Lafofa / Tegem

Language name and locationː Lafofa, South Kordofan state, Sudan [Ref to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 拉福法语 (特格姆语 Tegem), 苏丹共和国南科尔多凡州努巴山区

1. ʈɪ̀ɽéèʈʈì	21.
2. pɛ̀t̪ɛ́ɛ́rín (Synonym: pàt̪ɛ́ɛ́ríŋ)	22.
3. pʌ̀d̪ʌ̂ʌ́l (Synonym: pʌ̀t̪ʌ̂ìŋ)	23.
4. kêkkáh (Synonym: kéèkká)	24.
5. kìlíɛ̌góm	25.
6. kìlíɛ̌góm ʈɪ̀ɽéèʈʈìlít̪ílìt̪̚	26.
7. kìlíɛ̌góm pɛ̀t̪ɛ́ɛ́rín lít̪ílìt̪̚	27.
8. kìlíɛ̌góm pʌ̀d̪ʌ̂ʌ́l lít̪ílìt̪̚	28.
9. kìlíɛ̌góm kêkkáh lít̪ílìt̪̚	29.
10. t̪èèrùm (Synonym: t̪ɛ̀ɛ̀rùm)	30. kìmèé t̪èèrùm-gáh
11.	40. mɛ̀t̪ɛ̀m mɛ́ɛ̀
12.	50. mɛ̀t̪ɛ̀m-mɛ́ɛ̀ t̪èèrùm-gàh
13.	60. mʌ́d̪ʌ́ʌ̀ mɛ́ɛ̀
14.	70. mʌ́d̪ʌ́ʌ̀-mɛ́ɛ̀ t̪èèrùm-gáh
15.	80. mì-kêkká-mɛ́ɛ̀
16.	90. mí-kêkká-mɛ́ɛ̀ t̪èèrùm-gáh
17.	100. mí-gɽìɛ́-góm mɛ́ɛ̀, 200. mít̪ɛ́m míɛ́mɛ́ɛ̀
18.	400. mí-kêkká míɛ́mɛ́ɛ
19.	1000. ɟɛ́ŋ-gɛ̀mɛ̀ɛ̀
20. kìmèè	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ahmed Sosal, Centre for Linguistics, Leiden University, Netherlands, September 18, 2020.
Reference source: Ahmed Sosal Altayeb Mohammed Ali. A Phonological Study of the Tegem Language. Master thesis of Linguistics, Faculty of the Humanities ,University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2018.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ahmed Sosal, 2020 年 9 月 18 日.

Other comments: Tegem or Lafofa has a quinary-vigesimal system. Tegem is a little-known Niger-Kordofanian language spoken by around 2000 people in Sudan. Tegem people live in eight villages in the Eliri area, of which six are exclusive to them, including Jorrob, Romala, Debbe, Tokoi, Tela and the Lafofa village in the centre of the Eliri hills above Tungaru. There are still some Tegem people at their original settlement Jebel Tekeim1 25km to the east of Eliri (Norton & Alaki 2015:63). There are diaspora Tegem people in other towns in Sudan. Many of them were recently internally displaced due to conflict in South Kordofan and settled in regions such as Elobeid city in North Kordofan State and Khartoum State.

Tegem Consonants:

	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stops	p, b	t̪, d̪		ʈ	c, j	k, ɡ
Fricative							h
Nasals	m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Liquids Central			r	ɽ
Liquids Lateral			l, ɬ
Glides:	w, bw, pw	t̪w		ʈw	j, ɟw, cw	kw, ɡw
Nasal+ glide	mw
Nasals+ stops	mb	nd̪		nɖ	nɟ	nɡ, ŋɡ
Nasal+ stop+ glide	mbw			nɖw
Geminates	bb, mm	t̪t̪, d̪d̪	rr, ll,ɬɬ	ʈʈ	cc, ɟj-	kk

Tegem Vowelsː

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open	æ	a, ʌ	ɑ

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