Language name and location: Mada, Kaduna state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 麻达语, 尼日利北部卡杜纳州及中部纳萨拉瓦州

1. ɡyə̄r

21.  sɛ̀ ywā ɡyə̄r / tsɔ  tīyār    ( 12+9 )

2. ywā

22.  sɛ̀ ywā  ywā / tsɔ ɡùr      ( 12+10 )

3. tar

23.  sɛ̀ ywā tar / tsɔ pwɔ        ( 12+11 )

4. nlyɛ̄

24.  sɛ̀ ywā nlyɛ̄ / tsɔ tsɔ ɡyə̄r ( 12+12 )

5. tun

25.  sɛ̀ ywā tun

6. tānnɛ̀n

26.  sɛ̀ ywā tānnɛ̀n

7. tāmɡ͡bā

27.  sɛ̀ ywā tāmɡ͡bā

8. tāndà

28.  sɛ̀ ywā tāndà

9. tīyār

29.  sɛ̀ ywā tīyār

10. ɡùr

30.  sɛ̀ tar

11. ɡùr ɡyə̄r / pwɔ ( old system ) *

40.  sɛ̀ nlyɛ̄

12. ɡùr ywā / tsɔ  ( old system ) *

50.  sɛ̀ tun

13. ɡùr tar/ tsɔ  ɡyə̄r   ( 12+1 )

60.  sɛ̀ tānnɛ̀n

14. ɡùr nlyɛ̄ / tsɔ ywā ( 12+2 )

70.  sɛ̀  tāmɡ͡bā

15. ɡùr tun / tsɔ tar     ( 12+3 )

80.  sɛ̀ tāndà

16. ɡùr tānnɛ̀n / tsɔ nlyɛ̄   ( 12+4 )

90.  sɛ̀  tīyār

17. ɡùr tāmɡ͡bā / tsɔ tun    ( 12+5 )

100. ɡi ɡyə̄r

18. ɡùr tāndà / tsɔ tānnɛ̀n ( 12+6 )

200. ɡi ɡi ywā

19. ɡùr tīyār / tsɔ tāmɡ͡bā  ( 12+7 )

1000. nà ɡyə̄r

20. sɛ̀ ywā / tsɔ tāndà       ( 12+8 )

2000. nà ywā

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Abiel Barau Kato, United Bible Societies, Jos Translations Centre, Nigeria, January 29, 1996. Mr. Ezekiel Rhila, Wycliffe Bible Translators, February 4, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Abiel Barau Kato, 1996 年 1 月 29 日. Mr. Ezekiel Rhila , 2008 年 2 月 4 日.

Other comments: Mada or Madda, like many languages in Plateau area, has an old duodecimal numeral system up to 24. However, the Mada people had to change a little bit and adopt a decimal system because of the modern day counting system in English. The Mada has three level tones and a rising and falling tone, high tone is unmarkedː 

ā=mid tone, à=low tone, â=falling tone, and á=rising tone.