
9. dʒèèɗíjà	29. híjà dʒèèɗíjà
10. tàtsà	30. ʃààʃà
11. tàtsà íkkà	40. hàbà
12. tàtsà ɡíttà	50. bàlkʼàtsʼà ('half hundred')*
13. tàtsà kèèzà	60. ʃàʃɨ́ ɡíttà (30 x 2 ?)
14. tàtsà àwúdà	70. ʃèèbà < Oromo ?
15. tàtsà úútsà	80. hàbɨ̀ ɡíttà (40 x 2 ?)
16. tàtsà ʃírtà	90. jèèɗíjà
17. tàtsà ʃàwààtà	100. bàlà, 200. ɡíttɨ̀ bàlà
18. tàtsà ʃímítà	400. àwúdɨ̀ bàlà, 800. ʃímítɨ̀ bàlà
19. tàtsà dʒèèɗíjà	1000. kúmà
20. híjà	2000. ɡíttɨ̀ kúmà

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Bikila Ashenafi Mamede, College of Humanities, Language Studies and Journalism & Communication Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 16, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Bikila Ashenafi Mamede, 2020 年 3 月 16 日

Other comments: Borna (Boro, Bworo), also known as Shinasha is a North Omotic language spoken by about 37,000 native speakers in western Ethiopia by the Shinasha people. Its speakers live in scattered areas north of the Abay River: in the Dangur, Bullen, Dibate and Wenbera districts, which are parts of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. Borna has a mixed system with vigesimal numbers and decimal loans from the Oromo languag. The new data of numeral systems for the Borna language is different from that of the old ones provided by Andreas Joswig (2007) and Franz Rottland (1990), maybe this new data is from different dialect.

Language name and locationː Borna, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 博尔纳语 (希纳沙语 Shinasha), 埃塞俄比亚西北部本尚古勒-古马兹州

1. íkka / íkkà *	21. hiːyá íkka
2. ɡittá / ɡíttà *	22. hiːyá ɡittá
3. keːzá / keezá *	23. hiːyá keːzá
4. áwddá / aẃddà	24. hiːyá áwddá
5. uːsá / uttsá *	25. hiːyá uːsá
6. šerita / širrᵊtà *	26. hiːyá šerita
7. šawáta / šawaatà	27. hiːyá šawáta
8. šimíta / šəmmətà *	28. hiːyá šimíta
9. ǰeːriyá / yeːriyá / jeedíyà *	29. hiːyá ǰeːriyá
10. tása / tattsá *	30. šaːšá / šaašà *
11. táse íkka / tattse-ʔíkkà *	40. habá / habbá
12. táse ɡittá / tattse-ɡíttà *	50. ballé kása /baal-kʼatsᵊ ( 'half hundred' )*
13. táse keːzá / tattse-keeza *	60. ǰa támá /bel-kʼatsᵊ-tattsᵉ ( 1/100+10)*
14. táse áwddá	70. torba támá / bel-kʼatsᵊ-hiyyᵉ
15. táse uːsá	80. sadeːt támá / bel-kʼatsᵊ-šaašᵉ
16. táse šerita	90. sáɡal támá / bel-kʼatsᵊ-habbᵊ
17. táse šawáta	100. balla
18. táse šimíta	200. ɡittú ɡála / ɡittè baallà *
19. táse ǰeːriyá	1000. kúmá / íkkò-kumá
20. hiːyá	2000.

Sourcesː Rottland, Franz. 1990. A sketch of Shinasha Morphology. SOAS, London.

Lamberti, Marcello. 1993. Die Shinaasha-Sprache. Heidelberg.

Other comments: Borna basic numerals are similar to Kafe numerals, but tens from 60 onwards are different and are loans from the Oromo language. On Lamberti's data (taken from Plazikowsky Brauner 1950:70), there were traditional constructions for

tens 60, 70, 80 and 90, which were expressed by ' half hundred and ten. twenty, thirty

and forty'. The phonetic symbol ' ǰ' as in number 'nine' is equivalent to IPA [dʒ]. The numbers with an asterisk were from Lamberti's source. The hundred 'ɡála ' in 200 in Rottland's data seemed to be a typos, which need checking with updated data.

