Bura

Language name and locationː Bura (Bura-Pabir), Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 布拉语, 尼日利亚

1. ntànɡ	21. súr kùmarì kà tànk
2. sùɗà	22. súr kùmarì kà sùɗà
3. màkə̀r	23. súr kùmarì kà màkə̀r
4. fwàr	24. súr kùmarì kà fẁar
5. ntìfù	25. súr kùmarì kà ntùfù
6. nkwà	26. súr kùmarì kà kwà
7. mùrfà	27. súr kùmarì kà mùrfà̀
8. cìsù	28. súr kùmarì kà cìsù
9. ùmðlà	29. súr kùmarì kà ùmðlà
10. kùmà	30. màkùmàrì
11. kùm kà ntànk	40. fùr kùmàrì
12. kùmyà sùɗà	50. ntùf kùmàrì
13. kùmyà màkər	60. kwà kùmàrì
14. kùmyà fwàr	70. mùrf kùmàrì
15. kùmyà ntùfù	80. cìs kùmàrì
16. kùmyà kwà	90. ůmðlà kùmàrì
17. kùmyà mùrfà	100. àrú pál
18. kùmyà cìsù	200. àrú sùɗà
19. kùmyà ùmðlà	1000. dùbú pál
20. súr kùmarì	2000. dùbú sùɗà ( dùbú < Hausa )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Mohammed Aminu Muazu and Mr. Fibi Balami,

Dept. of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria through Prof. Ozo-mekuri Ndimele, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, January 9, 2010.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Mohammed Aminu Muazu and Mr. Fibi Balami, 2010 年 1 月 9 日.

Other comments: Bura is an endangered language spoken in the southern part of

the present-day Borno State, Nigeria. Bura has a decimal system of counting. The Bura numerals listed above reveal that to form tens the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme –kà “ten” and –súr , from twenty up to thirty the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme – kùmàrì kà “twenty” while for forty up to ninety the cardinal units are prefixed to the morpheme kùmàri; and from hundred up to a nine hundred the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme àrù. From one thousand up to a nine hundred the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme dùbù and from one million and above the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme mìlìyàn. These two forms that is “dùbù and mìlìyàn” are believed to have been borrowed from the Hausa language. In the same vein, we observed that in the counting system of Bura all the cardinals, with the exception of twenty “súr” and the form for one “pál” which have high tones, all the other cardinal constituents of the language have low tones.

Language name and locationː Bura (Bura-Pabir), Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 布拉语, 尼日利亚

1. ntaŋ	21. sur̃kùmar̃ ka taŋ / dukù
2. suɗà	22.
3. makùr̃	23.
4. fwar̃	24. sur̃kùmar̃ ka nfwàr̃
5. ntufù	25. sur̃kùmar̃ ka ntufù
6. ŋ̀kwà	26.
7. murfà	27.
8. ncɨsù	28.
9. ḿðà	29.
10. kuma	30. makùr̃ kùmarì
11. kum kà tàŋ	40. fwar̃ kùmarì
12. kum nyɛ suri	50. ntufù kùmarì
13. kum nyɛ makùr̃	60. ŋ̀kwà kùmarì
14. kum nyɛ fwar̃	70. murfà kùmarì
15. kum nyɛ ntufù	80. ncɨsù kùmarì
16. kum nyɛ ŋ̀kwà	90. ḿðà kùmarì
17. kum nyɛ murfà	100. àru
18. kum nyɛ ncɨsù	200.
19. kum nyɛ ḿðà	1000.
20. sur̃kùmarì	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Charles H. Kraft, Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA, July 18, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Charles H. Kraft, 2007 年 7 月 18 日.

Other comments: Bura has a decimal system. There are some missing terms.

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