Language name and location: Kwere, Morogoro region, Tanzania [Ref to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区圭雷语, 坦桑尼亚南部莫罗戈罗区东部海滨区

 

1. -imwe

21.  iʃirini na -mwe

2. -mbili

22.  iʃirini na -mbili

3. -natu

23.  iʃirini na -natu

4. -nne

24.  iʃirini na -nne

5. -tano

25.  iʃirini na -tano

6. sita ( < Swahili / Arabic )

26.  iʃirini na sita

7. saba ( < Swahili / Arabic )

27.  iʃirini na saba

8. nane

28.  iʃirini na nane

9. tisa  (< Swahili  / Arabic ) / kenda

29.  iʃirini na tisa / kenda

10. kumi

30.  salasini (< Swahili  / Arabic )

11. kumi na -mwe

40.  albaini (< Swahili  / Arabic )

12. kumi na -mbili

50.  hamsini (< Swahili  / Arabic )

13. kumi na -natu

60.  sitini (< Swahili  / Arabic )

14. kumi na -nne

70.  sabini (< Swahili  / Arabic )

15. kumi na -tano

80.  samarini (< Swahili  / Arabic )

16. kumi na sita

90.  tisini (< Swahili  / Arabic )

17. kumi na saba

100. mia ('mia' from Sw./Arabic )

18. kumi na nane

200. mia mbili

19. kumi na tisa / kenda

1000. alfu imwe (< 'alfu ' <Sw. / Arabic )

20. iʃirini

2000. alfu mbili

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Karsten Legère, Department of African Languages and Literature, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. September 7, 2010.

供资料的语言学家: Prof. Karsten Legère, 2010 年 9 月 7 日.

 

Other comments: Kwere numbers after five have been replaced by Swahili numbers.  Ngh’wele, or Kwere, is a Bantu language with about 152,000 speakers of the Morogoro and Dodoma regions of Tanzania.


 

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