Lama / Lamba

Language name and location: Lama, Togo, Benin, Ghana [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 拉马语 (兰巴语 Lamba), 多哥, 贝宁, 加纳

1. kóɖə́m	21. hín níl nà kóɖə́m
2. násə̂l	22. hín níl nà násə̂l
3. nàsìsɨ̀	23. hín níl nà nàsìsɨ̀
4. násə́násá	24. hín níl nà násə́násá
5. násə́ná	25. hín níl nà násə́ná
6. lə̀ɖə̀	26. hín níl nà lə̀ɖə̀
7. naosanautɨsɨ (4+3)	27. hín níl nà naosanautɨsɨ
8. násə́nnásá (4+4)	28. hín níl nà násə́nnásá
9. nàkò	29. hín níl nà nàkò
10. hʲú	30. hín nítisɨ̀
11. hʲú nà kóɖə́m (10 singular and 1)	40. hín nnisa
12. hʲú nà násə̂l	50. hín níná
13. hʲú nà nàsìsɨ̀	60. hín lə̀ɖə̀
14. hʲú nà násə́násá	70. hín lə̀ɖə̀ nísɨ́nítɨsɨ
15. hʲú nà násə́ná	80. hín lə̀ɖə̀ nísɨ́nísá
16. hʲú nà lə̀ɖə̀	90. hín nàkò
17. hʲú nà naosanautɨsɨ	100. hín hʲú / tʃakɔɪsi ( litː 'guinea fowl')
18. hʲú nà násə́nnásá	200. hín hín níl
19. hʲú nà nàkò	1000. kòtòkó
20. hín níl ( 10 plural two )	2000. kòtòkə̂n níl

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Neal Brinneman, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Togo, September 29, 2006.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Neal Brinneman, 2006 年 9 月 29 日.

Other comments: Lama or Lamba has a decimal system with special constructions for numbers 7 and 8. The construction of 70 and 80 is particular, too. There is a word for 'hundred' tʃakɔɪsi, which literately means 'guinea fowl'. Lama or Lamba is spoken by approximately 258,000 speakers in Togo as well as Benin and Ghana.

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