Geruma

Language name and locationː Geruma, Bauchi state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 格鲁马语, 尼日利亚东北部包奇州

1. mô / mon	21. kàa m̀bâalu jùlà mó
2. m̀bàalú / mbàalúŋ	22. kàa m̀bâalu jùla m̀bàalú *
3. kúnú / kúnúŋ	23. kàa m̀bâalu jùla kúnú *
4. fúɗú / húɗúŋ	24. kàa m̀bâalu jùla fúɗú *
5. bàaɗì / bàalí	25. kàa m̀bâalu jùla bàaɗì *
6. bècə́m	26. kàa m̀bâalu jùla bècə́m*
7. bàzə̀mbàalú ( 5+ 2)	27. kàa m̀bâalu jùla bàzə̀mbàalú*
8. húrɗú / úrɗúŋ	28. kàa m̀bâalu jùla húrɗu*
9. ɓár jà	29. kàa m̀bâalu jùla ɓár jà*
10. ɓáráɗì / ɓárári	30. kàa kúnú
11. (ɓàr) jùla mô	40. kàa fúɗú*
12. (ɓàr) jùla m̀bàalu	50. kàa bàaɗì *
13. (ɓàr) jùla kúnú*	60. kàa bècə́m*
14. (ɓàr) jùla fúɗú *	70. kàa bàzə̀mbàalú*
15. (ɓàr) jùla bàaɗì	80. kàa húrɗu*
16. (ɓàr) jùla bècə́m *	90. kàa ɓár jà*
17. (ɓàr) jùla bàzə̀mbàalú*	100. lúmbá
18. (ɓàr) jùla húrɗu*	200.
19. (ɓàr) jùla ɓár jà*	1000.
20. kàa m̀bâalu	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Russell G. Schuh, University of California, Los Angels, USA, November 19, 1989. Mr. Kaduwe N. Ornan, Bwatye Bible Translator, Nigeria, October 17, 2019

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Russell G. Schuh, 1989 年 11 月 19 日.

Other comments: Geruma has a decimal system. There are some missing terms on the above chart. Note that the missing terms: 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 to 29, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 are referred to the new data provided by Mr. Kaduwe N. Ornan, Bwatye Bible Translator, Nigeria. Geruma is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi state of Nigeria spoken by approximately 9,000 speakers and speakers are shifting to Hausa now.

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