Matengo

Language name and locationː Matengo, Ruvuma region, Tanzania [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 马滕戈语, 坦桑尼亚南部鲁伍马区马拉维湖附近地区

1. dʒíːmu	21. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala lúːmu
2. íbeːli	22. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala íbeːli
3. itâːtu	23. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala itâːtu
4. ńsɛːsi	24. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala ńsɛːsi
5. ŋ́haːnu	25. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala ŋ́haːnu
6. ŋ́hanu na lúːmu ( 5 + 1 )	26. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala ŋ́hanu na lúːmu
7. ŋ́hanu ni íbeːli ( 5 + 2 ) (ni<na)	27. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala ŋ́hanu ni ibeːli
8. ŋ́hanu ní itâːtu ( 5 + 3 )	28. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala ŋ́hanu ni̋ itâːtu
9. ŋ́hanu na ńsɛːsi ( 5 + 4 )	29. mákomi ɡábeːli ná pala ŋ́hanu na ńsɛːsi
10. likomi líːmu	30. mákomi ɡaitâːtu
11. likomi líːmu ná pala lúːmu	40. mákomi ńsɛːsi
12. likomi líːmu ná pala íbeːli	50. mákomi ŋ́haːnu
13. likomi líːmu ná pala itâːtu	60. mákomi ŋ́hanu ná pala líːmu
14. likomi líːmu ná pala ńsɛːsi	70. mákomi ŋ́hanu ná pala ɡábeːli
15. likomi líːmu ná pala ŋ́haːnu	80. mákomi ŋ́hanu ná pala ɡatâːtu
16. likomi líːmu ná p. ŋ́hanu na lúːmu	90. mákomi ŋ́hanu ná pala mákomi ńsɛːsi
17. likomi líːmu ná pala ŋ́hanu ni ibeːli	100. mákomi kôːmi / limjáŋɡu líːmu
18. likomi líːmu ná pala ŋ́hanu ní itâːtu	200. mámjaŋɡu ɡábeːli
19. likomi líːmu ná p. ŋ́hanu na ńsɛːsi	1000. elúpu líːmu ( ''elúpu'' < Swahili )
20. mákomi ɡábeːli	2000. elúpu íbeːli

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Yoneda Nobuko, Osaka Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan, August 18, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: 米田信子教授 (日本大阪女学院大学), 2008 年 8 月 18 日.

Other comments: Matengo has a traditional quinary system. The number for thousand ''elúpu'' is a loanword from Swahili. Matengo or Chimatengo, Kimatengo is a Bantu language of Tanzania spoken by approximately 271,000 speakers. Nowadays Matengo speakers are mostly monolingual, and neighboring languages are not intelligible. Matengo language is relatively related to Ngoni language in that the two have similar history of origin.

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