Kim

Language name and location: Kim, Mayo-Kebbi Est region, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 基姆语, 乍得西南部东凯比河区和西南部坦吉莱区

1. ɗú	21. wàrzi pōkā ɗú
2. zí	22. wàrzi pōkā zí
3. tā	23. wàrzi pōkā tā
4. ndà	24. wàrzi pōkā ndà
5. nūwḛ̄y	25. wàrzi pōkā nūwḛ̄y
6. mènènɡāl	26. wàrzi pōkā mènènɡāl
7. ɓēálā / ɓēálār	27. wàrzi pōkā ɓēálā / ɓēálār
8. tīmāl / wázìzí (10 - 2)	28. wàrzi pōkā tīmāl / wázìzi
9. làmāɗō / wázìɗú (10 - 1)	29. wàrzi pōkā làmāɗō / wázìɗú
10. wòl	30. tàpúlú
11. wòl pōkā ɗú	40. wār ndà
12. wòl pōkā zí	50. wār nūwḛ̄y
13. wòl pōkā tā	60. wār mènènɡāl
14. wòl pōkā ndà	70. wār ɓēálā / ɓēálār
15. wòl pōkā nūwḛ̄y	80. kís wá ìzí (100 - 2 x 10)
16. wòl pōkā mènènɡāl	90. kís wá ìzíɗú (100 - 10)
17. wòl pōkā ɓēálā / ɓēálār	100. kís (< Arabic )
18. wòl pōkā tīmāl / wázìzi	200. kə̀kìs tʃírí
19. wòl pōkā làmāɗō / wázìɗú	1000. dúbú (ɗú) (dúbú from Bargimi )
20. wàrzī	2000. dúbú zí

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Dakinodji Ngarmdjebé, CEFOD, N'jamena, Chad. May 18, 1998.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Dakinodji Ngarmdjebé, 1998 年 5 月 18 日.

Other comments: Kim has a counting system with different structures for numbers 8, 9, 80 and 90. They are loanwords for hundreds and thousands from Arabic and Bagirmi.

Kim or Garab is spoken by approximately 15,000 speakers in Mayo-Kebbi Est region: Mayo Boneye department, Djouman, Eré, Kim, and Kolobo villages; Tandjilé region, Chad.

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