Language name and locationː Bumang, Yunnan province, China [Refer to Ethnologue ]
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1. lu24 |
21. sau51 et24 |
2. bɯa24 |
22. sau51 sɔŋ55 |
3. pia24 |
23. sau51 sam55 |
4. pɔn55 |
24. sau51 si24 |
5. səŋ55 |
25. sau51 ha12 |
6. hok24 < borrow from Tai |
26. sau51 hok24 |
7. tset24 |
27. sau51 tset24 |
8. pɛt24 |
28. sau51 pɛt24 |
9. kău12 |
29. sau51 kău12 |
10. sip24 |
30. sam55 sip24 |
11. sip24 et24 |
40. si24 sip24 |
12. sip24 sɔŋ55 |
50. ha12 sip24 |
13. sip24 sam55 |
60. hok24 sip24 |
14. sip24 si24 |
70. tset24 sip24 |
15. sip24 ha12 |
80. pɛt24 sip24 |
16. sip24 hok24 |
90. kău12 sip24 |
17. sip24 tset24 |
100. lu24 hɔi21 |
18. sip24 pɛt24 |
200. bɯa24 hɔi21 |
19. sip24 kău12 |
1000. lu24 păn51 |
20. sau51 |
2000. bɯa24 păn51 |
Linguist
providing data and dateː Dr. Daojie,
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Other comments: Bumang is a recently
(2006) discovered language spoken by 200 persons in two villages in
Jinping Miao-Yao-Tai Autonomous county in Yunnan, South China.
Bumang
has a decimal system.
Bumang still retained traditional Mon-Khmer numerals from one to five, after
five they use Tai numeral system. However, in numbers 100, 200, 1000 and
2000, they use indigenous numerals mix with borrowed term to express the
big numbers.
Bumang might be related
to the Kháng language in the Khmuic group. |
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