Language name and locationː Goemai, Plateau state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 戈厄迈语 (安奎语Ankwei), 尼日利亚中部高原州

1. mée / ɡə̀mée *

21.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà ɡə̀mée

2. və́l

22.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà və́l

3. kún

23.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà kún

4. fə́r

24.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà fə́r

5. pʰá:t

25.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà pʰá:t

6. pʰə̀mə́  ( 5 + 1 )

26.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà pʰə̀mə́

7. pʰə̀və́l  ( 5 + 2 )

27.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà pʰə̀və́l

8. pʰùkún ( 5 + 3 )

28.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà pʰùkún

9. pʰə̀fár   ( 5 + 4 )

29.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà pʰə̀fár

10. sár

30.   jàgúrùm ʃìkà sár

11. sár (ʃi-) kà ɡə̀mée

40.   jàgúrùm və́l ( 20 x 2 )

12. sár (ʃi-) kà və́l

50.   jàgúrùm və́l ʃìkà sár

13. sár (ʃi-) kà kún

60.   jàgúrùm kún ( 20 x 3 )

14. sár (ʃi-) kà fə́r

70.   jàgúrùm kún ʃìkà sár

15. sár (ʃi-) kà pʰá:t

80.   jàgúrùm fə́r ( 20 x 4 )

16. sár (ʃi-) kà pʰə̀mə́

90.   jàgúrùm fə́r ʃìkà sár

17. sár (ʃi-) kà pʰə̀və́l

100. jàgúrùm pʰá:t ( 20 x 5 )

18. sár (ʃi-) kà pʰùkún

200. àgúrùm sár  ( 20 x 10 )

19. sár (ʃi-) kà pʰə̀fár

1000. dubu < Hausa 'dubu'

20. jàɡúrùm (litː 'catch a person')

2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Birgit Hellwig, University of Hamburg, Germany, June 29, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Birgit Hellwig, 2007 年 6 月 29 日.

Other comments: Goemai has a vigesimal system with five-based substructure.

There are two forms for the number 'one'ː the first form is used in counting, the second is used when semantically modifying a noun or verb. It is probably originally the ordinal number 'first' (ɡə̀ + cardinal number); the number 'ten' may be related to the word 'sá', which means ' hand'.  The linkers 'ʃikà' and 'kà' can be used interchangeably.  The word 'twenty' means ' catch a person', that is, counting all fingers and toes of a person adds up to 20. Nowadays, people use traditional numerals up to 10 regularly, but for numerals above 10, speaker usually use the Hausa forms.

Goemai (also Ankwe) is a West Chadic language spoken in the Great Muri Plains region of Plateau State in central Nigeria, between the Jos Plateau and Benue River. It was estimated there were around 200,000 speakers.