Ejagham

Language name and location: Ejagham, Nigeria, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 埃贾甘语, 尼日利亚东南部克罗斯河州及喀麦隆境内

1. yə́t	21. èsǎm ǹjə̀m yə́t
2. éβáé	22. èsǎm ǹjə̀m éβáé
3. ésá	23. èsǎm ǹjə̀m ésá
4. énî	24. èsǎm ǹjə̀m énî
5. érôn	25. èsǎm ǹjə̀m érôn
6. èsáɡàsá ( 3+3 )	26. èsǎm ǹjə̀m èsáɡàsá
7. èníɡìsá ( 4+3 )	27. èsǎm ǹjə̀m èníɡìsa
8. èníɡànî ( 4+4 )	28. èsǎm ǹjə̀m èníɡànî
9. érôn énî ( 5+4 )	29. èsǎm ǹjə̀m érôn énî
10. ófó	30. èsǎm ǹjə̀m ófó ( 20+10 )
11. ófó nà yə́t ( 10+1 )	40. ǹsǎm éβáé ( 20 x 2 )
12. ófó nà éβáé ( 10+2 )	50. ǹsǎm éβáé ǹjə̀m ófó
13. ófó nà ésá ( 10+3 )	60. ǹsǎm ésá ( 20 x 3 )
14. ófó nà énî ( 10+4 )	70. ǹsǎm ésá ǹjə̀m ófó
15. èkû	80. ǹsǎm énî ( 20 x 4 )
16. èkû nà yə́t ( 15+1 )	90. ǹsǎm énî ǹjə̀m ófó
17. èkû nà éβáé ( 15+2 )	100. ǹsǎm érôn ( 20 x 5 ) / hóndrèd yə́t *
18. èkû nà ésá ( 15+3 )	200. ǹsǎm ófó ( 20 x 10 ) / hóndrèd éβáé
19. èkû nà énî ( 15+4 )	1000. ǹtèm ǹsǎm éβáé ǹjə̀m ǹsǎm ófó *
20. èsǎm	2000. ǹtèm ǹsǎm énôn / tósèn éβáé

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. John Watters, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon. May 30, 1994, February 17, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. John Watters, 1994 年 5 月 30 日. 2012 年 2 月 17 日.

Other comments: Ejagham has a numeral system based on twenty with a single word for fifteen. The word for thousand ''tósèn'' is from English 'thousand'. Ejagham or Ekoi is spoken by approximately 110,000 speakers in Cross River state: Akampka, Calabar, Idom, and Odukpani LGAs, southeastern Nigeria as well as Cameroon.

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