Language name and location: Kabba, Ouham pref., CAR, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 卡巴语, 中非共和国北部瓦姆省及附近省份, 乍得及尼日利亚境内

 

1. káɾā

21.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé káɾā

2. dʒōó

22.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé dʒōó

3. mòtá

23.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé mòtá

4. sɔ́

24.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé sɔ́

5. mĩ́

25.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé mĩ́

6. mĩ̀sã́n

26.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé mĩ̀sã́n

7. sīɾí

27.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé sīɾí

8. dʒīdʒōó (4+4)

28.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé dʒīdʒōó

9. dʒīkáɾā (10-1)

29.  dɔ̀dʒōó ɡìɾé dʒīkáɾā

10. dɔ̀kù

30.  dɔ̀mòtá

11. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé káɾā

40.  dɔ̀sɔ́

12. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé dʒōó

50.  dɔ̀mĩ́

13. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé mòtá

60.  dɔ̀mĩ̀sã́n

14. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé sɔ́

70.  dɔ̀sīɾí

15. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé mĩ́

80.  dɔ̀dʒīdʒōó

16. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé mĩ̀sã́n

90.  dɔ̀dʒīkáɾā

17. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé sīɾí

100. dɔ̀dɔ̀kù (10 x 10) / kɔ̄ɾ káɾā

18. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé dʒīdʒōó

200. kɔ̄ɾ dʒōó

19. dɔ̀kù ɡìɾé dʒīkáɾā

1000. dòɾò (káɾā)

20. dɔ̀dʒōó

2000. dòɾò dʒōó

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Betina Maguelet-Bodoli through Mr. Will Sawers, May 28, 2008. SIL International, CAR.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Betina Maguelet-Bodoli, 2008 年 5 月 28 日.

 

Other comments: Kabba is spoken by approximately 14,000 speakers in Ouham prefecture in Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria. Kabba has a decimal system with special form for numbers 8 and 9. Counting from below, to say ‘100’ they say ‘ten tens’/ ‘dodoku’. But they find this laborious for counting above 100 and so they switch to ‘kor kara’ to continue from there (e.g., 101 is ‘kor kara gire kara’). For 1,000 one can say ‘thousand’ / ‘doro’ by itself or be precise by saying the full ‘one thousand’ / ‘doro kara’.


Language name and location: Kabba, Ouham pref., CAR, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 卡巴语, 中非共和国北部瓦姆省及附近省份, 乍得及尼日利亚境内

 

1. kaára

21.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà kaára

2. jooà

22.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà jooà

3. moètaà

23.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà moètaà

4. sóà

24.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà sóà

5. mïù

25.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà mïù

6. mïìsaàn

26.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà mïìsaàn

7. sirïù

27.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà sirïù

8. jijooà ( 4 + 4 )

28.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà jijooà

9. jikaàra ( 10 - 1)

29.  dóèjooà ɡeèreà jikaàra

10. dóèkuè

30.  dóèmoètaà

11. dóèkuè ɡeèreà kaára

40.  dóèsóà

12. dóèkuè ɡeèreà jooà

50.  dóèmïù

13. dóèkuè ɡeèreà moètaà

60.  dóèmïìsaàn

14. dóèkuè ɡeèreà sóà

70.  dóèsirïù

15. dóèkuè ɡeèreà mïù

80.  dóèjijooà

16. dóèkuè ɡeèreà mïìsaàn

90.  dóèjikaàra

17. dóèkuè ɡeèreà sirïù

100. dóèdóekuè (10 x 10) / tól

18. dóèkuè ɡeèreà jijooà

200. dóèdóejooà

19. dóèkuè ɡeèreà jikaàra

1000. saàkïì kaàra

20. dóèjooà

2000. saàkïi jooà

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Rosmarie Moser, Department of Linguistics, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia, July 5, 2007.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Rosmarie Moser, 2007 年 7 月 5 日.

 

Other comments: Kabba has a decimal system with special forms for numbers 8 and 9.

Note that the symbol 'j' = IPA symbol 'dʒ'.


 

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