Kiwilwana/ Malakote

Language name and location: Kiwilwana, Tana River, Kenya [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 基维鲁阿纳语 (马拉科特语 Malakote), 肯尼亚沿海地区

1. mɔ̄zā	21. mākómāēlē ná mɔ̄zā
2. bélé	22. mākómāēlē ná bélé
3. d̪āt̪ō	23. mākómāēlē ná d̪āt̪ō
4. nːā	24. mākómāēlē ná nːā
5. sāːnɔ̄	25. mākómāēlē ná sāːnɔ̄
6. dʒáhá (< Orma )	26. mākómāēlē ná dʒáhá
7. t̪ɔ́lbá (< Orma )	27. mākómāēlē ná t̪ɔ́lbá
8. sād̪ʲéːtī (< Orma )	28. mākómāēlē ná sād̪ʲéːtí
9. ìkɛ̄d̪ā	29. mākómāēlē ná ìkɛ̄d̪ā
10. ìkómú	30. mākómāt̪āt̪ō
11. ìkómú ná mɔ̄zā	40. mākómānːā
12. ìkómú ná bélé	50. mākómāsāːnɔ̄
13. ìkómú ná d̪at̪o	60. dʒāt̪āmā (< Orma )
14. ìkómú ná nːā	70. t̪ɔ̄lbāt̪āmā (< Orma )
15. ìkómú ná sāːnɔ̄	80. sād̪ʲéːt̪āmā (< Orma )
16. ìkómú ná dʒáhá	90. sāɣālt̪āmā (< Orma )
17. ìkómú ná t̪ɔ́lbá	100. ɗībà mɔ̄ʒā (ɗiba <Orma)
18. ìkómú ná sād̪ʲéːtī	200. ɗìbà bélé
19. ìkómú ná ìkɛ̄d̪ā	1000. ɛ̄lfū mɔ̄zā (ɛluf <Swahili)
20. mākómāēlē	2000. ɛ̄lfū bélé

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Jacob Njagi, Bible Translation & Literacy (BTL) East Africa, Kenya, July 6, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Jacob Njagi, 2007 年 7 月 6 日.

Other comments: Kiwilwana or Malakote has a numeral system mixing with indigenous numbers with Orma ( a Cushitic language ) and Swahili /Arabic loanwords. Older people may still count to 10 using Orma (a Cushitic language) numerals.

Ilwana (Kiwilwana), or Malakote, is a minor Bantu language of Kenya spoken in Tana River district in south of Kenya by approximately 17,000 speakers.

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