Kwa / Baa

Language name and location: Kwa, Adamawa state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 克瓦语 (巴亚语 Baa), 尼日利亚东部及喀麦隆交界阿达马瓦州

1. nùnkò	21. káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nùnkò (20 + 1)
2. nɨ̀nk͡péː	22. káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nɨ̀nk͡péː (20+2)
3. nùmwāːn	23. káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nùmwāːn (20+3)
4. nɨ̀nàːtˢ	24. káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nɨ̀nàːtˢ (20+4)
5. nɨ̀núː	25 káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nɨ̀núː (20+5 )
6. nɨ̀nwén nɨ̀nkũ̀ (5+1)	26 káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nɨ̀nwén nɨ̀nkũ̀ (20+6)
7. nɨ̀nwâːk͡péː (5+2)	27. káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nɨ̀nwâː k͡péː (20+7)
8. nùnfwa᷆ːfwātˢ	28. káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nùnfwa᷆ːfwātˢ
9. nùnkwótˢ lá nùnkò (10-1)	29. káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nùnkwót̚lánùnkò (20+10-1)
10. nùnkwótˢ	30. káːnɨ̀nkũ̀ ál nùnkwótˢ (20+10)
11. nùnkwótˢ ál nùnkò (10+1)	40. kâːnk͡pé (20x2)
12. nùnkwótˢ ál nɨ̀nkpéː	50. kâːnk͡pé ál nùnkwótˢ (20 x 2+10)
13. nùnkwótˢ ál nùmwāːn	60. kâːmwān (20x3)
14. nùnkwótˢ ál nɨ̀nàːtˢ	70. kâːmwān ál nùnkwótˢ (20 x 3+10)
15. nùnkwótˢ ál nɨ̀núː	80. kâːnàtˢ (20x4)
16. nùnkwótˢ ál nɨ̀nwén nɨ̀nkũ̀	90. kâːnàtˢ ál nùnkwótˢ (20 x 4+10)
17. nùnkwótˢ ál nɨ̀nwâːk͡péː	100. kâːnúː (20x5), 200. kâːnkwótˢ (20x10)
18. nùnkwótˢ ál nùnfwa᷆ːfwātˢ	400. kâːnkánɨ̀nkũ̀ (20 x 20) ?
19. nùnkwótˢ ál nùnkwót̚ lá nùnkò	800. kâːn (20x40) ?
20. kánũ̀kũ̀	1000. kânkwótˢ nɨ̄nūː (20 x 10 x 5)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Mirjam Möller Nwadigo, LLACAN (le laboratoire Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire) (CNRS, INALCO), France, August 21, 2018.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Mirjam Möller Nwadigo, 2018 年 8 月 21 日.

Other comments: Kwa or Baa has a vigesimal system with special structures for 6, 7 and 9. Note that on the above table where there are question marks my consultants have come with different suggestions, i.e. on the numbers 200-1000. I hope to clarify this and will get back to you then. As mentioned earlier most speakers already switched to use Hausa numbers rather than Baa.

Language name and location: Kwa, Adamawa state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 克瓦语 (巴亚语 Baa), 尼日利亚东部及喀麦隆交界阿达马瓦州

1. nə́ nkú	21.
2. nə́ ɡbéè	22.
3. nə mwáàn	23.
4. nə̀ nàt	24.
5. nə núú	25.
6. nə nwíya kũ̀, nə nwíyá nùkũ̀ (5+1)	26.
7. nə nwíyá ɡbéè ( 5+ 2)	27.
8. fɔ̀fɔ̀t	28.
9. nukút lánùkù (10 - 1)	29.
10. nukút	30.
11. nukút ál núkù	40. kã̂ ɡbéè (20 x 2)
12.	50.
13.	60. kã̂ mwáàn (20 x 3)
14.	70.
15. níŋɡbàà	80. kã̂ nàt (20 x 4)
16.	90.
17.	100. kã̂ núú (20 x 5)
18.	200. kã̂ kút (20 x 10), 400. kã́ã̀ núú nənát
19.	1000.
20. kánũ̀kũ̀	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer, University of Bayreuth / Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz , Germany, October 24, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer, 2008 年 10 月 24 日.

Other comments: Kwa or Baa has a vigesimal system with special structures for 6, 7 and 9. There are still some gaps for compound numbers and 50, 70, 90 and 1000, 2000. The number 9 might be related to 10, or (10 - 1).

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