Language name and locationː Korana, Rep. of South Africa [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 科拉纳语, 南非共和国西北部北开普省

1. ǀui

21. 

2. ǀam

22.   

3. ǃnona

23.   

4. haka

24.   

5. ɡoro

25.   

6. ǃnani

26.   

7. haũ-kxʼũ, var. hũ-kxʼũ (Engelbrecht)

27.   

8. ǁxaisi

28.   

9. ɡuēsi, var. khoese (Engelbrecht)

29.   

10. tjisi

30.  

11. tjisi ǀúí ǀkxʼa

40.  

12. tjisi ǀám ǀkxʼa

50.  

13. tjisi ǃnoná ǀkxʼa

60.  

14. tjisi hàká ǀkxʼa

70.  haũ-kxʼũ tjisi

15. tjisi kóro ǀkxʼa

80. 

16. tjisi ǃnaná ǀkxʼa

90. 

17. tjisi húú ǀkxʼa

100. ǀkxʼaru tjisi

18. tjisi ǁxáisá ǀkxʼa

200. 

19. tjisi kxòese ǀkxʼa

1000. ǀʼano tjisi (Engelbrecht)

20. ??

2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Menan Du Plessis, Honorary Research Associate

of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. August 1, 2012.

Sourcesː

  Carl Meninhof. 1930. Pp41-41 in Der Koranadialect ders Hottentotischen.

  Berlinː Reimer.

  Jan Engelbrecht. 1936. The Korana. Cape Townː Maskew Miller.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Menan Du Plessis, 2012 年 8 月 1 日.

Other comments: Korana (Koranna) or !Gora, !Kora, !Ora, Gorachouqua, Kora, Koranna, Koraqua was a recently extinct language formerly spoken in Northern Cape province, Republic of South Africa. Korana numerals are similar to that of Nama.

1. The Korana language, or !Ora or Kora, has today (2012) only three known speakers

    left. Of these, only one speaker- aged 100- is truly fluent, can still remember over

    1000 words, and has even preserved the tones of the language. This speaker, who 
    lives in Bloemhof, can only recall the numbers up to ‘4’. 

2. Meinhof noted that !nani ‘six’ was probably derived from !nani-b ‘thumb’.

3. The symbol ǀ indicates the dental click;  ! the (post)alveolar click;  and ǁ the alveolar

    lateral click. Clicks, which can occur as simple stops or affricates, may be pre-

    nasalized, and in these various forms they may be aspirated or ejected.

4.  Meinhof did not indicate the tones of these number names.