Mashi

Language name and location: Mashi, Cameroon, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 马斯语, 喀麦隆西北区门春州和尼日利亚东部塔拉巴州

1. ɪ́mū	21. mùtsə́tsə́ntsʊ̀ámū
2. ɪ́fwə́t	22. mùtsə́tsə́ntsʊ̀ɪ́fʷə́ɣ
3. ɪ́táːt	23. mùtsə́tsə́ntsʊ̀ɪ́tát
4. ɪ́na᷇ː	24. mùtsə́tsə́ntsʊ̀ɪ́na᷇ː
5. ɪ́tsi᷇ː	25.
6. ʊ́sí	26.
7. fùmə́dʒâŋ	27.
8. dʒàŋ	28.
9. fùmə́dzóːfú	29.
10. dzóːfʊ́	30. bʊ̀dzóːfútāːt
11. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀ámū	40. bʊ̀dzóːfútāːt
12. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀ɪ́fǿɣ ~ dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀ɪ́fə́ɣ	50. bʊ̀dzóːfúbútsɪ᷇ː
13. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀ɪ́tát	60. bùdzóːfʊ́sí
14. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀ɪ́na᷇ː	70. bùdzófúntsùfùmə́dʒâŋ
15. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀ɪ́tsi᷇ː	80. bùdzófúdʒàŋ
16. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀ɪ́sí	90. bùdzóːfúfúmə́dzóːfú
17. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀fùmə́dʒâŋ	100. ǹsɔ̀k, 200. bùnsɔ̀kbúfə́ɣ
18. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀dʒàŋ	400. bùnsɔ̀k búna᷇ː, 500. bùnsɔ̀k búti᷇ː
19. dzóːfúǹtsʊ̀fùmə́dzóːfú	1,000. bùnsɔ̀k búti᷇ː, 2000. bùntǎkbúfʷə́ɣ
20. mùtsə́tsə́	1,000.000. bùnsɔ̀kdzóːfú, 2k. bùnsɔ̀kmùtsə́tsə́

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Nelson C. Tschonghongei, Department of linguistics, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon, April 4, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Nelson C. Tschonghongei, 2020 年 4 月 4 日.

Other comments: Mashi is spoken by approximately 1,000 speakers in Lower Fungom in Fungom Subdivision of the Menchum Division of the North West Region of Cameroon as well as Taraba state in Eastern Nigeria. Hombert (1980:83) classifies Mashi as a Western Beboid language and Good et al (2011:106) says it a Beboid variety, ʻʻThe village of Mashi speaks a variety of Naki, a language spoken in a number of villages outside of Lower Fungom, three of which, Mekaf, Small Mekaf, and Mashi Overside, ... Mashi appears to speak a distinct variety of Naki...ʼʼ Mashi has a decimal system.

Mashi Vowelsː

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid-Close	ɪ		ʊ
Mid-Open	ø	ə	o
			ɔ
Open		a

Mashi Consonantsː

		t		k
b
m	n			ŋ
	f	s
				ɣ
		ts
		dz	dʒ
					w

Tonesː

High H ́

Mid M ̄

Low L ̀

Falling F ̂

High Mid HM ᷇

Good, J. et al., 2011 "Languages of the Lower Fungom of the Republic of Cameroon", In Africana Lingistica, 17:101-164, Tervuren: Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Hombert, Jean-Marie, 1980, "XE "Noun"Noun classes of the XE "Beboid"Beboid languages." In Larry M. Hyman (ed.), XE "Noun"Noun classes in the Grassfields Bantu borderland. SCOPIL No. 8. November, 1980:83-98. Los Angeles, CA: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Southern California.

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