Kimîîru / Meru

Language name and location: Kimîîru, Meru county, Kenya [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 基梅鲁语 (梅鲁语Meru), 肯尼亚东部梅魯郡及附近地区

1. [emwɛ]	21. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe /meɾɔŋɡɔweɾe na emwɛ]
2. [id͡ʒeɾe]	22. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe /meɾɔŋɡɔweɾe na id͡ʒeɾe]
3. [iðato]	23. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe /meɾɔŋɡɔweɾe na iðato]
4. [iɲa]	24. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe /meɾɔŋɡɔweɾe na iɲa]
5. [itanɔ ] or [iðanɔ ]	25. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe / m. na itanɔ / iðanɔ]
6. [ iðanðato ] ( 2 x 3 )	26. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe / m. na itanðato
7. [ moɡʷaɲd͡ʒa ]	27. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe / m. na moɡʷaɲd͡ʒa]
8. [ iɲaɲa ] (2 x 4 )	28. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe /meɾɔŋɡɔweɾe na iɲaɲa ]
9. [ kɛnda ]	29. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe /meɾɔŋɡɔweɾe na kɛnda]
10. [ekomi]	30. [meɾɔŋɡɔ eðato ] / [ meɾɔŋɡɔwɛðato ]
11. [ekomi na emwɛ ]→[ekomi nemwɛ]	40. [meɾɔŋɡɔena ] → [ meɾɔŋɡɔwɛna ]
12. [ ekomi naid͡ʒeɾe ]	50. [meɾɔŋɡɔ etanɔ ] → [meɾɔŋɡɔwɛtanɔ ]
13. [ ekomi na iðato ]	60. [ meɾɔŋɡɔ etanðato ]
14. [ ekomi na iɲa ]	70. [meɾɔŋɡɔ moɡʷaɲd͡ʒa ]
15. [ ekomi na itanɔ]	80. [meɾɔŋɡɔ enana ]
16. [ ekomi na itanðato / iðanðato ]	90. [meɾɔŋɡɔ kɛnda ]
17. [ ekomi na moɡʷaɲd͡ʒa ]	100. [egana (ɾemwɛ)]
18. [ ekomi na iɲaɲa ]	200. [maɡana id͡ʒeɾe]
19. [ ekomi na kenda ]	800. [maɡana d͡ʒanana], 1000. [ŋɡiɾi emwɛ]
20. [ meɾɔŋɡɔ eɾe ]	2000. [ŋɡiɾi id͡ʒeɾe]

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Basilio G. Mungania, Lecturer, Department of Kiswahili University of Nairobi, Kenya. August 16, 2018. IPA transcription by Dr. Prisca Jerono, University of Nairobi, Kenya., August 19, 2018.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Basilio G. Mungania and Dr. Prisca Jerono, 2018 年 8 月 19 日.

Other comments: Kimeru (Kimîîru）or Meru is spoken by approximately 1,980,000 speakers in Isiolo and Meru counties: northeast of Mount Kenya; Laikipia county: Ewaso Ngiro river north bank, Kenya. Kimeru has a decimal system very similar to that of Gikuyu. Kimeru is a tonal Bantu language but no one has studies tone in the Kimeru.

Notes on the traditional phonetic symbols and IPA transcriptionsː

ĩ=IPA e, ə IPA ɑ, e=IPA ɛ, o=IPA ɔ, ũ=IPA o, u=IPA u, j=IPA dʒ.

Language name and location: Kimîîru, Meru county, Kenya [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 基梅鲁语 (梅鲁语Meru), 肯尼亚东部梅魯郡及附近地区

1. îmwe	21. mîronɡo îîrî na îmwe
2. ijîrî	22. mîronɡo îîrî na ijîrî
3. ithatû	23. mîronɡo îîrî na ithatû
4. inya	24. mîronɡo îîrî na inya
5. ithaano	25. mîronɡo îîrî na ithaano
6. ithathatû ( 2 x 3 )	26. mîronɡo îîrî na ithathatû
7. mûɡwanja	27. mîronɡo îîrî na mûɡwanja
8. inyaanya (2 x 4 )	28. mîronɡo îîrî na inyaanya
9. kenda	29. mîronɡo îîrî na kenda
10. îkûmi	30. mîronɡo îthatû
11. îkûmi na ĩmwe	40. mîronɡo îna
12. îkûmi na ijîrî	50. mîronɡo îthano
13. îkûmi na ithatû	60. mîronɡo îthathatû
14. îkûmi na inya	70. mîronɡo mûɡwanja
15. îkûmi na ithaano	80. mîronɡo înaana
16. îkûmi na ithathatû	90. mîronɡo kenda
17. îkûmi na mûɡwanja	100. îɡana
18. îkûmi na inyaanya	200. maɡana jaîrî
19. îkûmi na kenda	1000. nɡiri
20. mîronɡo îîrî	2000. nɡiri ijîrî

Linguist providing data and dateː Rev. John Kobia Ataya through Dr. Jan P. Sterk, UBS (United Bible Society), Kenya. 2 August, 1995.

提供资料的语言学家: Rev. John Kobia Ataya, 1995 年 8 月 2 日.

Other comments: Kimeru or Meru has a decimal system very similar to that of Gikuyu.

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