Mursi

Language name and locationː Mursi, SNNPR, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 穆尔西语, 埃塞俄比亚西南部南方民族、部落和人民州

1. ɗɔ́nɛ́j *	21. hírkón kó ɗɔ́nɛ́j (litː man one and one')
2. ràmàn	22. hírkón kó ràmàn
3. sízzí	23. hírkón kó sízzí
4. wùʃ **	24. hírkón kó wùʃ
5. háánán	25. hírkón kó háánán
6. íllɛ́	26. hírkón kó íllɛ́
7. íssábài / also <j>~issábaj	27. hírkón kó íssábài
8. íssé / also <j>~ísséj	28. hírkón kó íssé
9. sákkàl	29. hírkón kó sákkàl
10. tɔ́mmɔ́n *** maybe borrowed.	30. hírkón kó tɔ́mmɔ́n
11. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó ɗɔ́nɛ́j	40. zùwò ràmàn (litː 'people two')
12. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó ràmàn	50. zùwò ràmàn kó tɔ́mmɔ́n
13. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó sízzí	60. zùwò sízzi (litː 'people three')
14. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó wùʃ	70. zùwò sízzi kó tɔ́mmɔ́n
15. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó háánán	80. zùwò wuʃ (litː 'people four')
16. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó íllɛ́	90. zùwò wuʃ kó tɔ́mmɔ́n
17. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó íssábài	100. zùwò háánán (litː 'people five')
18. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó íssé	200. zùwò tɔ́mmɔ́n (litː 'people ten'\)
19. tɔ́mmɔ́n kó sákkàl	1000. ʃíɲa ɗɔ́nɛ́j (ʃí is a loan from Amharic )
20. hírkón (litː 'man one')	2000. ʃíɲa ràmàn (ɲa-pl. form)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Firew Girma Worku, Department of Linguistics, James Cook University, Australia, July 30, 2018.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Firew Girma Work, 2018 年 7 月 30 日.

Other comments: Muris is spoken by approximately 8,000 speakers in central Omo area, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region, Ethiopia. Mursi has a counting system based on twenty very similar to that of Suri. 20. hírkón – one person, any person derives from hírí + kón, litː a man + only one, 40. zùwò – lit. people (plural of hírí), zùwò ràmàn. and both the head and the modifier numeral must denote singular referents: - both the head and the modifier numeral must denote plural referents - If the head noun is modified by a numeral higher than ‘one’, the root of the head has to occurs in plural form or must be marked for plural.

Notesː

1. For number 'one", also kon ‘only one’ for non-numerical/indefinite meanings.

The cardinal number ‘four’ has two varieties: it can be pronounced with either

the palatal wùj word-finally or metathesis form ùwì whose origin is unknown.

2. For number 'four", also ùwì, wùj weakening /č,ʤ, ʃ/→[j]/__# .

3. For number 'nine", may be from Cushitic languages, e.g. sagal (Oromo)

4. For number 'ten", tɔ́mmɔ́n ‘ten’ is a widespread numeral and appear to be an

areal form found in the rest three language families of Ethiopia ―Afro-asiatic,

Cushitic and Omotic. Outside these families, the numeral ten has similar forms in

some languages of the Niger-Congo subfamilies For instance, tom represents

‘ten’: in Nubian, Nera―tumum, in Nyangi, IK―tɔmin/tomin, Surmic, Murle―tomon.

5. For number 'thousand', ʃiɲa is loan word from Amharic ʃi ‘thousand’ and -ɲa is
plural suffix

High tone is marked [v́]; Low tone [v̀].

Language name and locationː Mursi, SNNPR, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 穆尔西语, 埃塞俄比亚西南部南方民族、部落和人民州

1. ɗɔ́nɛ́j	21. hɪ́rkón kó ɗɔ́nɛ́j
2. raman	22. hɪ́rkón kó raman
3. sízzi	23. hɪ́rkón kó sízzi
4. wuʃ	24. hɪ́rkón kó wuʃ
5. háánán	25. hɪ́rkón kó háánán
6. illɛ	26. hɪ́rkón kó illɛ
7. isaabaj	27. hɪ́rkón kó isaabaj
8. isse	28. hɪ́rkón kó isse
9. sakal	29. hɪ́rkón kó sakal
10. tɔmɔn	30. hɪ́rkón kó tɔmɔn
11. tɔmɔn ko ɗɔ́nɛ́j	40. zuwo raman (litː 'two people' )
12. tɔmɔn ko raman	50. zuwo raman kó tɔmɔn
13. tɔmɔn ko sízzi	60. zuwo sízzi (litː 'three people')
14. tɔmɔn ko wuʃ	70. zuwo sízzi kó tɔmɔn
15. tɔmɔn ko háánán	80. zuwo wuʃ (litː 'four people')
16. tɔmɔn ko illɛ	90. zuwo wuʃ kó tɔmɔn
17. tɔmɔn ko isaabaj	100. zuwo háánán (litː 'five people')
18. tɔmɔn ko isse	200. zuwo tɔmɔn (litː ' ten people')
19. tɔmɔn ko sakal	1000. ʃí ɗɔ́nɛ́j (ʃí is a loan from Amharic )
20. hɪ́rkón (litː 'people, one full man')	2000. ʃíɲa raman ( ɲa-pl. form)

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Bettina Mütze, SIL International, Ethiopia, October 21, 2011, May 7, 2013.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Bettina Mütze, 2011 年 10 月 21 , 2013 年 5 月 7 日.

Other comments: Mursi has a counting system based on twenty very similar to that of Suri. 20. hírkón – one person, any person derives from hírí + kon Þ litː a man + only one, 40. zuwo – lit. people (plural of hírí), zuwo raman – lit. two people few people pronounce [zuɡo], for the majority [w] is pronounced as approximant, but I’ve also found pronunciation (especially in the younger speakers) with almost perfect consonant-deletion [zuo]

Note that High tone is marked [´]; Low tone unmarked.

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