Gade

Language name and location: Gade, Nassarawa state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 加德语, 尼日利亚中部纳萨拉瓦州及阿布贾地区

1. ndè	21. àzavànindène
2. ìvà	22. àzavànivàne
3. ìta	23. àzavànitáne
4. ǹɲi	24. àzavàninone
5. ìtọ	25. àzavànitone
6. ʦei	26. àzavàniʦeine
7. tọ̀và (5+2)	27. àzavànitọ̀vàne
8. tọ́tá (5+3)	28. àzavànitọtáne
9. tọ̀nọ	29. àzavànitọnọne
10. úb^wó	30. kə́ʦei
11. b^wónedè (10+1)	40. wógbà
12. b^wónevà (10+2)	50. k^wùrí
13. b^wónetà (10+3)	60. úb^wúb^wúʦei
14. b^wónenọ (10+4)	70. úb^wúb^wútọvá
15. b^wónetọ (10+5)	80. úb^wúb^wútọtá
16. b^wónaʦei	90. úb^wúb^wútọnọ̀
17. b^wónatọ̀và	100. kpàk^wu, 200. kpàk^wúìvà
18. b^wónatọtá	400. kpàk^wúíno, 800. kpàk^wútotá
19. b^wónatọ̀nọ̀	1000. kpàk^wúb^wú (100 x 10)
20. àzàvà	2000. ubwobwo azava (100 x 20)

Linguist providing data and dateː Miss Abigail Dalhatu Musa, Master's Degree in Linguistics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan with Gade informant: Mr. Andrew Goje Gupada, Nigeria. September 15, 2020.
提供资料的语言学家: Miss Abigail Dalhatu Musa, 2020 年 9 月 15 日.

Other comments: Gade is spoken by approximately 72,000 speakers in Abuja Capital Territory: Abuja Municipal Area Council and Kuje LGA; Nassarawa state: Nasarawa and Toto LGAs, Nigeria. Similar to other Nupoid language like Gbagyi, Gade operates a largely decimal numeral system. 10 is a junction; 11 to 19 require the addition, with the aid of the addition morpheme ‘ne^’, of unit number to the decimal junction. 21-29 adds the relevant unit number to 20. Then from 20, addition of the relevant unit number to 30. The numbers 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 all require a multiplication of 10 by the relevant unit number. The next junction with unique number is 100. Therefore, Gade actively uses two arithmetic operations: addition and multiplication, respectively.

There is evidence of vowel harmony in Gade, with the occurrence of the vowels: /ọ & o/. Also, the phonemes /b/ and /k/ are largely characterized by lips rounding (labialization) as they precede the round vowels /o/ and /u/.

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