Kunama

Language name and locationː Kunama, Eritrea, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 库纳马语, 厄立特里亚西南部加什-巴尔卡州及埃塞俄比亚境内

1. élla	21. ʃěbbáárè élla
2. barè	22. ʃěbbáárè barè
3. sāttê	23. ʃěbbáárè sāttê
4. sàllè	24. ʃěbbáárè sàllè
5. kūssúmè	25. ʃěbbáárè kūssúmè
6. kōntállê (5+1)	26. ʃěbbáárè kōntállê
7. kōntábáárè (5+2)	27. ʃěbbáárè kōntábáárè
8. kōnsàttê (5+3)	28. ʃěbbáárè kōnsàttê
9. éldawdè (litː 'one less than ten')	29. ʃěbbáárè éldawdè
10. ʃěbè	30. ʃěbsāttê
11. ʃěbnáàlà élla	40. ʃěbsàllè
12. ʃěbnáàlà barè	50. ʃěbkūssūmè
13. ʃěbnáàlà sāttê	60. ʃěbkōntállè
14. ʃěbnáàlà sàllè	70. ʃěbkōntábáárè
15. ʃěbnáàlà kūssúmè	80. ʃěbkōntásàttê
16. ʃěbnáàlà kōntállê	90. ʃěbéldawdè
17. ʃěbnáàlà kōntábáárè	100. múja
18. ʃěbnáàlà kōnsàttê	200. mújê barè
19. ʃěbnáàlà éldawdè	1000. álùfā
20. ʃěbbáárè	2000. álùfe barè

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. John Abraha Ashkaba through Dr. Saleh Mahmud Idris, SIL International, August 19, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. John Abraha Ashkaba, 2010 年 8 月 19 日.

Other comments: Kunama is spoken by approximately 240,000 speakers in Gash-Barka region: between Gash river and Ethiopia border in Eritrea and as well as Ethiopia. Kunama has a decimal system. The numbers 'hundred' and 'thousand ' are borrowed from Semitic language. There are seven tones in Kunamaː v́ = High tone; v̄ = Mid tone, v̀ = Low tone; v̂ = High-Low tone; v = High-Mid tone; v = Mid-Low tone, and we have one rising tone (mind-high) but not observed in this text, is marked as v.

Language name and locationː Kunama, Eritrea, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 库纳马语, 厄立特里亚西南部加什-巴尔卡州及埃塞俄比亚境内

1. ēlláá	21. ʃēb-báárè ēlláá
2. bāārè	22. ʃēb-báárè bāāre
3. sāttēē	23. ʃēb-báárè sāttēē
4. sāllēē	24. ʃēb-báárè sāllēē
5. kūssūmè	25. ʃēb-báárè kūssūmè
6. kōntállè (5+1)	26. ʃēb-báárè kōntálle
7. kōntábáarè (5+2)	27. ʃēb-báárè kōntábáare
8. kōntásàttēē (5+3)	28. ʃēb-báárè kōntásàttēe
9. ēllidáùdāā (lit: ˈone less than ten')	29. ʃēb-báárè ēllidáùdāā
10. ʃēēbà	30. ʃēb-sāttēē
11. ʃēb-ānáálà ēlláá	40. ʃēb-sāllēē
12. ʃēb-ānáálà bāāre	50. ʃēb-kūssūmè
13. ʃēb-ānáálà sāttēē	60. ʃēb-kōntálle
14. ʃēb-ānáálà sāllēē	70. ʃēb-kōntábáare
15. ʃēb-ānáálà kūssūmè	80. ʃēb-kōntásàttēe
16. ʃēb-ānáálà kōntálle	90. ʃēb-ēllidáùdāā
17. ʃēb-ānáálà kōntábáare	100. mūjāā ~ mūj-ēlláá
18. ʃēb-ānáálà kōntásàttēe	200. muj-bāāre
19. ʃēb-ānáálà ēllidáùdāā	1000. ālūfāā
20. ʃēb-báárè	2000. ālūfāy bāāre

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Takkele Taddese, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, January 11, 1994.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Takkele Taddese, 1994 年 1 月 11 日.

Other comments: Kunama has a decimal system of counting. The numbers 'hundred ' and 'thousand ' are loanwords from Semitic language.

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