Mambwe-Lungu

Language name and locationː Mambwe-Lungu, Zambia, Tanzania [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 曼布韦-龙古语, 赞比亚北部省坦噶尼喀湖附近及坦桑尼亚境内

1. tʃòóŋá	21. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà tʃòóŋá
2. ví-ílí	22. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà ví-ílí
3. ví-tátù	23. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà ví-tátù
4. ví-nì	24. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà ví-nì
5. ví-sáánò	25. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà ví-sáánò
6. mùtààndá	26. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà mùtààndá
7. tʃíníímbálí	27. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà tʃíníímbálì
8. tʃínáánì	28. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà tʃínáánì
9. fúúndíìmbàlí	29. má-kúmì yá-ílì nà fúúndíìmbàlí
10. í-kúmì	30. má-kúmì yá-tátù
11. í-kúmì nà tʃòóŋá	40. má-kúmì yá-nì
12. í-kúmì nà ví-ílí	50. má-kúmì yá-sáánò
13. í-kúmì nà ví-tátù	60. má-kúmì mùtààndá
14. í-kúmì nà ví-nì	70. má-kúmì tʃíníímbálì
15. í-kúmì nà ví-sáánò	80. má-kúmì tʃínáánì
16. í-kúmì nà mùtààndá	90. má-kúmì fúúndíìmbàlí
17. í-kúmì nà tʃíníímbálì	100. ú-mw-áándà
18. í-kúmì nà tʃínáánì	200. i-my-áánda ílì
19. í-kúmì nà fúúndíìmbàlí	1000. i-zíìmbí
20. má-kúmì yá-ílì	2000. a-má-zììmbí yá-ílì

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Lee S. Bickmore, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, USA. November 11, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Lee S. Bickmore, 2010 年 11 月 11 日.

Other comments: Mambwe-Lungu (ichiMambwe) or Mambwe-Rungu, Cilung is spoken by approximately 213,000 speakers ( 64,000 Lungu, 142,000 Mambwe) in

Northern province: south of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia as well as Tanzania.

Cilung has a decimal system.

Semantic notes:

My consultant said that ímbálì means ‘part’; So for ‘seven’, he thought it meant ‘four (chi-ni) on one part (imbali), i.e. on one hand’ I.e. when a Lungu uses fingers to indicate ‘seven’ they hold 3 fingers up on one hand and 4 on the other (unlike the US at least where one would hold up 5 fingers on one hand and 2 on the other.)

For ‘eight’ he felt that it somehow indicated ‘four on both sides’ again with reference to fingers held up to indicate the number. (The root for ‘4’ is /ni/, although it’s unclear how that gets modified by /china/ which isn’t a current Lungu word.

For ‘nine’, we see again imbali ‘side’. There is a verb /funda/ but it means ‘to extract a fiber from a tree’, or ‘close the eyes and mouth of a dead person’. So the etymology of that one is difficult.

Phonetic notes: <ch> is the alveopalatal affricate = IPA [tʃ];

<y> is palatal glide = IPA [j].

Language name and locationː Mambwe-Lungu, Zambia, Tanzania [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 曼布韦-龙古语, 赞比亚北部省坦噶尼喀湖附近及坦桑尼亚境内

1. onɡa (chonɡa) = onɡa (tʃonɡa)	21. makúmi yayili na ɪmwɪ
2. ili (vili)	22. makúmi yayili na ivɪɾi
3. itatu (vitatu) = itatʊ	23. makúmi yayili na itatʊ
4. ine (vine) = ínɛ (vínɛ)	24. makúmi yayili na ínɛ
5. isano (visano) = isâno	25. makúmi yayili na isâːnɔ
6. mutanda	26. makúmi yayili na isásatʊ
7. cinimbali = tʃinimbali	27. makúmi yayili na mʊfʊ́ŋɡatɪ
8. fundimbali	28. makúmi yayili na inâːnɛ
9. vinimbali	29. makúmi yayili na kɛːnda
10. ikúmi	30. makúmi ya tatu
11. ikúmi na ɪmwɪ	40. makúmi ya ne
12. ikúmi na ivɪɾi	50. makúmi ya sano
13. ikúmi na itatʊ	60. makúmi mutanda
14. ikúmi na ínɛ	70. makúmi chinimbali
15. ikúmi na isâːnɔ	80. makúmi fundimbali
16. ikúmi na isásatʊ	90. makúmi vinimbali
17. ikúmi na mʊfʊ́ŋɡatɪ	100. mwanda
18. ikúmi na inâːnɛ	200. myanda ili
19. ikúmi na kɛːnda	1000. zimbi
20. makúmi yayili	2000. mazímbi yayili

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Mubanga E. Kashoki, University of Zambia, Zambia, September 22, 1994.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Mubanga E. Kashoki, 1994 年 9 月 22 日.

Other comments: Mambwe-Lungu (ichiMambwe) or Mambwe-Rungu is spoken by approximately 213,000 speakers (64,000 Lungu, 142,000 Mambwe) in

Northern province: south of Lake Tanganyika, Zambia as well as Tanzania. Mambwe has a decimal system.

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