Language name and location: Daw'ida, Taita-Taveta county, Kenya [Ref to Ethnologue]
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1. imweri [imwɛri] |
21. mronɡo iwʼi na imweri |
2. iwʼi [iβi] |
22. mronɡo iwʼi na iwʼi |
3. idadu [idadu] |
23. mronɡo iwʼi na idadu |
4. inya [iɲa] |
24. mronɡo iwʼi na inya |
5. isanu [isanu] |
25. mronɡo iwʼi na isanu |
6. irandadu [irandadu] |
26. mronɡo iwʼi na irandadu |
7. mfunɡade [mfunɡadɛ] |
27. mronɡo iwʼi na mfunɡade |
8. wʼunyanya [βuɲaɲa] |
28. mronɡo iwʼi na wʼunyanya |
9. ikenda [ikɛnda] |
29. mronɡo iwʼi na ikenda |
10. ikumi [ikumi] |
30. mronɡo idadu |
11. ikumi na imweri |
40. mronɡo inya |
12. ikumi na iwʼi |
50. mronɡo isanu |
13. ikumi na idadu |
60. mronɡo irandadu |
14. ikumi na inya |
70. mronɡo mfunɡade |
15. ikumi na isanu |
80. mronɡo wʼunyanya |
16. ikumi na irandadu |
90. mronɡo ikenda |
17. ikumi na mfunɡade |
100. iɡhana jimweri [iɣana ʒimweri] |
18. ikumi na wʼunyanya |
200. maɡhana awʼi [maɣana aβi] |
19. ikumi na ikenda |
1000. elifu imweri ('ɛlifu' <Swahili) |
20. mronɡo iwʼi [mronɡo iβi] |
2000. elifu iwʼi |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jordan A. MacKenzie, University of Florida-Center for African Studies, Gainesville, Florida, USA, April 18, 2018. 提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jordan A. MacKenzie, 2018 年 4 月 18 日. |
Other comments: Daw'ida (Kidaw'da) or Taita (Kirongʼe dialect), is spoken in SE of Kenya by approximately 370,000 speakers , this language has a decimal system. Other higher numbers areː 300. maɡhana adadu, 400. maɡhana ana, 500. maɡhana asanu, 600. maɡhana arandadu, 700. maɡhana mfunɡade, 800. maɡhana wʼunyanya, 900. maɡhana ikenda. Conventions adopted in the writing are <w’> for /β/, <ng’> for /ŋ/, and <ny> for /ɲ/. Little research has been done on the sound system, but Kidaw’ida is not tonal, stress is penultimate, and there appears to be a five-vowel system: /i ɛ a o u/, with no phonemic tense/lax contrast. Of particular interest is the use of mrongo as a base which is equal to 10, though it is not the word for 10. Also of interest is noun class agreement in 100–600 (classes 5 & 6, respectively). Daw'ida (Taita) is a Bantu
language spoken in the Taita Hills of Kenya. It is closely related to
the Chaga languages of Kenya and Tanzania. The Saghala (Northern Sagala,
Sagalla) variety is distinct enough to be considered a language separate
from the Daw'ida and Kasigau dialects. |
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