Kuhane / Subiya

Language name and location: Kuhane, Namibia, Botswana [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 库哈内语 (苏比亚语 Subiya), 纳米比亚, 博茨瓦纳, 赞比亚

1. kàmwīnā / ìmwīnā / βùmwīnā	21. màkúmī ōβérē nékàmwīnā
2. kòβérē / zò̀βérē / βùβérī	22. màkúmī ōβérē nézōβérē
3. kòtátwē / zòtátwē / βùtáwē/ βùtátū	23. màkúmī ōβérē néβùtátū / nézōtátwē
4. kòōnē / zòōnē / βùūnē	24. màkúmī ōβérē nézōōnē
5. kùmánéʝānzà	25. màkúmī ōβérē nékùmánéʝānzà
6. kùmánéʝānzā nékàmwīnā ( 5+1 )	26. màkúmī ōβérē nékàmwīnā
7. kùmánéʝānzā néβùβérī ( 5+2 )	27. màkúmī ōβérē nékūcʰóólā mìn. ʝōtátwe
8. kùmánéʝānzā néβùtátū ( 5+3 )	28. màkúmī ōβérē nékūcʰóólā mìn. ʝōβérē
9. kùmánéʝānzā néβùūnē ( 5+4 )	29. màkúmī ōβérē nékūcʰóólā mìn. ūmwīnā
10. ìkúmī	30. màkúmī ōtátwē
11. ìkúmī nékàmwīnā	40. màkúmī ōónē
12. ìkúmī néβùβérī	50. màkúmī ámánéʝānzà
13. ìkúmī néβùtátū	60.
14. ìkúmī néβùūnē	70.
15. ìkúmī nékūmánéʝānzā	80.
16. ìkúmī nékūmánéʝānzā nékàmwīnā	90.
17. ìkúmī nékūcʰóólā mìnwē ʝōtátwē	100. màkúmī énékūmī
18. ìkúmī nékūcʰóólā mìnwē ʝōβérē	200.
19. ìkúmī nékūcʰóólā mìnwē ūmwīnā	1000.
20. màkúmī ōβérē	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ndana Ndana, University of Botswana. Data transcribed into IPA by Dr. Andy Chebanne. Dept. of English, University of Botswana, Botswana. February 17, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ndana Ndana and Dr. Andy Chebanne. 2009 年 2 月 17 日.

Other comments: Kuhane or Subiya is spoken by approximately 40,000 speakers in Zambezi region, Namibia as well as Botswana and Zambia. Subiya or Ciikuhane has a quinary, decimal numeral system.

Note kùchóólā, means to break, here to mean bending and therefore subtraction.
kùmánéʝānzà, means literally, to finish a hand, used here mean 5 (fingers).

Note further that /o/ and /ɔ/, /e/and /ɛ/ are not phonologically distinctive, but /c/
and /cʰ/ are contextually variants.

Note that in counting, for instance for 1ː kàmwīnā, is cardinal (one, once), ìmwīnā,
        adjective, and βùmwīnā, is ordinal (first).
        Ciikuhane or Subiya is a Zone K (Guthrie’s classification) and belongs together
        with Tonga of Southern Zambia. It is the western most offshoot of Tonga. Though
        it is essentially a Zambezi basin language, it shows linguistic influences from
        Rozwi (Shona), Lozi, Yeyi, and Nambya and Lilima (Kalanga).

Language name and location: Kuhane, Namibia, Botswana [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 库哈内语 (苏比亚语 Subiya), 纳米比亚, 博茨瓦纳, 赞比亚

1. -mwina	21.
2. -óbele	22.
3. -ótatwe	23.
4. -óne	24.
5. -keteeyáánza ('iyáánza' means 'hand')	25.
6. -keteeyáánza ni kámwina ( 5+1 )	26.
7. -keteeyáánza ni tóbele ( 5+2 )	27.
8. -keteeyáánza ni tótatwe ( 5+3 )	28.
9. -keteeyáánza ni tóne ( 5+4 )	29.
10. íkumi	30. mákumi tótatwe
11. íkumi ni kámwina	40. mákumi óne
12. íkumi ni tóbele	50.
13. íkumi ni tótatwe	60.
14.	70.
15.	80.
16.	90.
17.	100. mwáànda / -cita-mwáàda
18.	200.
19.	1000.
20. mákumi óbele	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Rolf Theil, University of Oslo, Norway, December 13, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Rolf Theil, 2007 年 12 月 13 日.

Other comments: Kunahe (Ciikuhane) or Subiya has a quinary, decimal numeral system.

Kuhane or Subiya is spoken by approximately 40,000 speakers in Zambezi region, Namibia as well as Botswana and Zambia.

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