Kenyang

Language name and location: Kenyang, SW region, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 肯阳语, 喀麦隆西南区马纽州

1. ɛ́mɔ̂t	21. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò ɛ́mɔ̂t ( '20 behind 1')
2. bɛpây	22. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò ɛ́pây
3. bɛ́rát	23. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò ɛ́rát
4. mɛ́nwî	24. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò ɛ́nwî
5. bɛ́tây	25. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò ɛ́tây
6. bɛ́tándât ( 2 x 3 ) *	26. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò ɛ́tándât
7. tándrámɔ̂t ( 6+1) *	27. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò tándrámɔ̂t
8. mɛ́nɛ̀n	28. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò mɛ́nɛ̀n
9. mɛ́nɛ̀n nɛ̀ àmɔ̀t ( 8+1 )	29. ɛ̀sà ǹsɛ̀m mēsò mɛ́nɛ̀n nɛ̀ àmɔ̀t
10. bjó	30. ɛ̀sǎ ǹsɛ̀m bjó ('20 behind 10')
11. bjó nɛ̀ àmɔ̀t ( 10+1 )	40. bɛ̀sà bɛ́pây ( 20 x 2 )
12. bjó nɛ̀ bɛ́pây ( 10+2 )	50. bɛ̀sà bɛ́pây ǹsɛ̀m bjó
13. bjó nɛ̀ bɛ́rát ( 10+3 )	60. bɛ̀sà bɛ́rát ( 20 x 3 )
14. bjó nɛ̀ mɛ́nwî ( 10+4 )	70. bɛ̀sà bɛ́rát ǹsɛ̀m bjó
15. nɛ̀kú	80. bɛ̀sà mɛ́nwî ( 20 x 4 )
16. nɛ̀kú nɛ̀ àmɔ̀t ( 15+1 )	90. bɛ̀sà mɛ́nwî ǹsɛ̀m bjó
17. nɛ̀kú nɛ̀ bɛ́pây ( 15+2 )	100. bɛ̀sà bɛ́tây ( 20 x 5 )
18. nɛ̀kú nɛ̀ bɛ́rát ( 15+3 )	200. bɛ̀sà bjó ( 20 x 10 ), 400. bɛ̀sǎ ɛ̀sà
19. nɛ̀kú nɛ̀ mɛ́nwî ( 15+4 )	1000. ǹká
20. ɛ̀sà	2000. ǹká ɛ́pây

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Tanyi Eyong Mbuagbaw (CABTAL) through Mr. Lawrence Marc Seguin, SIL, Cameroon, June 24, 1997.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Tanyi Eyong Mbuagbaw, 1997 年 6 月 24 日.

Other comments: Kenyang is spoken by approximately 65,000 speakers in South West region: Koupé-Muanengouba division, west corner of Nguti subdivision; Manyu division, Mamfe Central and Upper Banyang subdivisions, Mamfe area and southwest, Cameroon. Kenyang has a numeral system based on twenty and a single word for number fifteen. This system is similar to Denya numeral system. The numbers 6 and 7 might be etymologically derived from '2 x 3' and '6+1', respectively.

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