Language name and location: Dendi, Benin, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区登迪语, 贝宁北部地区及尼日利亚境内

 

1. afɔ

21.  warank kinifɔ

2. hayinka ~ ahinka

22.  warank kinihinka

3. ahinza

23.  warank kinihinza

4. ataki

24.  warank kinitaki

5. aɡu

25.  warank kinɡu

6. ayidu

26.  warank kinidu

7. ayiye ~ ahiye

27.  warank kinihiye

8. ayiyaku

28.  warank kiniyaku

9. ayiɡa

29.  warank kiniɡa

10. aweyi

30.  waranza

11. aweyi kinifɔ

40.  weitaki

12. aweyi kinihinka

50.  weiɡu

13. aweyi kinihinza

60.  weidu

14. aweyi kinitaki

70.  weihiye

15. aweyi kiniɡu

80.  waaku

16. aweyi kinidu

90.  weiɡa

17. aweyi kinihiye

100. zɔnfɔ

18. aweyi kiniyaku

200. zɔnhayinka

19. aweyi kiniɡa

1000. dubufɔ  (dubu <Hausa)

20. waranka

2000. dubuhayinka

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Jenny Rowe, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Togo-Benin, September 8, 1994.

供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Jenny Rowe, 1994 年 9 月 8 日.

 

Other comments: Dendi is spoken by approximately 270,000 speakers in Alibori and Atacora departments: Djougou, Parakou, and other towns north along Medru and Niger rivers down to Kandi in Benin as well as Nigeria. Dendi has a decimal system of similar to that of Zarma and other Songhai languages.


 

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