Language name and locationː Hadza, Manyara region, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区哈扎语, 坦桑尼亚东北部曼亚拉区

 

1. ʔitʃame

21.   

2. pije

22.   

3. samaka < Datooga

23. 

4. bone / buni

24.   

5. botano / botanu

25. 

6. sita  < Swahili

26.   

7. saba

27.  

8. nani

28. 

9. tʰisa

29. 

10. ʔikʰumi < Sukuma

30. 

11. ʔikʰumi(ja) ʔa ʔitsʰame

40. 

12. ʔikʰumi(ja) ʔa pije

50. 

13. ʔikʰumi(ja) ʔa samaka

60. 

14. ʔikʰumi(ja) ʔa bone

70. 

15. ʔikʰumi(ja) ʔa botano

80. 

16.

90. 

17.

100. kǃunɡu(we)

18.

200. kǃunɡu(wi) piji (pi)

19.

1000.

20. ʔikʰumi(bi) piji (bi)

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Bonny Sands, Department of English, Northern Arizona University, USA, December 14, 1996.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Bonny Sands, 1996 年 12 月 14 日.

 

Other comments: Hadza has only five numerals of Khoisan origin, at the time they used big numbers the Swahilisation had started. Hadza is a language isolate spoken along the shores of Lake Eyasi in Tanzania by around 1,000 Hadza people, who include in their number the last full-time hunter-gatherers in Africa. It is one of only three languages in East Africa with click consonants. Despite the small number of speakers, language use is vigorous, with most children learning it, but UNESCO categorizes the language as vulnerable.
Information from Wikipedia: The Hadza did not count before the introduction of the Swahili language. Native numerals are itchâme 'one' and piye 'two'. Sámaka 'three' is a Datooga loan, and bone 'four', bothano 'five', and ikhumi 'ten' are Sukuma. Aso 'many' is commonly used instead of bothano for 'five'. There is no systematic way to express other numbers without using Swahili.


 

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