Efik

Language name and location: Efik, Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 埃菲克语, 尼日利亚东南部阿夸伊博姆州

1. kíét	21. édíp yé kíét
2. íbá	22. édíp yé íbá
3. ítá	23. édíp yé ítá
4. ínáŋ	24. édíp yé ínáŋ
5. ítíón	25. édíp yé ítíón
6. ítíókíét < ítíón yé kíét ( 5+1 )	26. édíp yé ítíókíét
7. ítíábá < ítíón yé íbá ( 5+2 )	27. édíp yé ítíábá
8. ítíáitá < ítíón yé ítá ( 5+3 )	28. édíp yé ítíáitá
9. úsúk-kíét (litː ''ten less one'' )	29. édíp yé úsúkíét
10. dúóp	30. édíp yé dúóp
11. dúóp ekíét ( 10+1 )	40. àbà ( 2 x 2 x 10 )
12. dúóp ebá ( 10+2 )	50. àbà yé dúóp
13. dúóp étá ( 10+3 )	60. àtá ( 3 x 2 x 10 )
14. dúóp enáŋ ( 10+4 )	70. àtá yé dúóp
15. éfít	80. ànàŋ ( 4 x 2 x 10 )
16. éfít ékíét ( 15+1 )	90. ànàŋ yé dúóp
17. éfít éba ( 15+2 )	100. kíét (< íkíé 1 x 10 x 10 )
18. éfít éta ( 15+3 )	200. íkíé íbá
19. éfít enaŋ ( 15+4 )	1000. íkíé dúóp or tɔ́sìn (< English )
20. édíp	2000. íkíé édíp ( 100 x 20 ) or tɔ́sìn íbá

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Eyo Mensah, Department of Linguistics, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. August 10, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Eyo Mensah, 2009 年 8 月 10 日.

Other comments: Efik or Calaba is spoken by approximately 2,700,000 speakers in

Akwa Ibom state: Itu town; Cross River state: Calabar municipality, Akamkpa and Odukpani LGAs, Nigeria. Efik has a vigesimal numeral system with special forms for 6 to 9 and 11 to 19, similar to that of Ibibio language. 'tɔ́sìn' is a loanword from English. This counting system involves both addition and multiplication of basic units by the power of base 10, that is, (10^{x + x}). Àbà is derived from iba ‘two’ ata from ita ‘three’ and ánáñ from ínáñ ‘four’. The replacement of the initial vowels of these elements from /i/ - /a/ implies the doubling of the units which are then multiplied by 10 to achieve the derivation. From the numbers 41- 59, 61 – 79 and 81-99 involve the addition of the numbers 1-19 to the units of 40, 60 and 80 respectively. However, the derivation of 100 is somehow different from the above operation.

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