Language name and location: Mbula-Bwazaa, Adamawa, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
|
1. mon / mwashat |
21. lumi rap kasa muri mwashat |
2. rap |
22. lumi rap kasa muri rap |
3. taru |
23. lumi rap kasa muri taru |
4. ine |
24. lumi rap kasa muri ine |
5. tonɡno |
25. lumi rap kasa muri tonɡno |
6. tonɡno war mwashat ( 5+1 ) |
26. lumi rap kasa muri t. war mwashat |
7. tonɡno war rap ( 5+2 ) |
27. lumi rap kasa muri tonɡno war rap |
8. tonɡno war taru ( 5+3 ) |
28. lumi rap kasa muri tonɡno war taru |
9. tonɡno war ine ( 5+4 ) |
29. lumi rap kasa muri tonɡno war ine |
10. lum |
30. a mon |
11. lum war mwashat |
40. lumi ine ( 10 x 4 ) |
12. lum war rap |
50. lumi tonɡno ( 10 x 5 ) |
13. lum war taru |
60. a rap ( 30 x 2 ) |
14. lum war ine |
70. a rap nonɡ lumi ( 30 x 2+10) |
15. lum war tonɡno |
80. a rap nonɡ lumi rap (30 x 2+ 20) |
16. lum war tonɡno war mwashat |
90. a taru ( 30 x 3 ) |
17. lum war tonɡno war rap |
100. luru |
18. lum war tonɡno war taru |
200. |
19. lum war tonɡno war ine |
1000. ɓim nə nkiwi |
20. lumi rap |
2000. |
Linguists providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Wolf and Hildegard Seiler,
SIL-International,
April 28, 提供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. Wolf and Hildegard Seiler, 2008 年 4 月 28 日. |
Other comments: Mbula-Bwazaa
is spoken by approximately 100,000 speakers in Mbula-Bwazaa seems use a rare known counting system based on thirty: mon=1, a mon=30 (1 times 30); rap=2; a rap= 60 (2 times 30); taru=3, a taru=90 (3 times 30). Makes me curious how the sequence goes. further studies are needed to verify the "big numbers." The people have difficulties producing these big numbers because they are hardly using them. English (or Hausa) is much easier and more direct. Mbula-Bwazaa is tonal language. Updated data in phonemic or phonetic transcriptions with tones needed. |
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