Language name and location: Idoma, Benue state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区伊多马语, 尼日利亚中北部贝努埃州, 科吉州和埃努古州

 

1. éyè [éjè]

21.  òfù ché éyè [òfu tʃé éjè]

2. ẹpà [ɛ́pà]

22.  òfù ché ẹpà

3. ẹtá [ɛtá]

23.  òfù ché ẹtá

4. ẹhẹ [ɛ́hɛ́]

24.  òfù ché ẹhẹ

5. ẹhọ [ɛ́hɔ]

25.  òfù ché ẹhọ

6. ẹhili [ɛ́hili] 

26.  òfù ché ẹhili

7. àhapà [àhapà]

27.  òfù ché àhapà

8. àhátá [àhátá]

28.  òfù ché àhátá

9. àhánẹ [àhánɛ́]

29.  òfù ché àhánẹ

10. iɡwó [iɡwó ]

30.  òfù ché iɡwó

11. iɡwó lèé [ iɡwó lèé]

40.  òfu ẹpà  ( 20 x 2 )

12. iɡwó ẹpà

50.  òfu ẹpà ché iɡwó

13. iɡwó ẹtá

60.  òfù ẹtá ( 20 x 3 )

14. iɡwó ẹhẹ

70.  òfù ẹtá ché iɡwó

15. iɡwó ẹhọ

80.  òfù ẹhẹ ( 20 x 4 )

16. iɡwó ẹhili

90.  òfù ẹhẹ ché iɡwó

17. iɡwó àhapà

100. òfù ẹhọ

18. iɡwó àhátá

200. ōhwīwō,  400. úla

19. iɡwó àhánẹ

1000. úla ẹpà chéòfùiɡwó

         [úla ɛpà tʃèòfùiɡwó]

20. òfù

2000. úla ẹhọ [úla ɛ́hɔ] ( 400 x 5 )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Clara Ikekeonwu, Director, Institute for Nigerian Language, University of Nigerian, Aba Campus, Nsuka, Nigeria, January 31, 2011.

供资料的语言学家: Prof. Clara Ikekeonwu, 2011 年 1 月 31 日.

 

Other comments: Idoma is spoken by approximately 976,000 speakers in Benue state: Ogbadibo and Okpokwu LGAs; Enugu state: Igbo-Eze North, Isi-Uze, and Udenu LGAs; Kogi state: Ankpa and Olamabolo LGAs, Nigeria. Idoma has a vigesimal system similar to that of Igede. The highest number is úla, which might etymologically mean 20 x 20.


 

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