Language name and location: Mama, Nassarawa state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区麻玛语 (坎塔纳语 Kantana), 尼日利亚中部纳萨拉瓦州  

 

1. mʷɑk

21. 

2. ɓɑ́ːɾì

22.   

3. tɑ́ːt

23.   

4. jin

24.   

5. túŋɑ̀n

25.   

6. twóŋɑ̀sɑ́lmʷɑk ( 5+1 )

26.  

7. tɑɗínú   ( 5+2 ) ?

27.   

8. kiɗiʃil   ( 5+3 )

28.   

9. tūŋūīnū ( 5+4 ) ?

29.   

10. lūm

30.   

11.  

40.   

12.  

50.   

13.  

60.   

14.

70.   

15.

80.   

16.  

90.   

17.  

100.  

18.  

200.  

19.  

1000.  

20.  

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. John Muniru, Language Survey Consultant at Summer Institute of Linguistics / University of Ilorin, Nigeria, June 3, 2022.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. John Muniru, 2022 年 6 月 3 日.

 

Other comments: Mama or Jar-Kantana may has a quinary / decimal system. New data beyond ten needed. Mama, or Kantana, is a Jarawan Bantoid language spoken in the Nassarawa state of Nigeria. The number of speakers is unclear. A figure of 20,000 was published in 1973. In 2011, "Kantana" (presumably the same language) was said to have 2,000–3,000 speakers, mostly over 25 years old. A partial count of the ethnic community in the 2006 census was 6,000–9,000.


 

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