Language name and location: Tigon Mbembe, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 梯贡-姆本贝语, 喀麦隆西北部及尼日利亚境内

 

1.  nzo

21.  ɡbanɡruɡbè nzo

2.  pya

22.  ɡbanɡruɡbè pya

3.  sra

23.  ɡbanɡruɡbè sra

4.  nyɛ

24.  ɡbanɡruɡbè nyɛ

5.  tʃwɔ́

25.  ɡbanɡruɡbè tʃwɔ́

6.  tʃwɔ́mbazo   ( 5+ 1 )

26.  ɡbanɡruɡbè tʃwɔ́mbazo

7.  tʃwɔ́mbapya ( 5+ 2 )

27.  ɡbanɡruɡbè tʃwɔ́mbapya

8.  ɛ́nyɛnyɛ       ( 2 x 4 ) 

28.  ɡbanɡruɡbè ɛ́nyɛnyɛ

9.  tʃwɔ́mnyɛ     ( 5+ 4 )

29.  ɡbanɡruɡbè tʃwɔ́mnyɛ

10. dʒé

30.  ɡbanɡruɡbè dʒe

11. dʒedʒunzo

40.  ɡbanɡrumbepya ( 20 x 2 )

12. dʒedʒupya

50.  ɡbanɡrumbepyaɡbè dʒe

13. dʒedʒusra

60.  ɡbanɡrumbesra ( 20 x 3 )

14. dʒedʒunyɛ

70.  ɡbanɡrumbesraɡbè dʒe

15. dʒedʒutʃwɔ́

80.  ɡbanɡrumbenyɛ  ( 20 x 4 )

16. dʒedʒutʃwɔ́mbazo

90.  ɡbanɡrumbenyɛɡbè dʒe

17. dʒedʒutʃwɔ́mbapya

100. kpɛɡrɔ̀ nzo  *

18. dʒedʒuɛ́nyɛnyɛ

200. kpɛɡrɔ̀ pya

19. dʒedʒutʃwɔ́mnyɛ

1000. ŋkɛ́ɡrɔ̀ dʒe ( 100 x 10 )

20. ɡbanɡru

2000. ŋkɛ́ɡrɔ̀ ɡbanɡru ( 100 x 20 )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Bruce Cox with Mr. John Ibrahim through

Dr. Ginger Boyd, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon, September 5, 2007.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Bruce Cox with Mr. John Ibrahim, 2007 年 9 月 5 日.

 

Other comments: Tigon Mbembe or Mbémbe is spoken by approximately 60,000 speakers in North West region: Donga-Mantung division, Ako subdivision, north of Nkambe, Cameroon as well as Nigeria. Tigon Mbembe has a vigesimal numeral system with incomplete five-base substructure, the number '8' seems formed by '2 x 4'. The word for '100' kpɛɡrɔ, means 'one bowl'.


 

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