Mbe

Language name and location: Mbe, Cross River state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 姆贝语, 尼日利亚东南部克罗斯河州

1. ómè	21. lètêl lè ómê
2. bɛ́pʷâl	22. lètêl lè bɛ́pʷâl
3. bɛ́sá	23. lètêl lè bɛ́sá
4. bɛ́ñî	24. lètêl lè bɛ́ñî
5. bɛ́tʃân	25. lètêl lè bɛ́tʃân
6. bɛ̀sêsár ( 3+3 )	26. lètêl lè bɛ̀sêsár
7. bɛ̀tânèbɛ́pʷâl ( 5+2 )	27. lètêl lè bɛ̀tânèbɛ́pʷâl
8. bɛ̀ñîbɛ̀ñî ( 4+2 )	28. lètêl lè bɛ̀ñîbɛ̀ñî
9. bɛ́tânèbɛ́ñî ( 5+4 )	29. lètêl lè bɛ́tânèbɛ́ñî
10. bɛ́fwɔ̂r	30. lètêl lè bɛ́fwɔ̂r ( 20+10 )
11. bɛ́fwɔ̂r lè ómê ( 10+1 )	40. bɛ̀tép bɛ́pʷâl ( 20 x 2 )
12. bɛ́fwɔ̂r è bɛ́pʷâl ( 10+2 )	50. bɛ̀tép bɛ́pʷâl bɛ̀ bɛ́fwɔ̂r
13. bɛ́fwɔ̂r lè bè bɛ́sár ( 10+3 )	60. bɛ̀tép bɛ́pʷâl ( 20 x 3 )
14. bɛ́fwɔ̂r è bɛ́ñî ( 10+4 )	70. bɛ̀tép bɛ́pʷâl bɛ̀ bɛ́fwɔ̂r
15. òñì	80. bɛ̀tép bɛ́ñî ( 20 x 4 )
16. òñì lè ómê ( 15+1 )	90. bɛ̀tép bɛ́ñî bɛ̀ bɛ́fwɔ̂r
17. òñì lè bè bɛ́pʷâl ( 15+2 )	100. bɛ̀tép bɛ́tʃân ( 20 x 5 )
18. òñì lè bè bɛ́sá ( 15+3 )	200. bɛ̀tép bɛ́fwɔ̂r ( 20 x 10 )
19. òñì lè bɛ́ñî ( 15+4 )	1k. bɛ̀tép lètêl lé èjì bɛ́pʷâl lè bɛ̀tépbɛ́fwɔ̂r*
20. lètêl	2000. bɛ̀tép lètêl lé bɛ́tʃân *

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. James N. Pohlig, SIL International, October 2, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. James N. Pohlig. 2009 年 10 月 2 日.

Other comments: Mbe or Western Mbube is spoken by approximately 65,000 speakers in Cross River state: Ogoja LGA, Nigeria. Mbe has a quinary, vigesimal numeral system with special constructions for 6 to 9 and a word for 15. The phrase for thousand 'bɛ̀tép lètêl lé èjì bɛ́pʷâl lè bɛ̀tépbɛ́fwɔ̂r' means 'twenty twenties in two places and 200' and two

thousand ' bɛ̀tép lètêl lé bɛ́tʃân' means ''twenty twenties in five places'.

Mbe Consonant Chart：

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Alveo-palatal	Velar	Lab-velar
Stops (vlc)	p, pʷ, pʸ	t, tʷ		k, kʷ, kʸ,k^w̘*	k͡p
Stops (vd )	b, bʷ, bʸ	d, dʷ		ɡ, ɡʷ, ɡʸ	ɡ͡b
Fricative	f, fʷ	s, sʷ	ʃ, ʃʷ
Affricate (vcl)		t͡s, t͡sʷ	t͡ʃ, t͡ʃʷ
Affricate (Vcd)		d̩͡z, d͡zʷ	dʒ, d͡ʒʷ
Nasal	m, mʷ,mʸ	n	ñ, ñʷ	ŋ, ŋʷ
Central Approx.		r, rʷ, rʸ	y, yʷ		w
Lateral Approx.		l, lʷ, lʸ

Note that k^wis a lenis velar stop.

Mbe Vowel Chart：

	Front	Central	Back
High + ATR	i		u
Mid + ATR	e		o
Mid - ATR	ɛ		ɔ
Low -ATR		a

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