Language name and location: Gen, Maritime region, Togo, Benin [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区根语 (根格贝 Gen-Gbe), 多哥南部滨海区和贝宁境内

 

1. èɖě

21.  wìvɔ̀ɖēká

2. èvè

22.  wìvɔ̀vè

3. ētɔ̃̀

23.  wìvɔ̀tɔ̃̂

4. ēnɛ̀

24.  wìvɔ̀nɛ̀

5. àtɔ̃́ɔ̃

25.  wìvɔ̀àtɔ̃́ɔ̄

6. ādɛ̃́

26.  wìvɔ̀àdɛ̃̀

7. ǎdrɛ̃́

27.  wìvɔ̀àdrɛ̃́

8. ēɲí

28.  wìvɔ̀ɲí

9. ēɲíɖé (10 -1)

29.  wìvɔ̀àsíɖēkɛ́

10. ēwó

30.  èɡ͡bã̀

11. wéɖēkà

40.  èkà

12. wévè

50.  kācíwó (40+10)

13. wétɔ̃̀

60.  kātǎk͡pó

14. wénɛ̀

70.  kātǎk͡pócíwó (60+10)

15. wéàtɔ̃́

80.  kàvè         (40 x 2)

16. wéàdɛ̃́

90.  kàvècíwó  (40 x 2+10)

17. wéǎdrɛ̃́

100. kàvètǎk͡pó  (loanword from Ewe)

18. wéēɲí

200. kàtɔ̃́ɔ  (5 x 40)

19. wê̄ɲíɖé

1000. àk͡péɖeka (loanword from Ewe)

20. èwì

2000. àk͡pévè  

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Séverin-Marie Kinhou, National University of Benin, Benin, March 11, 1999.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Séverin-Marie Kinhou. 1999 年 3 月 11 日.

 

Other comments: Gen or Gen-Gbe has a rather complicated numeral system similar to that of Aja-Gbe. Gen or Gen-Gbe or Mina is spoken by approximately 600,000 speakers in Maritime region: Lacs prefecture, east of Lomé toward Benin border, Togo as well as Benin.


 

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