Language name and locationː Adamawa Fulfulde, Cameroon  [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿达马瓦-富尔富尔德语, 喀麦隆, 尼日利亚, 乍得, 苏丹, 南苏丹

1. ɡoʔo

21.  noːɡas e ɡoʔo

2. ɗiɗi

22.  noːɡas e ɗiɗi

3. tati

23.  noːɡas e tati

4. naj

24.  noːɡas e naj

5. d͡ʒowi

25.  noːɡas e d͡ʒowi

6. d͡ʒoweːɡo    (5+1)

26.  noːɡas e d͡ʒoweːɡo

7. d͡ʒoweːɗiɗi  (5+2)

27.  noːɡas e d͡ʒoweːɗiɗi

8. d͡ʒoweːtati   (5+3)

28.  noːɡas e d͡ʒoweːtati

9. d͡ʒoweːnaj   (5+4)

29.  noːɡas e d͡ʒoweːnaj

10. sappo

30.  t͡ʃʰappanɗe tati

11. sappo e ɡoʔo

40.  t͡ʃʰappanɗe naj

12. sappo e ɗiɗi

50.  t͡ʃʰappanɗe d͡ʒowi

13. sappo e tati

60.  t͡ʃʰappanɗe d͡ʒoweːɡo

14. sappo e naj

70.  t͡ʃʰappanɗe d͡ʒoweːɗiɗi

15. sappo e d͡ʒowi

80.  t͡ʃʰappanɗe d͡ʒoweːtati

16. sappo e d͡ʒoweːɡo

90.  t͡ʃʰappanɗe d͡ʒoweːnaj

17. sappo e d͡ʒoweːɗiɗi

100. temerre  

18. sappo e d͡ʒoweːtati

200. temeɗɗe ɗiɗi

19. sappo e d͡ʒoweːnaj

1000. ud͡ʒineːre

20. noːɡas

2000. ud͡ʒine ɗiɗi

Linguists providing data and dateː Mr. Edward Tong, SIL International, Cameroon, June 7, 2008. Mr. Willie Kinnaird, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon, July 13, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Edward Tong, 2008 年 6 月 7 日. Mr. Willie Kinnaird, 2020 年 7 月 13 日.

Other comments: Adamawa or Eastern Fulani Fulfulde is spoken by approximately

5,600,000 speakers in Far North, and North regions, Cameroon, as well as Nigeria,
Sudan, South Sudan and Chad. Adamawa Fulfulde has a quinary-decimal system. The above data was based on Diamaré dialect in Far North of Cameroon. The phonetic symbols ː [ɗ ] is an implosive stop. The conversions between traditional phonetic symbols and IPA areː  c= [t͡ʃʰ],  j=[d͡ʒ ] and y=[ j], Double vowels are longː ee=[ eː ], oo=[oː].

Additional information by Mr. Willie Kinnaird (July, 2020): Fulfulde (or at least the Adamawa version we know where we were working) uses a system of multiples of five to count money. Probably this is not very old, as it would seem to be based on the CFA currency, of which the smallest coin is five francs. I mentioned the Ouldémé and Vamé only use this up to 75 francs but the Fulfulde use it all the way up to 1,000 francs. So by that system 100 francs is noogas (20), 200 francs is cappanɗe nay (40), etc. Then, (like the Vamé) for 1,000 when counting money, it’s not ujineere [ud͡ʒineːre] but rather booro. Ujineere [ud͡ʒineːre] is for counting anything, booro (literally “sack”) is for counting money. booro ɗiɗi=2,000 francs.