Koma / Gə́mnə́m

Language name and locationː Koma, Nigeria, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 科马语, 尼日利亚东部阿达马瓦州和喀麦隆北部地区

1. mani	21. zul dìˀ mani
2. tɛk	22. zul dìˀ tɛk
3. taarək	23.
4. náárə́k	24.
5. nɔɔnɔ̀k	25.
6. nɔɔ waŋɡə	26.
7. náárə́k àp tāārə̀k ( 4 + 3 ?)	27.
8. náárə́k àp náárə́k ( 4 + 4 ?)	28.
9. náárə́k àp nɔɔnɔ̀k ( 4 + 5 ?)	29.
10. kóp	30. zul dìˀ kóp
11. kóp dìˀ mani	40. zuuˀ tɛk (litː 'two heads')
12. kóp dìˀ tɛk	50.
13. kóp dìˀ taarək	60. zuuˀ taari
14. kóp dìˀ náárə́k	70.
15. wàllə̀	80. zuuˀ náárí
16. wàllə dìˀ mani	90.
17. wàllə dìˀ tɛk	100. zuuˀ nɔɔnì (litː 'five heads')
18. wàllə dìˀ taarək	200. zuuˀ kóp
19. wàllə dìˀ náárə́k	1000. dukə
20. zul	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer, Department of Anthropology and African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz , Germany. November 12, 2015, assisted by Iya Voozi, Bimleru, Cameroon.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer, 2015 年 11 月 12 日.

Other comments: Koma has a decimal system. The above data was taken from Beiya variety of Gə́mnə́m dialect of Koma language spoken in Alantika Mountains, Cameroon/Nigeria. (see www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-adamawa/adamawa-languages/samba-duru-group/ ), this language has vigesimal system

with special formation for numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, and a single word for 15.

Koma is spoken by approximately 35,000 speakers in Adamawa state: Fufore and Ganye LGAs, Alantika and Koma Vomni mountains, Nigeria as well as Cameroon.

Language name and locationː Koma, Nigeria, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 科马语, 尼日利亚东部阿达马瓦州和喀麦隆北部地区

1. màn	21.
2. ètên	22.
3. tāán	23.
4. nānnò	24.
5. ɡbà náárò	25.
6. ɡbāāsə̀ mâl	26.
7. ɡbāāsə̀ ètên	27.
8. ɡbāāsə̀ táān	28.
9. ɡbāāsə̀ nānnà	29.
10. kòmnā	30.
11. kòmnā sàà màn	40. zūū ēttɛ́ (litː 'two heads')
12.	50.
13.	60.
14.	70.
15. kòmnā sàà ɡbà náárò	80.
16.	90.
17.	100. zūū ɡbà náárò (litː 'five heads')
18.	200.
19.	1000.
20. ráárò	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer, Department of Anthropology and African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz , Germany. October 1, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer, 2012 年 10 月 1 日.

Other comments: The Koma dialect of Vɔmnəm [Vɔ̀mnə̄m] of Tuli is spoken by the Vɔ̀mní (=Koma Vomni), Northwestern part of the Alantika Mountains, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Vɔmnəm has a vigesimal system. The unit 20 is zuu "head".

Vɔmnəm is a noun class language. Numbers from 1-4 may agree with the nouns they qualify.

	one
child	waa má-zò
tree	tɛɛ má-kò
head	zur mâ-l

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