Language
name and locationː
Dagik,
South Kordofan
state,
Sudan [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. j-ɜlːʊ / -ɛ́llu |
21. kasapɽa na j-ɜlːʊ |
2. j-ɛːɽa / -ɛ́ɛ́ɽá |
22. kasapɽa na j-ɛːɽa |
3. j-ɜt̪ːɜk̚ / y-ɪ́t̯t̯ák |
23. kasapɽa na j-ɜt̪ːɜk̚ |
4. bɽandɔ / b•ə́ɽándɔ |
24. kasapɽa na bɽandɔ |
5. si-s-ɜlːʊ (litː one hand) / tswíí tśɛ́llu |
25. kasapɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ |
6. na-j-ɜlːʊ (5+1) |
26. kasapɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ na-j-ɜlːʊ |
7. na j-ɛːɽa (5+2) |
27. kasapɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ na j-ɛːɽa |
8. na j-ɜt̪ːɜk̚ (5+3) |
28. kasapɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ na j-ɜt̪ːɜk |
9. na bɽandɔ (5+4) |
29. kasapɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ na bɽandɔ |
10. n̪ipɽa |
30. kasapɽa na n̪ipɽa (20+10) |
11. n̪ipɽa na j-ɜlːʊ |
40. wasa wɔr j-ɛːɽa (20 x 2) |
12. n̪ipɽa na j-ɛːɽa |
50. wasa wɔr j-ɛːɽa |
13. n̪ipɽa na j-ɜt̪ːɜk̚ |
60. wasa wɔr j-ɜt̪ːɜk (20 x 3) |
14. n̪ipɽa na bɽandɔ |
70. wasa wɔr j-ɜt̪ːɜk na n̪ipɽa |
15. n̪ipɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ |
80. wasa wɔr j-ɔ-bɽandɔ (20 x 4) |
16. n̪ipɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ na j-ɜlːʊ |
90. wasa wɔr j-ɔ-bɽandɔ n̪ipɽa |
17. n̪ipɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ na j-ɛːɽa |
100. wasa wɔr j-ɔ si-s-ɜlːʊ (20 x 5) |
18. n̪ipɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ na j-ɜt̪ːɜk̚ |
200. wasa wɔr j-ɔ n̪ipɽa (20 x 10) |
19. n̪ipɽa na si-s-ɜlːʊ na bɽandɔ |
1000. wasa wasa wɔr j-ɔ n̪ipɽa |
20. kasapɽa (litː all the body ) |
2000. wasa wasa wɔr kasapɽa |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. John Vanderelst, Institute of
African Studies,
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
|
Other comments: Dagik has a counting system based on five. The tone are not marked. Data elicited with 2 speakers of the language. The speakers call their language ''ðarʊa''. As there is not official orthography at the moment word segmentation is still quite arbitrary. Tone is not marked. I cannot provide a clear phonological chart for the language since I have not yet worked out the phonology completely. 'na' is probably a conjunction meaning 'and'. The 'si' in 5 comes from the word 'hand'. So 5 is 'one hand'. The word 'kasa' in 20 means 'body' and 'pɽa' means 'all'. So 20 is 'all the body'. 40 is 'wasa'='body. PL', 'wɔr'='people'; 'jɛːɽa'=two. There is a clear break down by 200. 200, 1000 and 2000 are probably more the fruit of an online invention. When used as numerals the 'j' is replaced by the concord marker. So e.g. 'one lion'='sɛːɽu sɜlːʊ'. Dagik or Dagig or Dhaduwa is spoken by approximately 60,000 speakers in Mesakin hills, Buram, Kamlela, Reikha, Taballa, and Tosari villages, South Kordofan state, Sudan. |
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