Language name and locationː Gedeo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. mitte |
21. diddamana-mitte |
2. lame |
22. diddamana-lame |
3. sase |
23. diddamana-sase |
4. šoole |
24. diddamana-šoole |
5. onde |
25. diddamana-onde |
6. ǰaane |
26. diddamana-ǰaane |
7. torbaane |
27. diddamana-torbaane |
8. saddeeta |
28. diddamana-saddeeta |
9. sallane |
29. diddamana-sallane |
10. tomme |
30. soddama |
11. tomminaa-mitte |
40. afurtama ( probably an Oromo loan) |
12. tomminaa-lame |
50. šantama |
13. tomminaa-sase |
60. ǰaatama / iyatama / ǰiyatama |
14. tomminaa-šoole |
70. torbaatama |
15. tomminaa-onde |
80. sadde(n)tama |
16. tomminaa-ǰaane |
90. saɡaltama |
17. tomminaa-torbaane |
100. ɗibba |
18. tomminaa-saddeeta |
200. lame ɗibba |
19. tomminaa-sallane |
1000. kuma |
20. diddama |
2000. lame kuma |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Grover Hudson,
Michigan State
University, Michigan, U.S.A.,
May 15, Additional data provided byː Ayele Lole, South Ethiopia Synod, Awasa, Ethiopia. 10 January, 1996. 提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Grover Hudson, 1993 年 5 月 15 日. |
Other comments: Gedeo has a decimal system. The number 40 probably borrowed from Oromo language. The symbol 'š' is a voiceless alveo-palatal fricative, the 'ǰ' is a voiceless alveo-palatal affricative. Gedeo is a Highland East Cushitic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in south central Ethiopia. It is spoken by approximately 980,000 Gedeo people, who live in the highland area, southwest of Dila and east of Lake Abaya. |
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