Bu / Jida

Language name and location: Bu, Nassarawa state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 布语, 尼日利亚中部纳萨拉瓦州及中北部卡杜纳州

1. īrì	21. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̀ɔ̃́rì
2. hā	22. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̄ńhārí
3. trà	23. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̄gtrá
4. ǹdzā	24. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̄ńzā
5. tɔ̃́	25. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̄tɔ̃́
6. tã̄ã̀rɛ̃̀ (5+1)	26. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̄ɔ̃́tãrɛ̃̀
7. tã̄mgbã̄ (5+2)	27. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̀ɔ̃́tāmgbã
8. tāǹdrà (5+3)	28. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̀ɔ̃́tāǹdrà
9. tʃʷā	29. sɛ̄hārídɔ̃̀ɔ̃́tʃʷā
10. wúrú	30. sɛ̄tràá
11. wúrúdɔ̃̄ńrì	40. sɛ̄nzā
12. wúrúdɔ̃̄ńhārí	50. sɛ̄tɔ̃́
13. wúrúdɔ̃̄gtrá	60. sɛ̄tã̄ã̀rɛ̃̀
14. wúrúdɔ̃̄ńzā	70. sɛ̄tāmgbã̄
15. wúrúdɔ̃̄tɔ̃́	80. sɛ̄tārǹdrà
16. wúrúdɔ̃̄ɔ̃́tãrɛ̃̀	90. sɛ̄tʃʷā
17. wúrúdɔ̃̀ɔ̃́tāmgbã	100. g͡bīg͡bàáì, 200. g͡bīg͡bàāhārí
18. wúrúdɔ̃̀ɔ̃́tāǹdrà	400. g͡bīg͡bàāńzā, 800. g͡bīg͡bàātāǹdrà
19. wúrúdɔ̃̀ɔ̃́tʃʷā	1000. ŋ̀gɔ̀rì
20. sɛ̄hāri	2000. ŋ̀gɔ̀hārí

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Kenneth Kunza Agwadu and Mr. Israel Wade, The Word for the World Initiative Nigeria (TWFTW), Nigeria, July 29, 2021
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Kenneth Kunza Agwadu and Mr. Israel Wade, 2021 年 7 月 29 日.

Other comments: Bu or Jida, Jida-Abu, Jidda-Abu is spoken by approximately 20,000 speakers in Kaduna State: Sanga LGA; Nassarawa state: Wamba LGA, Nigeria.

Bu [bù] has a decimal numeral system.
Consonant & Vowel charts in Bu
Bu Consonant chart

	Bilabial	Labio dental	Alveolar	Palato- Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar	Glottal
Plosive	p, b		t, d			k, ɡ kʲ. ɡʲ	kp,ɡb	hʷ
Fricative		f, v	s, z	ʃ, ʒ				h
Affricative			ts, dz	tʃ,dʒ, tʃʷ
Nasal	m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Trill			r
Approx.	w				j

Notes: on the above table:
/ kʲ/. /ɡʲ/ are Palatalized velar plosives; /hʷ/ is a labialized glottal plosive; /tʃʷ/ is a labialized post alveolar affricative
Bu Vowel chart

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ, ɔ̃
Open	a, ã

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