Language name and locationː Ding, Kikwit, DR of the Congo [Refer to Ethnologue]
 语言名称和分布地区: 丁语, 刚果民主人民共和国西部奎卢省基奎特地区

 

1. naɡya [naɟa]

21. makwom mape ye naɡya

2. epe

22. makwom mape ye epe

3. esɔr

23. makwom mape ye esɔr

4. ena

24. makwom mape ye ena

5. eten

25. makwom mape ye eten

6. esyeem

26. makwom mape ye esyeem

7. nsaamen

27. makwom mape ye nsamen

8. enaan

28. makwom mape ye enaan

9. eɡwa

29. makwom mape ye eɡwa

10. ekwom

30. makwom masɔr

11. ekwom ye naɡya

40. makwom mana

12. ekwom ye epe

50. makwom maten

13. ekwom ye esɔr

60. makwom masyeem

14. ekwom ye ena

70. makwom nsamen

15. ekwom ye eten

80. makwom enaan

16. ekwom ye esyeem

90. makwom eɡwa

17. ekwom ye nsamen

100. nkam, 101. nkam ye naɡya

18. ekwom ye enaan

200. nkam epe

19. ekwom ye eɡwa

1000. fun, 1001. fun ye naɡya

20. makwom mape

2000. fun epe

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ginger Boyd, SIL-International, with the collaboration of Jeanne Pikiri Nukudungu, Lukabi Muten Edgard, MEME Kero, and Ndeke Amador. June 9, 2021, June 29, 2022

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ginger Boyd, 2021 年 6 月 9 日, 2022 年 6 月 29 日

 

Other comments: Ding has a decimal system. Ding or Di, Din, Dinga, Dzing, Idiŋ, Idzing, Kedeŋ-Lesye, Kindinga is a Bantu language of B.80 spoken by about 150,000 speakers in the Idiofa territory of Kwilu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

Ding contrastive vowels:

 

front

central

back

high

   i

   

 ü [y], u

hi-mid

   e

ə

  ö [ø]

lo-mid

   ɛ

 

  ɔ

low

   a

  

 

 

Ding contrastive consonants:

 

 

labial

alveolar

palatal

velar

labio-velar

implosives

voiced

 

 

 

 

 

occlusives

voiceless

p

t

ky [c]

k

kp

occlusives

voiced

b

d

gy [ɟ]

 

(gb)[1]

occlusives

prenasalised vd.

mp

nt

nky [nc]

nk

nkp

occlusives

prenasalised vl.

mb

nd

ngy [nɟ]

ng

ngb

affricates

voiceless

 

ts

 

 

 

affricates

voiced

 

 

 

 

 

fricatives

voiceless

f

s

 

 

 

fricatives

voiced

v

z

 

 

 

fricatives

prenasalised vd.

mf

ns [nts]

 

 

 

fricatives

prenasalised vl.

mv

nz [ndz]

 

 

 

sonorants

nasal

m

n

ny [ɲ]

ŋ

 

sonorants

oral

 

l           r

y

 

w

 

Tone minimal pairs (verbs)

B-B

kù-bàn

s’échapper/escape

B-H

kù-bán

grimper/climb

 

 

 

B-B

kù-sàà

percer/pierce

B-H

kù-sáá

rester/remain

 

[1] Cette forme non-prénasalisée n’a pas encore été trouvé dans les données.

 

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