Language name and locationː Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan  [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区琉球语 (今归仁方言), 日本冲绳群岛北部冲绳北部国头郡

 

1. tʼiːtʃʼi

21.  nidʒuːʔitʃʼi

2. tʼaːtʃʼi

22.  nidʒuːniː

3. miːtʃʼi

23.  nidʒuːsan

4. ju:tʃʼi

24.  nidʒuːʃiː / nidʒuːjon

5. ʔitʃʼtʃʼi

25.  nidʒuːɡo

6. mu:tʃʼi

26.  nidʒuːrokʼu

7. nanatʃʼi

27.  nidʒuːʃitʃʼi / nidʒuːnana

8. ja:tʃʼi

28.  nidʒuːhatʃʼi

9. kukunutʃʼi

29.  nidʒuːku

10. tu:

30.  sandʒuː

11. tu:tʼiːtʃʼi / dʒuːʔitʃʼi

40.  jondʒuː

12. tu:tʼaːtʃʼi / dʒuːni

50.  ɡodʒuː

13. tu:miːtʃʼi / dʒuːsan

60.  rokʼudʒuː

14. dʒu:ʃi / dʒuːjon

70.  nanadʒuː

15. dʒuːɡo

80.  hatʃʼdʒuː

16. dʒuːrokʼu

90.  kjuːdʒuː

17. dʒuːʃitʃʼi

100. pja:kʼu

18. dʒuːhatʃʼi

200. nihjakʼu

19. dʒuːku

1000. ʃin

20. nidʒuː

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Shigehisa Karimata through Dr. Michinori Shimoji (The Australian National University) /University of the Ryukyu, Okinawa, Japan, May 20, 2008
供资料的语言学家: 繁久狩教授 (琉球大), 2008 年 5 月 20 日.

 

Other comments: Kunigami is spoken by approximately 4,900 speakers in Okinawa prefecture: central and north Okinawa island; Ie-jima, Iheya, Izena, and Sesoko islands.

Kunigami has a decimal system. The above data were based on Nakijin dialect (今归仁方言) of Okinawa. The [tʼ] and [tʃʼ] are glottalized stop and affricative respectively. Most of the numbers over ten are borrowed from Chinese with phonological adaptations. se Japanese, especially the younger generation (Wurm and Hattori 1981).


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