Kafa

Language name and locationː Kafa, Keffa Zone, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 卡法语, 埃塞俄比亚西南部各族民族州卡法地区

1. ʔìkkòó	21. híjàà ʔíkkò
2. ɡùttòó	22. híjàà ɡùttòó
3. kèèmó	23. híjàà kèèmó
4. áwùddò	24. híjàà áwùddò
5. ʔùùttʃòó	25. híjàà ʔùùttʃòó
6. ʃírìttòó	26. híjàà ʃírìttòó
7. ʃábààttòó	27. híjàà ʃábààttòó
8. ʃímìttòó	28. híjàà ʃímìttòó
9. jììtʼijòó	29. híjàà jììtʼijòó
10. ààʃìròó	30. ʃààʃòó
11. ààràá ʔíkkò	40. ààbbòó
12. ààràá ɡùttòó	50. ààttʃòó
13. ààràá kèèmó	60. ʃíttʃòó
14. ààràá áwùddò	70. ʃàbòó
15. ààràá ʔùùttʃòó	80. ʃìnnòó
16. ààràá ʃírìttòó	90. jìtʼènòó
17. ààràá ʃábààttòó	100. bállò
18. ààràá ʃímìttòó	200. ɡùtté bàlló
19. ààràá jììtʼijòó	1000. hùmó, 2000. ɡùtté hùmó
20. hìjòó	3,000. kèèddʒé hùmó, 4000. áwùddé hùmó

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Kifle Meshesha, Documentary Linguistics Program at Addis Ababa University linguistics, Ethiopia. November 2, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Kifle Meshesha, 2012 年 11 月2 日.

Other comments: Kafa or Kafinoonoo has a decimal system influenced by the Semitic language. 3000 is kèèddʒé hùmó; 4000 áwùddé hùmó. Note that <tʃ’> is a voiceless palato alveolar affricate and ejective, < t’> is a voiceless stop ejective.

Kafa or Kefa (Kafi noono) is a North Omotic language spoken in Ethiopia at the Keffa Zone with about 830,000 speakers.

Language name and locationː Kafa, Keffa Zone, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 卡法语, 埃塞俄比亚西南部各族民族州卡法地区

1. ʔikko	21. hijaa ʔikko
2. ɡutto	22. hijaa ɡutto
3. keemo	23. hijaa keemo
4. ʔauddo	24. hijaa ʔauddo
5. ʔuutʃtʃo	25. hijaa ʔuutʃtʃo
6. ʃiritto	26. hijaa ʃiritto
7. ʃabaatto	27. hijaa ʃabaatto
8. ʃimitto	28. hijaa ʃimitto
9. jiitʼijo	29. hiyaa jiitʼijo
10. ʔaaʃiro	30. ʃaaʃo
11. ʔaaraa ʔikko	40. ʔaabbo
12. ʔaaraa ɡutto	50. ʔaatʃtʃo
13. ʔaaraa keemo	60. ʃitʃtʃo
14. ʔaaraa ʔauddo	70. ʃabo
15. ʔaaraa ʔuutʃtʃo	80. ʃinno
16. ʔaaraa ʃiritto	90. jiitʼeno
17. ʔaaraa ʃabaatto	100. ballo
18. ʔaaraa ʃimitto	200. ɡutte ballo
19. ʔaaraa jiitʼijo	1000. humo
20. hijo (Bonga, Canna, Gimbo Dialects)	2000. ɡutte humo

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Sellassie Cheru, (Native Wolaitta speaker), Department of Linguistics, Addis Abba University. July 24, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Sellassie Cheru, 2012 年 7 月 24 日.

Other comments: Kafa has a decimal system influenced by the Semitic language. In an Addiyo dialect, 10 is bondiyo /bondijo /. My informant accepts all the data with the exception of 90. As to him, the data is used the same way by the Kafa speech communities in Bonga, Channa /tʃ’anna/, and Gimbo localities or Weredas. You download the recent map of Kafa zone in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State. I could not show the tonal system since it needs further study/ investigation.

Note <tʃ’> is a voiceless palato alveolar affricate and ejective. < t’> is a voiceless stop ejective. ? may be pronounced differently with some other speakers.. This will be checked other speakers at my reach.

Language name and locationː Kafa, Keffa Zone, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 卡法语, 埃塞俄比亚西南部各族民族州卡法地区

1. ʔikko	21. hiyaa ʔikko
2. ɡutto	22. hiyaa ɡutto
3. keemo	23. hiyaa keemo
4. auddo	24. hiyaa auddo
5. uuččo	25. hiyaa uuččo
6. širitto	26. hiyaa širitto
7. šabaatto	27. hiyaa šabaatto
8. šimitto	28. hiyaa šimitto
9. yiitʼtʼio	29. hiyaa yiitʼtʼio
10. aaširo	30. šaašo
11. aaraa ʔikko	40. aabbo
12. aaraa ɡutto	50. aaččo
13. aaraa keemo	60. šiččo
14. aaraa auddo	70. šabo
15. aaraa uuččo	80. šinno
16. aaraa širitto	90. yiitʼtʼano
17. aaraa šabaatto	100. ballo
18. aaraa šimitto	200. ɡutto ballo
19. aaraa yiitʼtʼio	1000. humo
20. hiyo	2000. ɡutto humo

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Ruth Cremer, Kafa New Testament Project Coordinator, SIM (Society for International Missionaries, Ethiopia, October 25, 1995.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Ruth Cremer, 1995 年 10 月 25 日.

Other comments: Kafa has a decimal system. In above data, double vowels are long vowel, tʼ is implosive, š=IPA /ʃ/, č = IPA /tʃ/.

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