Language name and location: Mbum, Adamawa, Cameroon, CAR [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区姆布姆语, 喀麦隆北部阿达马瓦区, 中部区及中非共和国

 

1. mbìyə̀w

21.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ mbìyə̀w

2. sérè

22.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ sérè

3. sāy

23.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ sāy

4. nìŋ

24.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ nìŋ

5. ndībī

25.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ ndībī

6. zèy

26.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ zèy

7. zīndɔ́kɔ̀ sāy        (10 - 3)

27.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ zīndɔ́kɔ̀ sāy

8. zīndɔ́kɔ̀ sérè       (10 - 2)

28.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ zīndɔ́kɔ̀ sérè

9. zīndɔ́kɔ̀ mbìyə̀w (10 - 1)

29.  bōó sérè fɛ̄lɛ̄ zīndɔ́kɔ̀ mbìyə̀w

10. bōó

30.  bōó sāy

11. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ mbìyə̀w

40.  bōó nìŋ

12. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ sérè

50.  bōó ndībī

13. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ sāy

60.  bōó zèy

14. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ niŋ

70.  bōó zīndɔ́kɔ̀ sāy

15. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ ndībī

80.  bōó zīndɔ́kɔ̀ sérè

16. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ zèy

90.  bōó zīndɔ́kɔ̀ mbìyə̀w

17. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ zīndɔ́kɔ̀ sāy

100. ìsɔ̀t / bò sérè

18. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ zīndɔ́kɔ̀ sérè

200. bònì

19. bōó fɛ̄lɛ̄ zīndɔ́kɔ̀ mbìyə̀w

1000. sák (mbìyə̀w) ( sák from French)

20. bōó sérè

2000. sák sérè

  

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Dakinodji Ngarmdjebé, CEFOD, N'jamena, Chad, May 18, 1998.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Dakinodji Ngarmdjebé, 1998 年 5 月 18 日.

 

Other comments: Mbum or Buna has a decimal system with special constructions for numbers 7 to 9. The word for thousand is a loanword from Bagirmi. The original meaning for 200 is unknown. Mbum is spoken by 51,000 speakers in Adamawa region, Centre region: East region, North region: Faro division, Ngaoundéré area to border of Faro Reserve, Cameroon as well as Central African Republic.


 

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