Language name and location: Gbagyi, Kogi & Kaduna, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区格巴格伊语, 尼日利亚中北部科吉州, 卡杜纳州及阿布贾地区

 

1. n̋nũ̋

21.  ʃìbàʧégbmaɲi̋ˋ (10x2+1)

2. m̀bà

22.  ʃìbàʧàbà  (10x2+2)

3. ǹta

23.  ʃìbàʧàta   (10x2+3)

4. ǹɲi

24.  ʃìbàʧàɲi   (10x2+4)

5. ǹtⁿu

25.  ʃìbàɲàtnu  (10x2+5)

6. tⁿa̋ɲì       (5+1)

26.  ʃìbàʧetna̋ɲi (10x2+5+1)

7. tna̋ˋbà      (5+2)

27.  ʃìbàʧetna̋ˋbà (10x2+5+2)

8. ɲimwa̋ɲimwa̋  (4+4)

28.  ʃìbàʧéɲimwa̋ɲimwa̋ˋ (10x2+8)

9. ʧe̋wa̋ɡbmaɲi̋ˋ   (9 -1)

29.  ʃìbàʧeʧe̋wa̋ɡbmaɲi̋ˋ (10x2+(10-1)

10. àwo/ŋwo

30.  ʃìta (10x3)

11. àwóʧéɡbmaɲi̋ˋ (10+1)

40.  ʃìɲi (10x4)

12. àwóʧâbà (10+2)

50.  ʃìtnu (10x5)

13. àwóʧàta (10+3)

60.  ʃitna̋ɲì (10x (5+1)

14. àwóʧàɲi (10+4)

70.  ʃitna̋ˋbà (10x (5+2)

15. àwóʧàtnu  (10+5)

80.  ʃíɲimwa̋ɲimwa̋ˋ (10x8)

16. àwóʧetna̋ɲì (10+5+1)

90.  ʃiʧe̋wa̋ɡbmaɲi̋ˋ (10x9)

17. àwóʧetna̋ˋbà (10+5+2)

100. tàɡji, 200. tàɡyàbà, 400. tàɡyàɲi

18. àwóʧeɲimwa̋ɲimwa̋ˋ (10+8)

800. tàɡjiɲimwa̋ɲimwa̋ˋ (100x8)

19. àwóʧeʧe̋wa̋gbmaɲi̋ˋ [10+(10-1)]

1000. tàɡyàwo (100x10)

20. ʃìbà (10x2)

2000. tàɡji ʃìbà (100x20) 

 

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

 

Other comments: Gbagyi or East Gwari is spoken by approximately 1,290,000 speakers in Abuja Capital Territory: Abuja Municipal Area Council, Kaduna, Kogi, Niger, Nassarawa states, Nigeria. Gbagyi has a rather complicated numeral system of counting. Gbagyi operates the following basic numerals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; the numbers 6 and 7 are a composite of 5+1 and 5+2 respectively. The number 8 is a reduplication of the number 4. The number 9 is literally “10 remaining 1”, which means ten less one.

Gbagyi operates a largely decimal numeral system. 10 is a junction; 11 to 19 require the addition, with the aid of the addition morpheme ‘che, of unit number to the decimal junction. 20 seems to use a variant of 10, in the form of ‘shi’ multiplied by unit number 2; 21-29 adds the relevant unit number to 20. 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, Gbagyi actively uses two arithmetic operations: addition and multiplication while subtraction residually occurs only in the number 9. 


 

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