Language name and locationː Kwang, Tandjilé region, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区语, 乍得西南部坦吉莱区及附近地区

 

1. mɪn

21.  roo draⁱ war mɪn

2. raⁱ

22.  roo draⁱ war raⁱ

3. sɪpaⁱ

23.  roo draⁱ war sɪpaⁱ

4. wuɗaⁱ

24.  roo draⁱ war wuɗaⁱ

5. wiʔyɪm

25.  roo draⁱ war wiʔyɪm

6. sɪdəəŋ

26.  roo draⁱ war sɪdəəŋ

7. bʊkʊr

27.  roo draⁱ war bʊkʊr

8. kaᵘda

28.  roo draⁱ war kaᵘda

9. bɪdaamna

29.  roo draⁱ war bɪdaamna

10. rukoᵖ

30.  roo sɪpaⁱ

11. rukoᵖ war mɪn

40.  roo wuɗaⁱ

12. rukoᵖ war raⁱ

50.  roo wiʔyɪm

13. rukoᵖ war sɪpaⁱ

60.  roo sɪdəəŋ

14. rukoᵖ war wuɗaⁱ

70.  roo bʊkʊr

15. rukoᵖ war wiʔyɪm

80.  roo kaᵘda

16. rukoᵖ war sɪdəəŋ

90.  roo bɪdaamna

17. rukoᵖ war bʊkʊr

100. aru (borrowed from Bagirmi )

18. rukoᵖ war kaᵘda

200. aru raⁱ

19. rukoᵖ war bɪdaamna

1000. dubu / sak mɪn (<French 'sac'

20. roo draⁱ

2000. dubu raⁱ / sak raⁱ

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Mark Vanderkooi, TEAM ( The Evangelical Alliance Mission), December 29, 1994.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Mark Vanderkooi, 1994 年 12 月 29 日.

 

Other comments: Kwang or Kwong has a numeral system different from other Chadic languages, the big number 'hundred' is borrowed from Bagirmi, a Nilo-Saharan language; the indigenous word for thousand is a borrowed from Hausa and recently. loanword 'sak' is borrowed from French 'sac', refer to 'a sack of grain'.

Kwang is an East Chadic language of Chad spoken by approximately 17,000 speakers in Tandjilé region and nearby regions, southwestern of Chad.


 

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