Day

Language name and locationː Day, Mandoul region, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 达伊语, 乍得南部芒杜尔区和南部沙里河流域中沙里区

1. nɡɔ̄ŋ́	21. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ nɡɔ̄ŋ́
2. dīí	22. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ dīí
3. tà	23. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ tà
4. ndà	24. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ ndà
5. sɛ̄rì	25. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ sɛ̄rì
6. sɛ̄rì mòn	26. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ sɛ̄rì mòn
7. bīyām tà probably 'four three')	27. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ bīyām tà
8. pārārā	28. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ pārārā
9. bór sōŋ rə́ nɡɔ̄ŋ́ ('lacking one')	29. mò̰ dīí nə́ ə́ bór sōŋ rə́ nɡɔ̄ŋ́
10. mò̰	30. mò̰ tà
11. mò̰ nə́ ə́ nɡɔ̄ŋ́	40. mò̰ ndà
12. mò̰ nə́ ə́ dīí	50. mò̰ sɛ̄rì
13. mò̰ nə́ ə́ tà	60. mò̰ sɛ̄rì mòn
14. mò̰ nə́ ə́ ndà	70. mò̰ bīyām tà
15. mò̰ nə́ ə́ sɛ̄rì	80. mò̰ pārārā
16. mò̰ nə́ ə́ sɛ̄rì mòn	90. mò̰ bór sōŋ rə́ nɡɔ̄ŋ́
17. mò̰ nə́ ə́ bīyām tà	100. ùtù
18. mò̰ nə́ ə́ pārārā	200. ùtù dīí
19. mò̰ nə́ ə́ bór sōŋ rə́ nɡɔ̄ŋ́	1000. dūbú
20. mò̰ dīí	2000. dūbú dīí

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Dakinodji Ngarmdjebé, CEFOD, N'jamena, Chad. May 18, 1998

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Dakinodji Ngarmdjebé, 1998 年 5 月 18 日.

Other comments: Day has a decimal system with special constructions for numbers 6 to 9. The number 7 probably came from 'four three' and the number 9 is expressed by 'lack hand particle one', 11 is 'ten with back part, one'. Thousand is a loan-word from Bagirmi. Day or Dai is spoken by approximately 49,900 speakers in Mandoul region: Barh Sara department, Moïssala; Moyen-Chari region: Barh Kôh department, Sarh, Chad. The above data was from Buna dialect of Day.

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