Language name and locationː Korandje, Tabelbala Oasis, Algeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 科兰杰语, 阿尔及利亚西南部塔拜勒巴拉绿洲

1. affu *

21.  waħəd u ʕəʃrin

2. jnka

22.  tnin u ʕəʃrin

3. jnzˁa

23.  tlata u ʕəʃrin

4. rˁəbʕa

24.  rˁəbʕa u ʕəʃrin

5. χəmsa

25.  xəmsa u ʕəʃrin

6. sətta

26.  sətta u ʕəʃrin

7. səbʕa

27.  səbʕa u ʕəʃrin

8. tmənja

28.  tmənja u ʕəʃrin

9. təsʕa

29.  təsʕa u ʕəʃrin

10. ʕəʃrˁa

30.  tlatin

11. ħdaʕʃ

40.  rˁəbʕin

12. tˁnˁaʕʃ

50.  xəmsin

13. tlətˁtˁaʕʃ

60.  səttin

14. rˁəbʕətˁtˁaʕʃ

70.  səbʕin

15. xəmstˁaʕʃ

80.  tmanin

16. sttˁaʕs

90.  təsʕin

17. sbəʕtˁaʕʃ

100.  mijja

18. tməntˁaʕʃ

200.  mijtəjn

19. tsəʕtˁaʕʃ

1000. aləf

20. ʕəʃrin

2000. alfəjn

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Lameen Souag, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, U.K. March 14, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Lameen Souag, 2008 年 3 月 14 日.

Other comments: Korandje [Kwarand^zyəy] has a decimal system. The word "one" is simply [fu] when modifying a noun.

- The phoneme transcribed /t/ here is realized as affricate [ts] in most contexts.

   IPA is used above (even to the extent of giving [j] its IPA value.)

- All numbers above 3 are straightforward Arabic loanwords, and are regarded by

   the speakers as Arabic words.

- In addition to the normal counting system above, there are two secondary systems:

 - a special base-5 counting system used only for concealing numbers from Arabic 

   speakers, in which multiples of 5 are expressed as numbers of limbs (eg 15 =

   nən kəmbyu nd^za nən ti fu "your hands and your one foot") and other numbers  

   higher than 3 are reached by adding to or subtracting from multiples of 5

   (eg 4 = nən kəmb fu kəw a-ka affu "your one hand take away one");

 - and a counting rhyme for kids running from one to ten only: waħi, tani, təllət, 

   dˁərˁbu, maʁɑ, yərʁi, ħəjdəs, məjdəs, g^wərg^wər (or g^wərg^wəj), ʕəʃrˁa

  Korandje (Kwarand^zyəy) is a Northern Songhay language which is by far the most northerly of the Songhay languages. It is spoken around the Algerian oasis of Tabelbala by about 3,000 people; its name literally means "village's language". While retaining a basically Songhay structure, it is extremely heavily influenced by Berber and Arabic; about 20% of the 100-word Swadesh list of basic vocabulary consists of loans from Arabic or Berber, and the proportion of the lexicon as a whole is considerably higher.