Cinene

Language name and locationː Cinene, Borno state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 茨内内语 (茨内尼语Cineni), 尼日利亚东北部博尔诺州

1. pàlà	21. kul bù ɣə̀r mì kà tìkà
2. bùʷà	22. kul bù ɣə̀r mì bùʷà
3. xə̀kə̀rɗà	23. kul bù ɣə̀r mì xə̀kə̀rɗà
4. ùfàɗà	24. kul bù ɣə̀r mì ùfàɗà
5. ɮɨ̀ɓà	25. kul bù ɣə̀r mì ɮɨ̀ɓà
6. ŋkʷàxà	26. kul bù ɣə̀r mì ŋkʷàxà
7. ùɗifà	27. kul bù ɣə̀r mì ùɗifà
8. tə̀ɣsà	28. kul bù ɣə̀r mì tə̀ɣsà
9. vaslambàɗà	29. kul bù ɣə̀r mì vaslambàɗà
10. klawà	30. kul xə̀kə̀rɗà
11. kla təm kìkà	40. kul ùfàɗà
12. klaw ɣə̀r mì bùʷà	50. kul ɮɨ̀ɓà
13. klaw ɣə̀r mì xə̀kə̀rɗà	60. kul ŋkʷàxà
14. klaw ɣə̀r mì ùfàɗà	70. kul ùɗifà
15. klaw ɣə̀r mì ɮɨ̀ɓà	80. kul tə̀ɣsà
16. klaw ɣə̀r mì ŋkʷàxà	90. kul vaslambàɗà
17. klaw ɣə̀r mì ùɗifà	100. dɨrməkà
18. klaw ɣə̀r mì tə̀ɣsà	200. dɨrmək bùʷà
19. klaw ɣə̀r mì vaslambàɗà	1000. dɨ̀bù pàlà ( dɨbu <Hausa 'dubu')
20. kul bùʷà	2000. dɨ̀bù bùʷà

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Kim Hak-Soo, University of Leipzig / Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, January 31, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Kim Hak-Soo, 2008 年 1 月 31 日.

Other comments: Cinene or Cineni has a decimal system. The word 'ɣə̀r' as in compound numbers 11 to 19 means 'head'. There are alternative forms for compound numbers 11 to 19 'kla rì kà tìkà, kla rɪ̀ bùà, ... etc. Cinene is a Chadic language of the Biu-Mandara branch spoken in Borno State, Nigeria by approximately 3,000 speakers. Roger Blench classified it as a dialect of Guduf-Gava.

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