Ghotuo

Language name and locationː Ghotuo, Edo State, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 戈图奥语, 尼日利亚西南部埃多州

1. ɔ̀k͡pā	21. ūèɣìjhàhíɔ̀k͡pā → ūèɣìjàɔ́k͡pā
2. èvā	22. ūèɣìàévā
3. èēsà	23. ūèɣìàéēsà / ūèɣìàésà
4. èēnè	24. ūèɣìàéēnè / ūèɣìàéne
5. ìīʒè / ìīʒìè	25. ūèɣìjàɔ́k͡pā
6. ìjhēhà / ìēhà jh = a week, vd	26. àzēēnèrwɔ̄ɡ͡bà ( 30 - 4 )
7. ìhīɲã̄	27. àzēēsàrwɔ̄ɡ͡bà ( 30 - 3 )
8. ènhīē nh = n̥ voiceless n ?	28. àzēvārwɔ̄ɡ͡bà ( 30 - 2 )
9. ìsī	29. àzɔ̄k͡pārrwɔ̄ɡ͡bà ( 30 - 1 )
10. ìɡ͡bē LM͡L	30. ɔ̄ɡ͡bà
11. ìɡ͡bɔ̄ ̀kpa	40. īèɣèvā ( 20 x 2 )
12. ìɡ͡bē ̀vā	50. īèɣèvāàíɡ͡bē ̀
13. ìɡ͡bēēsà	60. īèɣèēsà ( 20 x 3 )
14. ìɡ͡bēēnè	70. īèɣèēsàíɡ͡bē ̀
15. ìɡ͡bēīʒè	80. īèɣèēnè ( 20 x 4 )
16. àzēēnèrwūèɣì ( 20 - 4 )*	90. īèɣèēnèàíɡ͡bē ̀
17. àzēēsàrwūèɣì ( 20 - 3 )	100. īèɣìīʒè ( 20 x 5 )
18. àzēvārwūèɣì ( 20 - 2 )	200. īèɡ͡bē ̀ / ijhèɡ͡bē ̀ ( 20 x 10 )
19. àzɔ̄k͡pārwūèɣì ( 20 - 1 )	1000. ɛ̄ɡ͡bɛ̀nhɛ̄ nh = n̥
20. ūèɣì	2000. ɛ̄ɡ͡bɛ̀nhɛ̄èvā, 1 million = wūsì

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Ben Elugbe, Director General of the National Institute for Nigerian Languages, Nigeria and President of West African Linguistics Society (WALS) / Dept. of Linguistics & African Languages, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, September 14, 2009.
提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Ben Elugbe, 2009 年 9 月 14 日.

Other comments: Ghotuo or Otuo, Otwa is spoken by approximately 9,000 speakers Edo state: Owan East LGA, Ogbodo, Nigeria. Ghotuo has a rather complicated vigesimal system similar to that of Edo language.

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