Language name and locationː Mansoanka, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 曼索安卡语 (苏亚语 Sua), 几内亚比绍中北部地区和冈比亚境内

 

1. sun

21.  

2. ciin

22. 

3. m-raar

23. 

4. m-naan

24. 

5. lulu      < Mandinka

25. 

6. wooro  < Mandinka

26. 

7. worowula < Mandinka

27. 

8. séy < Mandinka

28. 

9. kononto < Mandinka

29. 

10. taŋi

30.  taŋ saba <Mandinka or or i-taŋi i-ciin

11. taŋi de sun

40. 

12. taŋi de ciin

50. 

13. taŋi de m-raar

60. 

14. taŋi de m-naan

70. 

15. taŋi de lulu

80. 

16. taŋi de wooro

90.  taŋi konp<Mandink. or i-taŋi i-kononto

17. taŋi de worowula

100. keme < Mandinka

18. taŋi de séy

200. keme i-ciin

19. taŋi de konoto

1000. wili < Mandinka

20. m-waŋ <Mandinka or i-taŋi i-ciin

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Dame NdaoCNRS-LLACAN (The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research), Paris, France, February 14, 2020.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Dame Ndao, 2020 年 2 月 14 日.


Other comments: Mansoanka or Sua has a traditional quinary / decimal system, but refereeing to the new data above, nowadays they have already borrowed the nearby predominant Mandinka numerals for 5 to 9, 20 and other tens, as well as the big numerals for hundred and thousand are loanwords from<Mandinka.

Mansoanka or Sua spoken by approximately 20,000 speakers in Oio region: Mansoa sector, Mantefa area, in north-central Guinea-Bissau as well as Gambia.


Language name and locationː Mansoanka, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 曼索安卡语 (苏亚语 Sua), 几内亚比绍中北部地区和冈比亚境内

 

1. sɔn

21.  itɛŋi iceŋ də sɔnsɔŋ

2. cen

22. 

3. b-rar

23. 

4. b-nan

24. 

5. sɔŋɡun

25. 

6. sɔŋɡun də sɔnsɔn (5+1)

26. 

7. sɔŋɡun də mcen  (5+2)

27. 

8. sɔŋɡun də mbrar (5+3)

28. 

9. sɔŋɡun də mnan  (5+4)

29. 

10. tɛŋi

30.  itɛŋi irar

11. tɛŋi də sɔnsɔŋ

40.  itɛŋi inaŋ

12. tɛŋi də kcen

50.  itɛŋi ksɔŋɡun

13. tɛŋi də kbrar

60.  itɛŋi saandrɛsɔn

14. tɛŋi də knan

70.  itɛŋi ksɔŋɡun də itɛŋi iceŋ (50+20)

15. tɛŋi də ksɔŋɡun

80.  itɛŋi ksɔŋɡun də itɛŋi irar (50+30)

16. tɛŋi də ksɔŋɡun də sɔnsɔn

90.  itɛŋi ksɔŋɡun də itɛŋi inan (50+40)

17. tɛŋi də ksɔŋɡun də kcen

100. kɛmɛ ksɔnsɔŋ

18. tɛŋi də ksɔŋɡun də kbrar

200. kɛmɛ icen

19. tɛŋi də ksɔŋɡun də knan

1000. uŋkɔntu

20. itɛŋi iceŋ

2000. kɔntu icen

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. André A. Wilson, SOAS, University of London / UBS, June 20, 1994.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. André A. Wilson, 1994 年 6 月 20 日.

 

Other comments: Mansoanka or Sua has a quinary, decimal system, but the constructions for 70, 80 and 90 are formed by 50 plus 20, 30, and 40 respectively.


 

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