Gayil

Language name and locationː Gayil, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 加伊尔语, 埃塞俄比亚高原南端南奥莫地区

1. wóliqi	21. boːnidéke wóliqi
2. qastién	22. boːnidéke qastːén
3. makːén	23. boːnidéke makːén
4. ʔoydːí	24. boːnidéke ʔoydːí
5. dónqi	25. boːnidéke dónqi
6. láː	26. boːnidéke láː
7. tabizá	27. boːnidéke tabizá
8. sákila	28. boːnidéke sákila
9. lámakay	29. boːnidéke lámakay
10. támːá	30. boːnidéke támːá
11. támːéke wóliqi	40. qastién boːnidá ( 20 x 2 )
12. támːéke qastién	50. qastién boːnidá támːá
13. támːéke makːén	60. makːén boːnidá ( 20 x 3 )
14. támːéke ʔoydːí	70. makːén boːnida támːá
15. támːéke dónqi	80. ʔoydːí boːnidá ( 20 x 4 )
16. támːéke láː	90. ʔoydːí boːnida támːá
17. támːéke tabizá	100. wóliqi tseta, 200. qastién tsesta
18. támːéke sákila	400. ʔoydːí tseta, 800. sákila tsesta
19. támːéke lámakay	1000. wólːáq sá'aː, sá'aː <Amharic
20. boːnidá (litː ‘one full person’)	2000. qastːén sá'aː

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Simon Zekewos, The Word for the World Initiative Ethiopia (TWFTW), Ethiopia, July 21, 2021
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Simon Zekewos, 2021 年 7 月 21 日.

Other comments: Gayil has a numeral system based on twenty similar to that of the Aari language. Numbers for hundred and thousand are borrowed from Amharic.

Gayil (also called Northern Ari) is an Omotic language of Ethiopia. According to the 2007 census, 55,700 people speak Gayil as a mother tongue.

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