Language name and locationː Borna, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 博尔纳语 (希纳沙语 Shinasha), 埃塞俄比亚西北部本尚古勒-古马兹州

1. íka	21. hijá íka
2. ɡitá	22. hijá ɡitá
3. kééza	23. hijá kééza
4. áwəddá	24. hijá áwəddá
5. utsá	25. hijá utsá
6. ʃərə́ta	26. hijá ʃərə́ta
7. ʃawáta	27. hijá ʃawáta
8. ʃəmə́ta	28. hijá ʃəmə́ta
9. dʒeɗija	29. hijá dʒeɗija
10. tátsa	30. ʃaaʃá
11. tátsa íka	40. habá
12. tátsa ɡitá	50. baləkʼátsa ('half hundred')*
13. tátsa kééza	60. dʒa támá /baləkʼátsa-tátsa (1/100+10)*
14. tátsa áwəddá	70. torba támá / baləkʼátsa-hijá
15. tátsa utsá	80. sadeːt támá / baləkʼátsa-ʃaaʃá
16. tátsa ʃərə́ta	90. sáɡal támá / baləkʼátsa-habá
17. tátsa ʃawáta	100. bala
18. tátsa ʃəmə́ta	200. ɡitú ɡála
19. tátsa dʒeɗija	1000. kúmá / íka-kumá
20. hijá	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Andreas Joswig, SIL International, Ethiopia.

June 21, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Andreas Joswig, 2007 年 6 月 21 日.

tens 60, 70, 80 and 90, which were expressed by 'half hundred and ten. twenty, thirty

and forty'. The phonetic symbol ' ǰ' as in number 'nine' is equivalent to IPA [dʒ]. The numbers with an asterisk were from Lamberti's source. The hundred 'ɡála' in 200 in Rottland's data seemed to be a typos.

Language name and locationː Borna, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 博尔纳语 (希纳沙语 Shinasha), 埃塞俄比亚西北部本尚古勒-古马兹州

1. íkka / íkkà *	21. hiːyá íkka
2. ɡittá / ɡíttà *	22. hiːyá ɡittá
3. keːzá / keezá *	23. hiːyá keːzá
4. áwddá / aẃddà	24. hiːyá áwddá
5. uːsá / uttsá *	25. hiːyá uːsá
6. šerita / širrᵊtà *	26. hiːyá šerita
7. šawáta / šawaatà	27. hiːyá šawáta
8. šimíta / šəmmətà *	28. hiːyá šimíta
9. ǰeːriyá / yeːriyá / jeedíyà *	29. hiːyá ǰeːriyá
10. tása / tattsá *	30. šaːšá / šaašà *
11. táse íkka / tattse-ʔíkkà *	40. habá / habbá
12. táse ɡittá / tattse-ɡíttà *	50. ballé kása /baal-kʼatsᵊ ( 'half hundred' )*
13. táse keːzá / tattse-keeza *	60. ǰa támá /bel-kʼatsᵊ-tattsᵉ ( 1/100 + 10)*
14. táse áwddá	70. torba támá / bel-kʼatsᵊ-hiyyᵉ
15. táse uːsá	80. sadeːt támá / bel-kʼatsᵊ-šaašᵉ
16. táse šerita	90. sáɡal támá / bel-kʼatsᵊ-habbᵊ
17. táse šawáta	100. balla
18. táse šimíta	200. ɡittú ɡála / ɡittè baallà *
19. táse ǰeːriyá	1000. kúmá / íkkò-kumá
20. hiːyá	2000.

Sourcesː Rottland, Franz.. 1990. A sketch of Shinasha Morphology. SOAS, London.

Lamberti, Marcello. 1993. Die Shinaasha-Sprache. Heidelberg.

Other comments: Boro basic numerals are similar to Kafe numerals, but tens from 60 onwards are different and are loans from the Oromo language. On Lamberti's data

( taken from Plazikowsky Brauner 1950:70), there were traditional constructions for

tens 60, 70, 80 and 90, which were expressed by ' half hundred and ten. twenty, thirty

and forty'. The phonetic symbol 'ǰ' as in number 'nine' is equivalent to IPA [dʒ]. The numbers with an asterisk were from Lamberti's source. The hundred 'ɡála ' in 200 in Rottland's data seemed to be a typos, which need checking with updated data.

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