Karang

Language name and location: Karang, North region, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区:卡壤语, 喀麦隆北部省马约雷州

1. mbéw	21. bōn séɗè fàlú mbéw
2. séɗè	22. bōn séɗè fàlú séɗè
3. sāy	23. bōn séɗè fàlú sāy
4. nìŋ	24. bōn séɗè fàlú nìŋ
5. ndīɓī	25. bōn séɗè fàlú ndīɓī
6. tɔ́tɔ́klɔ́	26. bōn séɗè fàlú tɔ́tɔ́klɔ́
7. tòŋ ndɔ́k sāy [remains (in) hands 3]	27. bōn séɗè fàlú tòŋ ndɔ́k sāy
8. tòŋ ndɔ́k séɗè [remains (in) hands 2]	28. bōn séɗè fàlú tòŋ ndɔ́k séɗè
9. tòŋ ndɔ́k mbéw[remains (in hands 1]	29. bōn séɗè fàlú tòŋ ndɔ́k mbéw
10. bǒh	30. bōn sāy
11. bǒh fàlú mbéw (fàl=after, ú=that)	40. bōn nìŋ
12. bǒh fàlú séɗè	50. bōn ndīɓī
13. bǒh fàlú sāy	60. bōn tɔ́tɔ́klɔ́
14. bǒh fàlú nìŋ	70. bōn tòŋ ndɔ́k sāy
15. bǒh fàlú ndīɓī	80. bōn tòŋ ndɔ́k séɗè
16. bǒh fàlú tɔ́tɔ́klɔ́	90. bōn tòŋ ndɔ́k mbéw
17. bǒh fàlú tòŋ ndɔ́k sāy	100. sɔ́ɗ
18. bǒh fàlú tòŋ ndɔ́k séɗè	200. sɔ́ɗ séɗè
19. bǒh fàlú tòŋ ndɔ́k mbéw	1000. sak mbéw / sɔ́ɗ ɓɔh ɡel mbéw
20. bōn séɗè	2000. sak séɗè / sɔ́ɗ ɓɔh ɡel séɗè

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Bob Ulfers, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon. January 14, 1999.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Bob Ulfers, 1999 年 1 月 14 日.

Other comments: Karang has a decimal system with special structure for numbers 7 to 9. The word for 'thousand' sak, is used only for counting money, originally borrowed from French 'sac' as the French carry bags 'sac' of 1000, one franc coins into the area when money was first introduced. Karang or Mbum-East is spoken by approximately 18,000 speakers in North region: Mayo-Rey division, Madingring district (homeland), south border of Bouba Ndjida National Park, south from Madingring, southeast to Lawzigoy, 25 villages. Displaced: Garoua, Ngaoundéré, Ngong, Tcholliré, and Touboro (and surrounding villages), Cameroon.

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