Language name and locationː Melo, North Omo Zone, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue ]

言名称和分布地区梅洛语, 埃塞俄比亚西南部各族民族州北奥莫区

 

1. pétto

21.  laːtámne pétto

2. namʔʔe

22.  laːtámne namʔʔ

3. haydzé

23.  laːtámne haydzé 

4. ʔoyddé

24.  laːtámne ʔoyddé 

5. ʔít͡ʃːin     

25.  laːtámne ʔít͡ʃːin

6. ʔusúpun 

26.  laːtámne ʔusúpun

7. láapun   

27.  laːtámne láapun

8. hósipun  

28.  laːtámne hósipun

9. ʔuddúfun 

29.  laːtámne ʔuddúfun

10. táɓɓo  

30.  hasitám

11. táɓɓó pétto

40.  ʔoyitám

12. táɓɓó namʔʔ

50.  ʔʃítam

13. táɓɓó haydzé 

60.  ʔusúppunitam

14. táɓɓó ʔoyddé 

70.  láappunitam

15. táɓɓó ʔít͡ʃːin

80.  hósipunitam

16. táɓɓó ʔusúpun

90.  ʔuddúfunitam

17. táɓɓó láapun

100. xéeti / pétti xéet, 200. namʔʔe xéeti

18. táɓɓó hósipun

400. ʔoyddé  xéeti, 800. hósipun xéeti

19. táɓɓó ʔuddúfun

1000. múkule / pétti múkule 

20.  laːtám

2000. namʔʔ múkule

  

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Simon Zekewos, The Word for the World Initiative Ethiopia (TWFTW), Ethiopia, July 17, 2021
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Simon Zekewos, 2021 年 7 月 17 日.

 

Other comments: Melo has a decimal numeral system similar to that of the Gofa and
Wolaita. Note that The symbolsː “ch” is used for the voiceless palatal affricate IPA [tʃ],
y=IPA [j],  ph=IPA[ɓ] ? Melo is an Omotic language spoken in the Gamo Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia by approximately 20,000 speakers.


 

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