Dholuo

Language name and location: Dholuo, Kenya, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 多卢奥语, 肯尼亚西部维多利亚湖附近地区及坦桑尼亚境内

1. àcìɛ̄l	21. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí àcìɛ̄l
2. àríɔ̀	22. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí àríɔ̀
3. àdék	23. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí àdék
4. àŋùén	24. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí àŋùén
5. àbîc	25. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí àbîc
6. àúcìɛ̀l (5+1)	26. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí àúcìɛ̀l
7. àbíríɔ̀ (5+2)	27. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí àbíríɔ̀
8. àborô	28. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí àborô
9. ɔ́cíkɔ̀	29. pìēēr àríɔ̀ ɡí ɔ́cíkɔ̀
10. àpáàr	30. pìēēr àdék
11. àpáàr ɡí àcìɛ̄l	40. pìēēr àŋùén
12. àpáàr ɡí àríɔ̀	50. pìēēr àbîc
13. àpáàr ɡí àdék	60. pìēēr àúcìɛ̀l
14. àpáàr ɡí àŋùén	70. pìēēr àbíríɔ̀
15. àpáàr ɡí àbîc	80. pìēēr àborô
16. àpáàr ɡí àúcìɛ̀l	90. pìēēr ɔ́cíkɔ̀
17. àpáàr ɡí àbíríɔ̀	100. míà àcìɛ̄l (<Swahili )
18. àpáàr ɡí àborô	200. míà àríɔ̀
19. àpáàr ɡí ɔ́cíkɔ	1000. élfú àcìɛ̄l (<Swahili )
20. pìēēr àríɔ̀ (litː '2 tens')	2000. élfú àríɔ̀

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jackline Okello, Maseno University, Kenya, December 3, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jackline Okello, 2012 年 12 月 3 日.

Other comments: Dholuo is spoken by approximately 5,200,000 speakers on Homa Bay, Kisumu, Migori, and Siaya counties; north Kisii and Nyamira counties; Busia and Kakamega counties: border areas. Kavirondo Gulf area, Kenya as well as in Tanzania.

Dholuo has a decimal system. Please take note that Dholuo numeral system is similar to that of Alur. Both languages are Western Nilotic. The Dholuo words for 100 (mia) and 1000 (elfu) are borrowed from Swahili.

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