Ma'di

Language name and location: Ma'di, Uganda, South Sudan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 马迪语, 乌干达西北部永贝区及南苏丹境内

1. àlʊ̄	21. mùdrī rì límbí àlʊ̄
2. (è)rì	22. mùdrī rì límbí rì
3. (ī)nā	23. mùdrī rì límbí nā
4. (ī)sū	24. mùdrī rì límbí sū
5. tòú	25. mùdrī rì límbí tòú
6. ázɨ́á	26. mùdrī rì límbí ázɨ́á
7. tûdērì	27. mùdrī rì límbí tûdērì
8. àrɔ̀	28. mùdrī rì límbí àrɔ̀
9. drítʃàlʊ̄	29. mùdrī rì límbí drítʃàlʊ̄
10. mūdrí (lit: 'hands joined')	30. mùdrī nā
11. mūdrí límbí àlʊ̄	40. mùdrī sū
12. mūdrí límbí èrì	50. mùdrī tòú
13. mūdrí límbí nā	60. mùdrī ázɨ́á
14. mūdrí límbí sū	70. mùdrī tûdērì
15. mūdrí límbí tòú	80. mùdrī àrɔ̀
16. mūdrí límbí ázɨ́á	90. mùdrī drítʃàlʊ̄
17. mūdrí límbí tûdērì	100. míà (<Arabic)
18. mūdrí límbí àrɔ̀	200. míà èrì
19. mūdrí límbí drítʃàlʊ̄	1000. ɛ́līfʊ̀ (<Arabic)
20. mùdrī rì	2000. ɛ́līfʊ̀ èrì

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Mairi J Blackings, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, March 9, 2013.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Mairi J Blackings, 2013 年 3 月 9 日.

Other comments: Ma'di is spoken by approximately 30,000 speakers in Adjumani, Moyo, and Yumbe districts; some in Amuru and Nwoya districts; west and east Nile regions, near Nimule, north Sudan border, Uganda, as well as South Sudan. Ma'di has a numeral system with base five, like Moru, Lugbara and Kaliko. This is the dialect often referred to as Southern Ma'di. The one provided by Prof. Fabb is of the northern dialect spoken by about 5% of the population.

Note the tone markingsː á=high, ā=mid, à=low, á=falling.

Language name and location: Ma'di, Uganda, South Sudan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 马迪语, 乌干达西北部永贝区及南苏丹境内

1. àlʊ̄	21. mūdrì rì drì àlʊ̄ / mūdrì rì límbí àlʊ̄
2. èrì ~ rì	22. mūdrì rì drì èrì / mūdrì rì límbí èrì
3. ìnā ~ nā	23. mūdrì rì drì ìnā
4. ìsū ~ sū	24. mūdrì rì drì sū
5. tòú	25. mūdrì rì drì tòú
6. ázɨ́á	26. mūdrì rì drì ázɨ́á
7. tûdērì	27. mūdrì rì drì tûdērì
8. àrɔ̀	28. mūdrì rì drì àrɔ̀
9. drítʃàlʊ̄	29. mūdrì rì drì drítʃàlʊ̄
10. mūdrí	30. mūdrì ìnā
11. mūdrì drì àlʊ̄	40. mūdrì ìsū
12. mūdrì drì èrì	50. mūdrì tòú
13. mūdrì drì ìnā	60. mūdrì ázɨ́á
14. mūdrì drì ìsū	70. mūdrì tûdērì
15. mūdrì drì tòú	80. mūdrì àrɔ̀
16. mūdrì drì ázɨ́á	90. mūdrì drítʃàlʊ̄
17. mūdrì drì tûdērì	100. míà (<Arabic) / ándɛ (<English )
18. mūdrì drì àrɔ̀	200. míà rì
19. mūdrì drì drítʃàlʊ̄	1000. ɛ́lɨ̀fʊ̀ (<Arabic) / táʊ̄zānɨ̀ (<English )
20. mūdrì rì	2000. ɛ́lɨ̀fʊ̀ rì

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Nigel Fabb, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K. March 11, 1998.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Nigel Fabb, 1998 年 3 月 11 日.

Other comments: Ma'di has a decimal system of counting similar to Kaliko's. The are both loans from Arabic / Swahili and English for numbers 'hundred' and 'thousand'.

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