Cicipu / Western Acipa

Language name and location: Cicipu, Kebbi state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 茨茨普语 (Western Acipa), 尼日利亚西北部凯比州及尼日尔州

1. tôː	21. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìtòː
2. jápù	22. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìjápù
3. tâːtù	23. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìtâːtù
4. nósì	24. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìnósì
5. tã̂u	25. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìtã̂u
6. tóɾíhĩ̀ *	26. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìtóɾíhĩ̀
7. tíndàjà *	27. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìtíndàjà
8. kùrílːò	28. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìkùrílːò
9. kùtítːí	29. kúpːáː jápù ìn vìkùtítːí
10. ùkúpːà	30. kúpːáː tâːtù
11. ùkúpːá ìn vìtòː	40. kúpːáː nósì
12. ùkúpːá ìn vìjápù	50. kúpːáː tã̂u
13. ùkúpːá ìn vìtâːtù	60. kúpːáː tóɾíhĩ̀
14. ùkúpːá ìn vìnósì	70. kúpːáː tíndàjà
15. ùkúpːá ìn vìtã̂u	80. kúpːáː kùrílːò
16. ùkúpːá ìn vìtóɾíhĩ̀	90. kúpːáː kùtítːí
17. ùkúpːá ìn vìtíndàjà	100. úkúpːáː sùkúpːáː / mándá * / ɗèrí *
18. ùkúpːá ìn vìkùrílːò	200. úkúpːáː sùkúpːáː jápú / mándá jápù
19. ùkúpːá ìn vìkùtítːí	1000.
20. kúpːáː jápù	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Stuart McGill, SOAS, University of London, UK., March 15, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Stuart McGill, 2007 年 1 月 22 日.

Other comments: Cicipu or Western Acipa, Achipa is spoken by approximately
20,000 speakers in Kebbi state: Sakaba LGA, Sakaba and Niger state, Nigeria.

Western Acipa (Cicipu) has a decimal numeral system. The words for 6 and 7 are probably historically linked to the word for 5. There are options for numbers 100; úkúpːáː sùkúpːáː is formed by (10 x 10), 'mándá means 'calabash' and the ɗèrí is a borrowed word from Hausa. ɗèrí is the most common way of referring to 100. mándá is not commonly used. There is disagreement on the term for 1000 and above, and it seems likely that people do not use Cicipu numbers to count that high. In general, the Cicipu numbers are being replaced by the Hausa numbers. Younger speakers often have difficulty with the numbers 6 to 9. Even adults may not know these numbers, they usually count in Hausa instead.

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