Cross River Mbembe

Language name and location: Cross River Mbembe, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 克罗斯河姆本贝语, 尼日利亚南部克罗斯河州

1. wànɔ́	21. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà máwánɛ̀
2. m̩̀fà	22. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà m̩̀fà
3. ǹt̩áːn	23. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà ǹt̩áːn
4. ǹnà / ǹnébùŋ	24. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà ǹnà
5. ǹt͡ʃén	25. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà ǹt͡ʃén
6. ǹt͡ʃádànɛ̀ (5 + 1)	26. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà ǹt͡ʃádànɛ̀
7. ót͡ʃénɔ́m̩fà (5 + 2)	27. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà ót͡ʃénɔ́m̩fà
8. ót͡ʃénɔ́ntáːn (5 + 3)	28. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà ót͡ʃénɔ́ntáːn
9. ósówánɛ̀ (10 - 1)	29. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà ósówánɛ̀
10. ìd͡ʒòβ̚	30. ɛ̀rɔ́β òkwùmà ìd͡ʒòβ̚
11. ìd͡ʒòβ̚ kːáwánɛ́ (10 + 1)	40. àrɔ́β áfà (20 x 2)
12. ìd͡ʒòβ̚ kːm̩̀fà (10 + 2)	50. àrɔ́β áfà òkwùmà ìd͡ʒòβ̚
13. ìd͡ʒòβ̚ kːǹt̩:áːn (10 + 3)	60. àrɔ́β át̩ːán (20 x 3)
14. ósówànɛ̀ kwʼit͡ʃí (litː ''9 minus 1'')	70. àrɔ́β át̩ːán òkwùmà ìd͡ʒòβ̚
15. (ode) ìt͡ʃì (lit: ''its is 15'')	80. àrɔ́β ánːà (20 x 4)
16. ìt͡ʃì kːawánɛ́ (15 + 1)	90. àrɔ́β ánːà òkwùmà ìd͡ʒòβ̚
17. ìt͡ʃì k̩ːàmf̩a (15 + 2)	100. àrɔ́β át͡ʃén (20 x 5)
18. ìt͡ʃì k̩ːt̩ːáːn (15 + 3)	200. àrɔ́β ìd͡ʒòβ̚, 400. ɛ́nɔ́hná
19. ósówánɛ̀ kwʼɛrɔβ̚ (20 - 1)	1000. ńnɔ́hná m̩̀fà òkwùmà àrɔ́β ìd͡ʒòβ̚
20. (ode) ɛ̀rɔ́p (litː ''it is 20'')	2000. ńnɔ́hná ǹt͡ʃén (400 x 5)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Katharine Barnwell, SIL International, February 25, 2008, April 2, 2021.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Katharine Barnwell, 2008 年 2 月 25 日, 2021 年 3 月 2 日

Other comments: Cross River Mbembe is spoken by approximately 236,000 speakers in Cross River state: Ikom, Obubra, and Yala LGAs; Ebonyi state: Abakaliki and Izzi LGAs, Nigeria. Cross River Mbembe has a vigesimal numeral system with basic numerals 5, 10, 15, 20 and 400. Numbers between 20 and 400 are generated as multiples of 20. The traditional highest term is 400 ''ɛ́nɔhná''. 1000 is expressed by (400 x 2 plus 20 x 10). There are lenis and fortis consonants; t̩, k̩, s̩ and f̩ are fortis. The basic tone system comprises two tone levels, High [á] and Low [à] and a downstep . Note the symbols used between traditional and IPA areː y=IPA [j], j=[d͡ʒ] and ch=IPA [t͡ʃ ].

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