Bunoge Dogon

Language name and locationː Bunoge Dogon, Mopti region, Mali [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 布诺格-多贡语, 马里中部邦莫普提区邦贾加拉多贡人居住的悬崖

1. n-tóːró	21. tǎːl(ú)mà n-tòːró yà
2. n-déːɡà	22. tǎːl(ú)mà n-dèːɡá yà
3. táːndù	23. tǎːl(ú)mà táːndù yà
4. nêːwⁿ	24. tǎːl(ú)mà nêːwⁿ yà
5. nɔ́ːmɔ̀	25. tǎːl(ú)mà nɔ́ːmɔ̀ yà
6. kúléwⁿ	26. tǎːl(ú)mà kúléwⁿ yà
7. sɔ́ːwⁿ	27. tǎːl(ú)mà sɔ́ːwⁿ yà
8. séːléⁿ ~ séːléwⁿ	28. tǎːl(ú)mà séːléⁿ ~ séːléwⁿ yà
9. tóːwà	29. tǎːl(ú)mà tóːwà yà
10. kóbéⁿ ~ kóbéwⁿ	30. tǎːl(ú)mà kòbé yà (20+10)
11. kòbè yà n-tòːró yà	40. dɛ̂ː
12. kòbè yà n-dèːɡá yà	50. dɛ̂ː yá kòbé yà (40+10)
13. kòbè yà táːndù yà	60. tǎːlúmà sígò
14. kòbè yà nêːwⁿ yà	70. tǎːlúmà sígò kòbé yà (60+10)
15. kòbè yà nɔ́ːmɔ̀ yà	80. yólò
16. kòbè yà kúléwⁿ yà	90. yólò yà kòbé yà (80+10)
17. kòbè yà sɔ́ːwⁿ yà	100. tɛ̀ːmɛ̀ndɛ̀rɛ́ (<Fulfulde )
18. kòbè yà séːléⁿ ~ séːléwⁿ yà	200. tɛ̀ːmɛ̀ndɛ̀rɛ́-gɛ́ dèːgà
19. kòbè yà tóːwà yà	1000. múnjú, mìlyɔ́ⁿ tòːlè ( from French)
20. tǎːl(ú)mà	2000. múnjú-gɛ́ dèːgà

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Jeff Heath, Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. December 11, 2019.

Referenceː Jeffrey Heath, 2017, A Gammar of Bunoge (Dogon, Mali), University of Michigan.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Jeff Heath, 2019 年 12 月 11 日.

Other comments: Bunoge Dogom or Budu-Tagu is spoken by approxiamery;y 1,000 speakers in Bandiagara circle, Goundaka township, Boudou, Dakouma, and Sangou villages, Mopti region, Mali.
Bunoge Dogon has a counting system based on 80. hundred is a landward from Fulfulde.

Notesː

One’ (tó:lè), ‘same (one)’, and ‘other’ tó:lè ‘1’ is syntactically an adjective. In a counting sequence (‘1, 2, 3, …’) the form for ‘1’ is n-tó:ró. The nasal prefix is shared

with ‘2’. n-tó:ró is followed by at least ‘2’ in the counting sequence and so has

incantation-like nonterminal intonation which may disguise the phonological tone.

The numerals from ‘2’ to ‘10’ are in (101). Nonsingular numerals often (but optionally) combine with the plural form of the preceding NP, i.e. with plural suffix -gè. The numerals have the same forms when used by themselves in counting sequences (‘1, 2, 3, …’), except that ‘2’ (like ‘1’) has a nasal prefix and a tone change in the counting sequence. The term for ‘10’ has no cognates known to me in other Dogon languages.

The final wⁿ in sé:léwⁿ ‘8’ and kóbéwⁿ ‘10’ is inconsistently articulated, and is absent before yà ‘and’ in complex numerals.
The multiples of ‘10’ are given in (104). The base is ‘20’, and unsegmentable stems occur for ‘20’, ‘40’, and ‘80’, in each case unrelated in form to the corresponding digit term. ‘60’ is based on ‘20’ plus an element sígò that is not otherwise known. The ratio ‘60’ to ‘20’ implies that sígò formerly meant ‘3’, but no Dogon language has a cognate of this form meaning ‘3’. Instead, the most likely cognate is a ‘plus’ linker between decimal/vigesimal and digital numerals (as in ‘25’ = ‘twenty plus five’), e.g. Yorno So sìgɛ̀, Tiranige sùgɔ́. The oddnumbered decimals ‘30’, ‘50’, ‘70’, and ‘90’ are conjunctions of the preceding even numbered multiples of 20, plus ‘10’, with yà ~ yá ‘and’ after both elements. tǎ:l(ú)mà ‘20’ contracts with yà ~ yá to form tà:lmá: in ‘30’. Both tǎ:lmà ‘20’ and dɛ̂: ‘40’ are treated like lexically /L/-toned stems in their conjoined forms.

Composite numerals consisting of a decimal term and a digit term. They are of the type ‘10 and 2’ = ‘12’, with yà ~ yá ‘and’ following both elements. The forms taken by ‘1’ and ‘2’ in these combinations are the forms used in the counting sequence, i.e. with initial prefix n-.

Other higher numbers areː ‘300’ tɛ̀:mɛ̀ndɛ̀rɛ́-gè tá:ndù, ‘2000’ múnjú-gé dè:gà
‘3000’ múnjú-gè tá:ndù, ‘2,000,000’ mìlyɔ̀ⁿ-gé dè:gà, ‘3,000,000’ mìlyɔ́ⁿ-gè tá:ndù

Lower numerals are conjoined to higher numerals. ‘220’ is [tɛ̀:mɛ̀ndɛ̀rɛ́-gé dè:gà yà] [tà:lùmá yà], literally ‘two hundred and twenty’. The modified noun precedes the entire sequence.
Currencyː Currency amounts under one million F CFA are calculated in units equal to 5 FCFA, called mbú:dù in Bunoge.

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