Kerewe

Language name and locationː Kerewe, Mara region, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 克雷韦语, 坦桑尼亚北部马拉区和姆万扎区

1. -mo	21. ma.kumi a.βili na -mu
2. -βili	22. ma.kumi a.βili na -βili
3. -satu	23. ma.kumi a.βili na -satu
4. -na	24. ma.kumi a.βili na -na
5. -tanu	25. ma.kumi a.βili na -tanu
6. mu.kaɡa	26. ma.kumi a.βili na mu.kaɡa
7. mu.saanzu	27. ma.kumi a.βili na mu.saanzu
8. mu.nana	28. ma.kumi a.βili na mu.nana
9. mu.eenda	29. ma.kumi a.βili na mu.eenda
10. i.kumi	30. ma.kumi a.satu
11. i.kumi na -mu	40. ma.kumi a.na
12. i.kumi na -βili	50. ma.kumi a.taanu
13. i.kumi na -satu	60. ma.kumi mu.kaɡa
14. i.kumi na -na	70. ma.kumi mu.saanzu
15. i.kumi na -tanu	80. ma.kumi mu.nana
16. i.kumi na mu.kaɡa	90. ma.kumi mu.eenda
17. i.kumi na mu.saanzu	100. iɡana
18. i.kumi na mu.nana	200. magan a.βili
19. i.kumi na mu.eenda	1000. ekihuumβi
20. ma.kumi a.βili	2000. βihuumbi βiβili

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Christina Thornell, Department of Languages and

Arts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. August 4, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Christina Thornell, 2011 年 8 月4 日.

Other comments: Kerewe (Ekikerebe) is spoken by approximately 241,000 speakers in Mara and Mwanza regions; Lake Victoria area, Maisome island and southeast Ukerewe island, Tanzania. Kerewe has a decimal system. The numbers 1 - 5 are numerals,

whereas numbers 6-10 are nouns ( 6-9 are in class 3, and 10 is in class 5). Numbers

1-5 agree with their head. Ten in the plural is ma'kumi in class 6.

The Kerewe counting system belongs to the decimal counting system, with the first ten numerals being the following:

(21)	-mo ‘one’	mu.kaga ‘CL3.six’
	-Bili ‘two’	mu.saanzu ‘CL3.seven’
	-satu ‘three’	mu.nana ‘CL3.eight’
	-na ‘four’	mu.eenda ‘CL3.nine’
	-tanu ‘five’	i.kumi ‘CL5.ten’

Numbers 1–5 are numerals, whereas numbers 6–10 are nouns (6–9 are in class 3, and 10 is in class 5). Numbers 1–5 agree with their head in the way shown in Table 6 and in examples (23–25). The agreement marking in classes 1, 4, 6 and 9–10 differs from the marking of other determiners.
Numbers higher than 10 are formed by ten(s) + unit(s) joined by na ‘and’. Thus, numbers 11 to 19 are as follows:

(22)	i.kumi na -mu ‘eleven’	i.kumi na mu.kaga ‘sixteen’
	i.kumi na -Bili ‘twelve’	i.kumi na mu.saanzu ‘seventeen’
	i.kumi na -satu ‘thirteen’	i.kumi na mu.nana ‘eighteen’
	i.kumi na -Bina ‘fourteen’	i.kumi na mu.eenda ‘nineteen’
	i.kumi na -tano ‘fifteen’

(23)

a.iBi.teBe

i.kumi

Bi.na

A.CL8.chair

CL5.ten

and

CM CL8.four

‘fourteen chairs’

(24)

a.in.te

i.kumi

i.satu

A.CL10.cow

CL5.ten

and

CM CL5.three

‘thirteen cows’

(25)

a.ma.ato

i.kumi

a.tanu

A.CL6.canoe

CL5.ten

and

CM CL6.five

‘fifteen canoes’

Ten in the plural is ma.kumi in class 6. The number of tens is postnominal, following the general ordering of determiners within the NP. Numbers 1–5 are marked for agreement by the concord marker of class 6, namely a-, and the numbers 6–9 in terms of class 3 nouns are simply juxtaposed to ma.kumi, as the formula and the examples in (26) show:

(26)	CL6.kumi.CM CL6.numbers 1–5	CL6.kumi.CL3.numbers 6–9
	ma.kumi a.Bili ‘twenty’	ma.kumi mu.kaga ‘sixty’
	ma.kumi a.satu ‘thirty’	ma.kumi mu.saanzu ‘seventy’
	ma.kumi a.Bina ‘forty’	ma.kumi mu.nana ‘eighty’
	ma.kumi a.tano ‘fifty’	ma.kumi mu.eenda ‘ninety’

Language name and locationː Kerewe, Mara region, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 克雷韦语, 坦桑尼亚北部马拉区和姆万扎区

1. émó / ímó	21. makúmyʼ áábili nʼ éémó
2. ibili	22. makúmyʼ áábili nʼ eebili
3. isatu	23. makúmyʼ áábili nʼ eesatu
4. ina	24. makúmyʼ áábili nʼ ééná
5. itaanu	25. makúmyʼ áábili nʼ eetaanu
6. mukááɡa	26. makúmyʼ áábili na mukááɡa
7. músáanzu	27. makúmyʼ áábili na músáanzu
8. munáána	28. makúmyʼ áábili na munáána
9. mweenda	29. makúmyʼ áábili na mweenda
10. ikúmi	30. makúmyʼ áásatu
11. ikúmí nʼ éémó	40. makúmyʼ ááná
12. ikúmí nʼ eebili	50. makúmyʼ áátaanu
13. ikúmí nʼ eesatu	60. makúmí mukááɡa
14. ikúmí nʼ ééná	70. makúmí musaanzu
15. ikúmí nʼ eetaanu	80. makúmí munáána
16. ikúmí na mukááɡa	90. makúmí mweenda
17. ikúmí na músáanzu	100. iɡana
18. ikúmí na munáána	200. maganʼ áábíli
19. ikúmí na mweenda	1000. ekihuumbi
20. makúmyʼ áábili	2000. bihuumbi bíbíli

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Dave Odden, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA, January 16, 2006

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Dave Odden, 2006 年 1 月 16 日.

Other comments: Kerewe (Ekikerebe) is spoken by approximately 241,000 speakers in Mara and Mwanza regions; Lake Victoria area, Maisome island and southeast Ukerewe island, Tanzania. Kerewe has a decimal system. The numbers 1 - 5 are numerals, whereas numbers 6-10 are nouns (6-9 are in class 3, and 10 is in class 5). Numbers 1-5 agree with their head. Ten in the plural is ma'kumi in class 6.

Back >> [ Home ] >> [ Niger-Congo ] >> [ Adamawa-Ubanguian ] >> [ Atlantic ] >> [ Benue-Congo ]
>> [ Grassfields ] >> [ Gur ] >> [ Kwa ] >> [ Mande ] >> [ Narrow Bantu ]