Gwandara

Language name and locationː Gwandara, Nassarawa state, Nigeria [Ref to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 关达拉语, 尼日利亚中部纳萨拉瓦州

1. dā	21. ìʃìrín nì dā
2. bī	22. ìʃìrín nì bī
3. wúkù	23. ìʃìrín nì wúkù
4. hūrū	24. ìʃìrín nì hūrū
5. bʲàrī	25. ìʃìrín nì bʲàrī
6. ʃídà	26. ìʃìrín nì ʃídà
7. bókʷè	27. ìʃìrín nì bókʷè
8. tákùs	28. ìʃìrín nì tákùs
9. térà	29. ìʃìrín nì térà
10. góm̀	30. tàlàtín
11. góm̀ʃâdā	40. àrìbèní
12. góm̀ʃâbī	50. àmìsĩ́
13. góm̀ʃâwúkù	60. sìtín
14. góm̀ʃâhūrū	70. sèbèyín
15. góm̀ʃâbʲàrī	80. tàmànín
16. góm̀ʃâʃídà	90. tèsèyín
17. góm̀ʃâbókʷè	100. dèrī dā, 200. dèrī bī
18. góm̀ʃâtákùs	400. dèrī hūru, 800. dèrī tákùs
19. góm̀ʃâtérà	1000. dūbū dā
20. ìʃìrín	2000. dūbū bī

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Kenneth Kunza Agwadu and Mr. Israel Wade, The Word for the World Initiative Nigeria (TWFTW), Nigeria, July 29, 2021
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Kenneth Kunza Agwadu and Mr. Israel Wade, 2021 年 7 月 29 日.

Other comments: Gwandara has a decimal system. The numbers from twenty onwards are replaced by Arabic loanwords and the numbers for hundred and thousand are borrowed from Hausa.

Language name and locationː Gwandara, Nassarawa state, Nigeria [Ref to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 关达拉语, 尼日利亚中部纳萨拉瓦州

1. da	21. àʃȉríní ǹ da / tùni m̀bé táɡə́r ( 12 + 8 )
2. bi	22. àʃȉríní ǹ bi / tùni m̀bé tãrã
3. úkù / úɡú ( Nimbia dialect)	23. àʃȉríní ǹ úkù / tùni m̀bé ɡwóm
4. huru / furu ( Nimbia dialect)	24. àʃȉríní ǹ huru / ɡùme bi ( 12 x 2 )
5. bìyàri / bìyàr ( Nimbia dialect)	25. àʃȉríní ǹ bìyàri
6. ʃídà / ʃídə́ ( Nimbia dialect)	26. àʃȉríní ǹ ʃídà
7. bákwè / boʔo ( Nimbia dialect)	27. àʃȉríní ǹ bákwè
8. tákùʃì / táɡə́r ( Nimbia dialect)	28. àʃȉríní ǹ tákùʃì
9. tárà / tãrã ( Nimbia dialect)	29. àʃȉríní ǹ tárà
10. ɡóm̀ / ɡóŋ̀ / ɡwóm ( Nim. dialect)	30. tàlàtíní / ɡùme bi nì ʃìdə́ ( 12 x 2+6 )
11. ɡóm̀ / ɡóŋ̀ ʃáʔ da / kwáda *	40. àrìbə̀yĩ́ /ɡùme úɡú nì furu ( 12 x 3+4 )
12. ɡóm̀ / ɡóŋ̀ ʃáʔ bi / tùni	50. àmìsíní /ɡùme furu nì bi ( 12 x 4+2 )
13. ɡóm̀ / ɡóŋ̀ ʃáʔ úkù / tùni m̀bé da	60. sìtíní / ɡùme bìyàr ( 12 x 5 )
14. ɡóm̀ / ɡóŋ̀ ʃáʔ huru/ tùni m̀bé bi	70. sə̀bə̀yí/ɡ. bìyàr nì ɡwóm( 12 x 5+10 )
15. ɡóm̀ ʃáʔ bìyàri / tùni m̀bé úɡú	80. tàmànĩ́ /ɡ. ʃìdə́ nì táɡə́r ( 12 x 6+8 )
16. ɡóm̀ ʃáʔ ʃídà / tùni m̀bé furu	90. tə̀sə̀yí /ɡùme boʔo nì ʃídə́ ( 12 x 7+6 )
17. ɡóm̀ ʃáʔ bákwè / tùni m̀bé bìyàr	100. də̀ri /ɡùme táɡə́r nì furu / wo da *
18. ɡóm̀ ʃáʔ tákùʃì / tùni m̀bé ʃídə́	200. də̀ri bi / wo nì ɡùme furu nì táɡə́r *
19. ɡóm̀ ʃáʔ tárà / tùni m̀bé boʔo	1000. dubu
20. àʃȉrín / tùni m̀bé táɡə́r ( 12 + 8 )	2000.

Source: Shuji Matsushita, 1974. A comparative vocabulary of Gwandara dialects . Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Japan
资料來源: 松下周二，A comparative vocabulary of Gwandara dialects .
日本东京大学亚非语言文化研究所, 1974 年.

Other comments: The numbers after ten for the six Gwandara dialect are different. In Koro dialect, the numbers from twenty onwards are replaced by Arabic loanwords. In Gitata dialect, they has a vigesimal system mixing Arabic loans with traditional numbers. The numbers from 11 to 19 areː ɡóŋ̀ ʃáʔ da ... ɡóŋ̀ ʃáʔ tə́rà ; numbers 20, 24, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200 and 1000 areː 20 is àʃȉrín / ɡóŋ̀ ɡɨ́zo bi, 24 is ɡóŋ̀ ɡɨ́zo bi ǹ puru, 25 is ɡóŋ̀ ɡɨ́zo bi ǹ bìyàri, 30 is ɡóŋ̀ ɡɨ́zo úkù, 40 is àʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo bi

( 20 x 2), 50. is àʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo bi ǹ ɡóŋ ( 20 x 2 + 10), 60 is àʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo úkù, 70 is àʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo úku ǹ ɡóŋ, 80 is àʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo puru, 90 is àʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo puru ǹ ɡóŋ, 100 is àʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo bìyàri, 200 is àʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo ɡóŋ, 1000 is àʃȉríàʃȉríŋ ɡɨ́zo ɡóŋ. In Nimbia dialect, they adopted a duodecimal system which might be influenced by nearby Platoid languages, n Nimbia dialect, the number for 100 is ' ɡùme táɡə́r nì furu '1000' is ' wo boʔo nì ɡùme kwáda nì furu '.

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