Language name and location: Kwanja, Adamawa state, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区宽加语, 喀麦隆北部阿达马瓦区姆巴姆河东部地区

 

1. mán

21.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ mán

2. fèè

22.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ fèè

3. tar

23.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ tar

4. nàà

24.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ nàà

5. cùn

25.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ cùn

6. cánmán ( 5+ 1 )

26.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ cánmán

7. cɛnfèè   ( 5+ 2 )

27.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ cɛnfèè

8. cɛtar     ( 5+ 3 )

28.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ cɛtar

9. cɛnàà    ( 5+ 4 )

29.  wə̀rɨbúnì sɨ cɛnàà  

10. bɨfɛ́ŋ

30.  bɨfébɨ tar

11. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ mán

40.  bɨfébɨ nàà

12. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ fèè

50.  bɨfébɨ cùn

13. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ tar

60.  bɨfébɨ cánmán

14. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ nàà

70.  bɨfébɨ cɛnfèè

15. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ cùn

80.  bɨfébɨ cɛtar

16. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ cánmán

90.  bɨfébɨ cɛnàà  

17. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ cɛnfèè

100. téméré (mán) ('teméré' < Fulani)

18. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ cɛtar

200. témére fèè

19. bɨfɛ́ŋ sɨ cɛnàà  

1000. booro mán (ˈbooro' < Fulani)

20. wə̀rɨbúnì

2000. booro fèè

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. and Mrs. Martin & Joan Weber, Lutheran Bible Translator, Canada, December 28, 1995.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. and Mrs. Martin & Joan Weber, 1995 年 12 月 28 日.

 

Other comments: Kwanja has a quinary, decimal numeral system. They use Fulani loans for 'hundreds' and 'thousands'. Kwanja or Konja is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers in Adamawa region: most south of Banyo between Mayo Darle and Bankim, west to Mbojdanga, east to Mbam river, Nigeria.


 

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