Komo

Language name and locationː Komo, Maniema, DR Congo[Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 科莫语 (基科莫语Kikomo), 刚果民主共和国东部马涅马省

1. ímotí ~ mocí / ímotí ~ mocí *	21. nkpá búi na motí / nkámá íɓɛ na motí
2. íɓɛ / íɓɛ*	22. nkpá búi na íɓɛ / nkámá íɓɛ na íɓɛ
3. ísáɔ / ísáɔ *	23. nkpá búi na ísáɔ / nkámá íɓɛ na ísáɔ
4. ɡena / ɡena *	24. nkpá búi na ɡena / nkámá íɓɛ na ɡena
5. ɓɔ́ku / ɓɔ́ku *	25. nkpá búi na ɓɔ́ku /nkámá íɓɛ na ɓɔ́ku
6. njaɡa na motí / síta ( < Swahili)	26. nkámá íɓɛ na síta *
7. njaɡa na íɓɛ̂ / sáɓa ( < Swahili)	27. nkámá íɓɛ na sáɓa
8. njaɡa na ísâɔ̃ / monánɛ ( < Sw.)	28. nkámá íɓɛ na monánɛ
9. njaɡa na ɡena / kenda*/ tísa (<Sw.)	29. nkámá íɓɛ na kenda ~ tísa
10. njaɡa íɓɛ / nkámá	30. nkámá ísáɔ̃
11. njaɡa íɓɛ na motí / nkámá na motí	40. nkámá ɡena
12. njaɡa íɓɛ na íɓɛ̂ / nkámá na íɓɛ̂	50. nkámá ɓɔ́ku
13. njaɡa íɓɛ na ísáɔ̃/ nkámá na ísáɔ̃	60. nkámá síta
14. njaɡa íɓɛ na ɡena / nkámá na	70. nkámá sáɓa
15. njaɡa ísáɔ̃ / nkámá na ɓɔ́ku	80. nkámá monánɛ
16. njaɡa ísáɔ̃ na motí / nkámá na síta	90. nkámá tísa
17. njaɡa ísáɔ̃ na íɓɛ̂ / nkámá na sáɓa	100. mía ( <Swahili )
18. njaɡa ísáɔ̃ na ísáɔ̃/ nkámá na m.	200. mía íɓɛ
19. njaɡa ísáɔ̃ na ɡena / nkámá na tísa	1000. ɛ́ɛphu ~ ɛ́lɛphu (ɛ́lɛphu < Swahili)
20. nkpá búi / nkámá íɓɛ	2000. ɛ́lɛphu íɓɛ

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Paul Thomas, Summer Institute of Linguistics, East Congo group, November 23, 1998.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Paul Thomas, 1998 年 11 月 23 日.

Other comments: Komo (Kikomo) or Kikumu is spoken by approximately 400,000 speaker in Maniema province: Lubutu and Punia territories; Nord-Kivu province: Walikale; Tshopo province: Bafwasende territory, Opienge. Lubutu is center, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Komo has a traditional quinary system which can count up to 25. The first form for number 'one' is inanimate, and can also be used as an ordinal, the second is animate. In traditional counting, 6 'njaɡa na moti' mean 'a hand plus one' and the number 10 'njaɡa íɓɛ' means 'two hands', 15 is 'three hands', 20 'nkpá búi' means 'a whole person'. Nowadays, they use a decimal system influenced by Swahili ( the second column). The option for number 9 'kenda' is a loan from Swahili. The contemporary word for 10 nkámá is provenance unknown.

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