Language name and location: Fer, Central Afr. Republic [Not Reported on Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 菲尔语, 中非共和国

 

1. kàl

21. 

2. vȁɖ ́

22. 

3. wìtà

23. 

4. sɔ̀

24. 

5. mì   

25. 

6. sítè        < Arabic

26. 

7. sábà      < Arabic

27. 

8. tàmáɲnà < Arabic

28. 

9. tísà        < Arabic

29. 

10. dɔ̀ɡ ̏

30.  

11. dɔ̀ɡ ̏.(s̀.)kɔ́s.kàl   {ten.(?.)?.one}

40. 

12. dɔ̀ɡ ̏.(s̀.)kɔ́s.vȁɖ ́ {ten.(?.)?.two}

50. 

13.

60. 

14.

70. 

15.

80.  

16.

90. 

17.

100. dɔ̀ɡ ̏.(s̀.)kɔ́s.dɔ̀ɡ ̏ {ten.(?.) ?. ten} 

18.

200.

19.

1000.

20. dɔ̀ɡ ̏.vȁɖ ( ten. two )

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Pascal Boyeldieu, CNRS-LLACAN (The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research), Paris, France, taken from Field data, November 21, 2013.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Pascal Boyeldieu, 2013 年 11 月 21 日.

 

Other comments: Fer numbers from five to nine have been replaced by from Arabic numerals, they might use Arabic numeral system more often now. There are some confusions about certain language names in this area (as in many areas I guess!).
Fer is in fact the genuine name of "Kara" of Birao/Central African Republic. So it is not unclassified as mentioned by Ethnologue but clearly a member of the Bongo-Bagirmi languages, more closely related to the Gula languages or dialects (see P. Nougayrol).
Furu is not an alternate name for Fer (nor for Kresh as sometimes mentioned). Furu is the name of a group living in D.R.C., south of the Oubangui river. Their language is apparently quite close (a dialectal variant ?) to that of the Bagiro, living not far from them, on the other side of the Oubangui, i.e. in C.A.R. Indeed the Bagiro claim to be an offshot of the Furu group, that they probably left some 200 years ago. Furu-Bagiro is clearly another member of Bongo-Bagirmi, more specifically belonging to "Sara proper". (The own name of Bagiro is Gbaya, which is also the name of a Kresh section, hence the frequent but erroneous identification of Furu-Bagiro with Kresh).
Maybe you could get some more information (unfortunately in French only!) in the Introduction to the Comparative-Historical Lexicon of Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi Languages at
http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/SBB/
N.B.ː ȁ/ à / ā / á = extra-L / L / M/ H tone. 


 

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