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

语言名称和分布地区: 基杜鲁马语 ( 杜鲁马语 Duruma), 肯尼亚南部夸勒郡

 

1. mɔt͡sʰi

21.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na mwɛŋɡa

2. βiɾi

22.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na mβiɾi

3. hãhũ

23.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na thãhũ

4. inɛ

24.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na nɛ

5. t͡sʰanɔ

25.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na t͡sʰanɔ

6. handãhũ

26.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na thandãhũ

7. fungãhɛ̃   

27.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na fungãhɛ̃

8. nanɛ

28.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na nanɛ

9. tʃɛnda

29.  mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi na t͡ʃɛnda

10. kumi

30.  miɾɔŋɡɔ mihãhũ

11. kumi na mweŋɡa

40.  miɾɔŋɡɔ minɛ

12. kumi na mβiɾi

50.  miɾɔŋɡɔ mit͡sʰanɔ

13. kumi na thãhũ

60.  miɾɔŋɡɔ mihandãhũ

14. kumi na nɛ

70.  miɾɔŋɡɔ mifungãhɛ̃

15. kumi na t͡sʰanɔ

80.  miɾɔŋɡɔ minanɛ

16. kumi na thandãhũ

90.  miɾɔŋɡɔ t͡ʃɛnda

17. kumi na fungãhɛ̃

100. ɡana mweŋɡa

18. kumi na nanɛ

200. maɡana maβiɾi

19. kumi na t͡ʃɛnda

1000. hɛlufu mweŋɡa < Swahili / Arabic

20. mirɔŋɡɔ miβiɾi

2000. hɛlufu mβiɾi

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Raphael Nkalla Ndurya (1995), Revised by Mr. Gideon M’mbetsa, BTL East Africa, Kenya, August 8, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Raphael Nkalla Ndurya (1995 年), Mr. Gideon M’mbetsa,

2007 年 8 月 8 日.

 

Other comments: Duruma or Chiduruma has a decimal system. No contrastive lexical tone in Duruma. The number 1000 is a loan from Swahili / Arabic. Duruma is spoken

by approximately 555,000 speakers in Kwale county, south of Kenya.

Duruma people are among the nine tribes that live on the coastal side of the nation of Kenya. Other tribes includes, Giriamas, Kaumas, Chonyi’s, Ribes, Rabais, Jibanas, Kambes and Digos. Duruma people their language is chiduruma and they live in east side of coast.

 

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