Language name and location: Chimiini, Brava town, Somalia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区齐米尼语, 索马里东南部巴拉韦镇

 

1. 'mɔ́ji / 'múːsi

21.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni na mɔji ( Arabic + Bantu)

2. m'bɪɹi

22.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni na mbiɹi

3. n̥tʰa'ratʰru

23.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni nan‿nt̪ʰa̤'tʰɾù

4. 'n̥ɛ́

24.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni nan‿nɛ́

5. 'n̥tʰaːnɔ

25.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni nan‿n'tʰáːnɔ

6. 'sítʰa (<Arabic )

26.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni na 'sítʰà

7. 'sábːa (<Arabic )

27.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni na 'sába

8. 'náːnɛ

28.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni nan‿náːnɛ

9. 'kɛ́ːndɹa

29.  ʔiʃɪ'ríni na na 'kɛ́ːndra

10. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi

30.  θaɹaː'θíni ( < Arabic )

11. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi na 'mɔ̀jí

40.  ʔaruba'ʔíni ( < Arabic )

12. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi na mbiɹi

50.  χam'síni ( < Arabic )

13. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi nan‿nt̪ʰa̤'tʰɾù

60.  sɪ'tʰíːni ( < Arabic )

14. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi nan‿nɛ́

70.  sáb'ʔìni ( < Arabic )

15. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi nan‿n'tʰáːnɔ

80.  θama'níni ( < Arabic )

16. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi na 'sítʰà

90.  tʰìs'ʔíni ( < Arabic )

17. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi na 'sába

100. 'míja ( 'mija' < Arabic )

18. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi nan‿náːnɛ

200. 'míja m'bɪɹi / 'míjatɛ́ːni

19. ʔi'kʰʊ́mi na 'kɛ́ːndra

1000. 'alfʊ ( 'alfʊ' < Arabic )

20. ʔiʃɪ'ríni

2000. 'alfʊ m'bɪɹi / al'fɛ́ːni

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Meikal Mumin, Institut für Afrikanistik Universität zu Köln (University of Cologne), Germany, March 15, 2012.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Meikal Mumin, 2012 年 3 月 15 日.

 

Other comments: Chimiini is usually regarded as a dialect of Swahili, the numeral system for this language has a mixing with indigenous Bantu numbers with Arabic loanwords. 
Chimiini is an Eastern Bantu language which until recently was spoken exclusively by inhabitants of Brava, a coastal town of Southern Somalia (hence its alternative name, Bravanese). As illustrated in this paper, it shows traces of contact with northern varieties of Swahili such as Amu, Siu, Pate, and Mvita, to which it is closely .


 

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