Language name and locationː Dahalo, Tana River county, Kenya [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 达哈罗语, 肯尼亚南部沿海省塔纳河县地区

1. vattúkʷe (mascu) / vattékʷe (fem)

21.  ishirini na moja

2. líima

22.  ishirini na wili

3. kʼaba

23.  ishirini na tatu

4. saʕála

24.  ishirini na (n)ne

5. dáwàtte <possible from 'hand'

25.  ishirini na tano

6. sita < Swahili

26.  ishirini na sita

7. saba < Swahili

27.  ishirini na saba

8. nane < Swahili

28.  ishirini na nane

9. kenda / tis(i)a  < Swahili

29.  ishirini na kenda

10. kumi < Swahili

30.  thelathini

11. kumi na moja

40.  arobaini

12. kumi na wili

50.  hamsini

13. kumi na tatu

60.  sitini

14. kumi na (n)ne

70.  sabini

15. kumi na tano

80.  themaini

16. kumi na sita

90.  tisini

17. kumi na saba

100. mia

18. kumi na nane

200. mia mbili

19. kumi na kenda

1000. elfu

20. ishirini

2000. elfu mbili

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Mauro Tosco, University of Cologne, Germany, December 11, 1994.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Mauro Tosco, 1994 年 12 月 11 日.

Other comments: Dahalo has a decimal system. Dahalo number 'one' has a masculine form and a feminine form. The Dahalo use Swahili numerals from six onwards. The original number five might be possibly from 'daba', which means 'hand'. Dahalo is an endangered Cushitic language spoken by about 400 Dahalo people on the coast of Kenya, near the mouth of the Tana River. Dahalo is unusual among the world's languages in using all four airstream mechanisms found in human language - clicks, implosives, ejectives, and regular consonants.