Kibaku

Language name and locationː Bura-Pabir, Borno state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 布拉-帕比尔语 (基巴库语 Kibaku), 尼日利亚东北部博尔诺州

1. ntànɡ	21. súr kùmarì kà tànk
2. sùɗà	22. súr kùmarì kà sùɗà
3. màkə̀r	23. súr kùmarì kà màkə̀r
4. fwàr	24. súr kùmarì kà fẁar
5. ntìfù	25. súr kùmarì kà ntùfù
6. nkwà	26. súr kùmarì kà kwà
7. mùrfà	27. súr kùmarì kà mùrfà̀
8. cìsù	28. súr kùmarì kà cìsù
9. ùmðlà	29. súr kùmarì kà ùmðlà
10. kùmà	30. màkùmàrì
11. kùm kà ntànk	40. fùr kùmàrì
12. kùmyà sùɗà	50. ntùf kùmàrì
13. kùmyà màkər	60. kwà kùmàrì
14. kùmyà fwàr	70. mùrf kùmàrì
15. kùmyà ntùfù	80. cìs kùmàrì
16. kùmyà kwà	90. ůmðlà kùmàrì
17. kùmyà mùrfà	100. àrú pál
18. kùmyà cìsù	200. àrú sùɗà
19. kùmyà ùmðlà	1000. dùbú pál
20. súr kùmarì	2000. dùbú sùɗà ( dùbú < Hausa )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Mohammed Aminu Muazu and Mr. Fibi Balami,
Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria through Prof. Ozo-mekuri Ndimele, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, January 9, 2010.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Mohammed Aminu Muazu and Mr. Fibi Balami, 2010 年 1 月 9 日.

Other comments: Kibaku or Bura or Bura-Pabir is an endangered language spoken in the southern part of the present-day Borno State, Nigeria. Bura has a decimal system of counting. The Bura numerals listed above reveal that to form tens the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme –kà “ten” and –súr , from twenty up to thirty the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme – kùmàrì kà “twenty” while for forty up to ninety the cardinal units are prefixed to the morpheme kùmàri; and from hundred up to a nine hundred the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme àrù. From one thousand up to a nine hundred the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme dùbù and from one million and above the cardinal units are suffixed to the morpheme mìlìyàn. These two forms that is “dùbù and mìlìyàn” are believed to have been borrowed from the Hausa language. In the same vein, we observed that in the counting system of Bura all the cardinals, with the exception of twenty “súr” and the form for one “pál” which have high tones, all the other cardinal constituents of the language have low tones.

Language name and locationː Kibaku, Borno state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 基巴库语 (茨巴克语 Cibak), 尼日利亚东北部博尔诺州

1. tə̀ŋ / patù / dukù	21. sùɬani kà sutə̀n
2. sudæ̀	22.
3. makùr̃	23.
4. fwòɗu	24. sùɬani kà pu fwòɗu
5. tufù	25. sùɬani kà pu tufù
6. ŋ̀kwà	26.
7. murɨfwæ̀	27.
8. ntsisù	28.
9. mɨðæ	29.
10. kuma	30. makùr̃ ɬani
11. kum kà sutə̀ŋ	40. fwòɗ(ù) ɬani
12. kum kà pu sudæ̀	50. tufù ɬani
13. kum kà pu makùr̃	60. ŋ̀kwà ɬani
14. kum kà pu fwòɗu	70. murɨfwæ̀ ɬani
15. kum kà pu tufù	80. ntsisù ɬani
16. kum kà pu ŋ̀kwà	90. mɨðæ ɬani
17. kum kà pu murɨfwæ̀	100. kûm ɬani
18. kum kà pu ntsisù	200.
19. kum kà pu mɨðæ	1000.
20. sùɬani	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Charles H. Kraft, Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA, July 18, 2007.
提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Charles H. Kraft, 2007 年 7 月 18 日.

Other comments: Kibaku or Cibak (Bura-Pabir) has a decimal system. Kibaku is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by people in Nigeria. Cibak is spoken in Askira/Uba, Chibok and Damboa local government areas in the south of Borno State in Nigeria.

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