Igede

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

语言名称和分布地区: 伊格德语, 尼日利亚中北部贝努埃州, 埃邦伊州和克罗斯河州

1. óòk͡pók͡póh	21. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ óòk͡pók͡póh
2. îmíìyèh	22. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ îmíìyèh
3. ītā	23. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ ītā
4. īnêh	24. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ īnêh
5. ērʊ̄ / īrʊ̄	25. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ ērʊ̄
6. īrʷɔ̀nyɛ̀	26. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ īrʷɔ̀nyɛ̀
7. īrùyèh	27. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ īrùyèh
8. īnêkúh	28. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ īnêkúh
9. ìhíkítʃú	29. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ ìhíkítʃú
10. īwō	30. ōhūh kʊ́rʊ̄ īwō
11. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ óòk͡pók͡póh *	40. ōhūh-ìyèh ( 20 x 2 )
12. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ îmíìyèh	50. ōhūh-ìyèh kʊ́rʊ̄ īwō
13. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ ītā	60. ōhūh-ītā ( 20 x 3 )
14. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ īnêh	70. ōhūh-ītā kʊ́rʊ̄ īwō
15. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ ērʊ̄	80. ōhūh-īnêh ( 20 x 4 )
16. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ īrʷɔ̀nyɛ̀	90. ōhūh-īnêh kʊ́rʊ̄ īwō
17. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ īrùyèh	100. ōhūh-ērʊ̄ / ōhīrʊ̄, 140. ōhūh-īrùyèh
18. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ īnêkúh	200. ōhwīwō, 400. ʊ̄nɔ̂ ( 20 x 20 ) ?
19. īwō kʊ́rʊ̄ ìhíkítʃú	1000. ʊ̄nɔ̂ îmíìyèh da ōhwīwō
20. ōhūh	2000. ʊ̄nɔ̂ īrʊ̄ ( 400 x 5 )

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Richard Bergman, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Nigeria, December 4, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Richard Bergman, 2007 年 12 月 4 日.

Other comments: Igede or Egede is spoken by approximately 461,000 speakers in Benue state: Oju, Okpokwu, and Otukpo LGAs; Cross River state: Ogoja LGA; Ebonyi state: Izzi LGA, Nigeria. Igede has a vigesimal system. The highest number is ʊ̄nɔ̂, which might etymologically mean 20 x 20. The word 'kʊ́rʊ̄' in compound number means 'cover'.

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