Dagbani

Language name and location: Dagbani, Northern region, Ghana [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 达加巴尼语, 加纳北部大区塔马利市东北部地区

1. ndààm, yín-ó, yín-í	21. píʃí nî yíní
2. -yí	22. píʃí náǃ áyí
3. -tá	23. píʃí náǃ átá
4. -náhí	24. píʃí náǃ ánáhí
5. -nú	25. píʃí náǃ ánú
6. -yóbù	26. píʃí náǃ áyóbù
7. -yòpóìn	27. píʃí náǃ áyòpóìn
8. -níì	28. píh táǃ áyíǃ ká (30 - 2)
9. -wéy	29. píh táǃ yíníǃ ká (30 - 1)
10. píá	30. píh tá
11. píní-yíní	40. píh náhí
12. píǃ nááyí	50. píh nú
13. píǃ náátà	60. píh yóbù
14. píǃ náánáhí	70. píh yòpóìn
15. píǃ náánù	80. píh níì
16. píǃ nááyóbù	90. píh wéy, 98. kòbɡa àyíǃ ká (100 - 2)
17. píǃ nááyòpóìn	100. kob-ɡa
18. píʃíáǃ áyíǃ ká (20 - 2)	200. kobsi-ta, 999. tùhlì yíníǃ ká (1000 - 1)
19. píʃíáǃ yíníǃ ká (20 - 1)	1000. tuh-li (pl. tuh-a)
20. píʃí	2000. tusa ayi

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. André A. Wilson, SOAS, University of London / UBS, January 29, 1999.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. André A. Wilson, 1999 年 1 月 20 日.

Other comments: Dagbani has a decimal system of with special constructions for 18, 19, 28, 29, ... 98, 99 and 999. The number 'one' has three formsː ndààm is for serial counting only, yín-ó for animate noun and yín-í for inanimate.

Dagbani or Dagomba is spoken by approximately 1,160,000 speakers in Northern region: northeast of Tamale, as far as Yendi, Ghana.

Back >> [ Home ] >> [ Niger-Congo ] >> [ Adamawa-Ubanguian ] >> [ Atlantic ] >> [ Benue-Congo ]
>> [ Grassfields ] >> [ Gur ] >> [ Kwa ] >> [ Mande ] >> [ Narrow Bantu ]