Kofyar

Language name and locationː Kofyar, Plateau state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 科菲亚尔语, 尼日利亚中部高原州及纳萨拉瓦州

1. mé	21. yagurum ká kúme
2. vəl	22. yagurum ká vəl
3. kún	23. yagurum ká kún
4. féer	24. yagurum ká féer
5. paàt	25. yagurum ká paàt
6. pèmə ( 5 + 1 )	26. yagurum ká pèmə
7. pòɡòvəl ( 5 + 2 )	27. yagurum ká pòɡòvəl
8. pòɡòkun ( 5 + 3 )	28. yagurum ká pòɡòkun
9. pòɡòfár ( 5 + 4 )	29. yagurum ká pòɡòfár
10. sàr	30. yagurum ká sàr
11. sár kà kúme	40. yagurum vəl ( 20 x 2 )
12. sár kà və́l	50. yagurum vəl ká sar
13. sár kà kún	60. yagurum kún ( 20 x 3 )
14. sár kà féer	70. yagurum kún ká sar
15. sár kà paàt	80. yagurum féer ( 20 x 4 )
16. sár kà pèmə	90. yagurum féer ká sar
17. sár kà pòɡòvəl	100. yagurum paàt ( 20 x 5 )
18. sár kà pòɡòkun	200. yagurum sár ( 20 x 10 )
19. sár kà pòɡòfár	400. yagurum ká sar ba cin sar
20. yàmɛɡwo / yagurum

Sourceː Robert Mac. Netting, 'A Wordlist of Kofyar' Research Notes No. 2, Dept. of

Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ibadan, 1967.

Other comments: Kofyar has a vigesimal system similar to Goemai. Kofyar is spoken in Plateau state and Nassarawa state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria by approximately 110,000 speakers, with a population around 181,000.

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