Language name and location: Kigiryama, Kwale county, Kenya [Refer to: Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 基吉里亚马语 (吉里亚马语 Giryama), 肯尼亚南部夸勒郡

1. mosi

21.  mironɡo miri na mwenɡa

2. hiri

22.  mironɡo miri na mbiri

3. hahu

23.  mironɡo miri na t'ahu

4. ine

24.  mironɡo miri na nane

5. ts'ano

25.  mironɡo miri na ts'ano

6. handahu ( 2 x 3 )

26.  mironɡo miri na t'andahu

7. funɡahe

27.  mironɡo miri na funɡahe

8. nane

28.  mironɡo miri na nane

9. chenda

29.  mironɡo miri na chenda

10. kumi

30.  mironɡo mihahu

11. kumi na mwenɡa

40.  mironɡo mine

12. kumi na mbiri

50.  mironɡo mits'ano

13. kumi na t'ahu

60.  mironɡo mihandahu

14. kumi na ne

70.  mironɡo mifunɡahe

15. kumi na ts'ano

80.  mironɡo mine

16. kumi na t'andahu

90.  mironɡo chenda

17. kumi na mifunɡahe

100. ɡana (mwenɡa)

18. kumi na nane

200. maɡana mairi

19. kumi na chenda

1000. alifu (mwenɡa) ( 'alifu' < Swahili )

20. mironɡo miri

2000. alifu mbiri

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Christa Kendall, BTL ( Bible Translation & Literacy, East Africa), Kenya, October 12, 1995.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Christa Kendall, 1995 年 10 月 12 日.

Other comments: Giryama or Kigiryama has a decimal system. Kigiryama is a sub-language of the Kimijikenda. The nine Mijikenda groups speak closely related languages, all types of Bantu language, which is the same group to which the more widely known Swahili belongs. Kigiryam is spoken in the Coastal region in Tana River county by approximately 1,000,000 speakers.