Language
name and location:
Gbagyi,
Kogi & Kaduna,
Nigeria [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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,
|
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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