Kuce / Rubuka

Language name and location: Kuce, Kaduna state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 库策语 (Rubuka 鲁库巴语), 尼日利亚东北部卡杜纳州及高原州

1. ɡyín	21. usɔ́k nì taːras ( 12+9 )
2. -hàk	22. usɔ́k nì uʔɔk ( 12+10 )
3. -tát	23. usɔ́k nì usɔ́k ( 12+11 )
4. -nàs	24. ìsɔk ìhak ( 12 x 2 )
5. -túŋ	25. ìsɔk ìhak nì ɡyín ( 12 x 2+1 )
6. tàiŋ	26. ìsɔk ìhak nì hàk ( 12 x 2+2 )
7. taŋbák	27. ìsɔk ìhak nì tát ( 12 x 2+3 )
8. taːrat	28. ìsɔk ìhak nì nàs ( 12 x 2+4 )
9. taːras	29. ìsɔk ìhak nì túŋ ( 12 x 2+5 )
10. uwùruk	30. ìsɔk ìhak nì tàiŋ ( 12 x 2+6 )
11. uʔɔ́k	40. ìsɔk ìhak nì nàs ( 12 x 3+4 )
12. usɔ́k	50. ìsɔk ìhak nì hàk ( 12 x 4+2 )
13. usɔ́k nì ɡyín ( 12+1 )	60. ìsɔk ìtúŋ ( 12 x 5 )
14. usɔ́k nì hàk ( 12+2 )	70. ìsɔk ìtuŋ nì uwùruk ( 12 x 5+10 )
15. usɔ́k nì tát ( 12+3 )	80. kitu nì taːrat ( 72 + 8 )
16. usɔ́k nì nàs ( 12+4 )	90. kitu nì usɔ́k ni tàiŋ ( 72+12+6 )
17. usɔ́k nì túŋ ( 12+5 )	100.kitu nì ìsɔk ihak nì nàs (72+12 x 2+4)
18. usɔ́k nì tàiŋ ( 12+6 )	200. atu ahak nì isɔ́k inàs nì hàk nì taːrat
19. usɔ́k nì taŋbák ( 12+7 )	1000. idubu <Hausa
20. usɔ́k nì taːrat ( 12+8 )	2000. idubu ihak

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Luc Bouquiaux, CNRS-LLACAN (National Center for Scientific Research), France, August 19, 1995
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Luc Bouquiaux, 1995 年 8 月 19 日.

Other comments: Kuce or Kuche, Rukuka is spoken by approximately 100,000 speakers in Kaduna state: Kajuru LGA; Plateau state: Bassa LGA, Nigeria. Rukuka or Kuce has a duodecimal numeral system. There are two words for number '72', 'kitu' and 'atu', 144 can be expressed as 'atu ahak' and 200 is 'atu ahak ni isɔk inas ni hak ni taːrat' ( 72 x 2)+(12 x 4)+8 )

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