Language name and location: ChiDigo, Kwale county, Kenya [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 基迪戈语, 肯尼亚南部夸勒郡及坦桑尼亚境内

1. -mwɛŋɡa

21.  ɪʃiɾini na mwɛŋɡa ( Swahili + Digo)

2. -iɾi

22.  ɪʃiɾini na mbiɾi

3. tãhu

23.  ɪʃiɾini na tãhu

4. -nɛ

24.  ɪʃiɾini nanɛ

5. -tsanɔ

25.  ɪʃiɾini na tsanɔ

6. sita (<Swahili / andãhu (archaic)

26.  ɪʃiɾini na sita

7. sabaa (<Sw.) / fuŋɡãhɛ (archaic)

27.  ɪʃiɾini na sabaa

8. -nanɛ (<Sw.)

28.  ɪʃiɾini na nanɛ

9. tisa (< Sw.) / tʃɛnda (archaic)

29.  ɪʃiɾini na tisa

10. kumi (< Sw.) /ɾɔŋɡɔ (pl. miɾɔŋɡɔ)

30.  salasini (<Swahili) /miɾɔŋɡɔ tãhu

11. kumi na mwɛŋɡa

40.  aɾubaini (<Swahili) / miɾɔŋɡɔ minɛ

12. kumi na mbiɾi

50.  hamsini (<Swahili) /miɾɔŋɡɔ mitsanɔ

13. kumi na tãhu

60.  sɪtini (<Swahili) /miɾɔŋɡɔ mindahe

14. kumi nanɛ / kumi na anɛ

70.  sabini (<Swahili) / miɾɔŋɡɔ sabaa

15. kumi na tsanɔ

80.  θɛmanini (<Swahili) /miɾɔŋɡɔ minanɛ

16. kumi na sita

90.  tisajini (<Swahili) / miɾɔŋɡɔ tisa

17. kumi na sabaa

100. mija (<Swahili) / ɡana (pl. maɡana)

18. kumi na nanɛ /  kumi na ananɛ

200. mija mbiɾi / maɡana maiɾi

19. kumi na tisa

1000. ɛlufu (<Swahili) / tʃɪkwi (Tanzania )

20. ɪʃiɾini (<Sw.) / miɾɔŋɡɔ miiɾi ( old)

2000. ɛlufu mbiɾi / vikwi viiɾi (Tanzania )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Steve Nicolle, SIL International and BTL East Africa, Kenya, April 3, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Steve Nicolle, 2007 年 4 月 3 日.

Other comments: Digo or Chidigo has a numeral system mixing with indigenous numbers with Swahili /Arabic loanwords. Thousand has two options for dialects in Kenya and Tanzania. Digo has no tones.

Digo (Chidigo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast between Mombasa and Tanga by the Digo people of Kenya and Tanzania. The ethnic Digo population has been estimated at around 360,000 (Mwalonya et al. 2004), the majority of whom are presumably speakers of the language. All adult speakers of Digo are bilingual in Swahili, East Africa's lingua franca. The two languages are closely related, and Digo also has much vocabulary borrowed from neighboring Swahili dialects.