Mvuba

Language name and location: Mvuba, DR. of the Congo, Uganda [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 姆武巴语, 刚果民主共和国东部北基伍省及乌干达境内

1. eɗì	21.
2. àkpe	22.
3. ɛ̀tsɪrà	23.
4. ɛ̀tsɪrɔ̀	24.
5. ɛ̀tsɪᵐbú	25.
6. màⁿzà	26.
7. làlòɗu	27.
8. làlɔ̀	28.
9. àᵐbʊ̀tsɪhʊwa	29.
10. àᵐʊ̀tsí	30.
11. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí eɗì	40.
12. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí àkpe	50.
13. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí ɛ̀tsɪrà	60.
14. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí ɛ̀tsɪrɔ̀	70.
15. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí ɛ̀tsɪᵐbú	80.
16. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí màⁿzà	90.
17. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí làlòɗu	100.
18. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí làlɔ̀	200.
19. àᵐʊ̀tsí ìkí àᵐbʊ̀tsɪhʊwa	1000.
20. ɓuwa	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Constance Kutsch Lojenga, SIL International, February 26, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Constance Kutsch Lojenga, 2010 年 2 月 26 日.

Other comments: Mvuba is spoken by approximately 8,000 speakers in Nord-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda. Mvuba has a counting system up to 20. The lower numerals 1 to 5 are similar to that of Efe of the same group. Numerals from 10 to 20 are formed regularly by àᵐʊ̀tsí 'ten', followed by each of the numerals 1-9, linked by ìkí –literal meaning unknown . The numeral '20' is a separate root word: ɓuwa. It doesn't know if the Mvuba people use a decimal system or vigesimal system or not. The Mvuba language has 7 contrastive vowels: i, ɪ, ɛ, a, ɔ, ʊ, u. The vowels /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ each have an allophone: [e] and [o], when elsewhere in the word, the vowel /i/ or /u/

is found. In the numerals below, I have written the 7 contrastive vowels, but also

the 2 allophones. The language has 3 tones: High á, Low à, and Mid, unmarked: a.

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