Language name and location: Ndengereko, Rufiji region, Tanzania [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 恩登格勒科语, 坦桑尼亚东部滨海区鲁菲吉河附近地区  

1. -mo / yimo

21.  iʃirini na ímo

2. -beele / íbeele

22.  iʃirini na íbeele

3. -taatu / ítaatu

23.  iʃirini na ítaatu

4. -ne / íne

24.  iʃirini na íne

5. -taano / ítaano

25.  iʃirini na ítaano

6. síta  (loan Arabic via Swahili )

26.  iʃirini na síta

7. sába (loan Arabic via Swahili )

27.  iʃirini na sába

8. -naane / ínaane

28.  iʃirini na ínaane

9. -tísa (loan Arabic via Swahili )

29.  iʃirini na tísa

10. kʊmi

30.  θelaθini (loan Arabic via Swahili )

11. kʊmi na ímo

40.  arubaini (loan Arabic via Swahili )

12. kʊmi na íbeele

50.  hamsini (loan Arabic via Swahili )

13. kʊmi na ítaatu

60.  sitini (loan Arabic via Swahili )

14. kʊmi na íne

70.  sabini (loan Arabic via Swahili )

15. kʊmi na ítaano

80.  θemanini (loan Arabic via Swahili )

16. kʊmi na síta

90.  tisini (loan Arabic via Swahili )

17. kʊmi na sába

100. mia (loan Arabic via Swahili )

18. kʊmi na ínaane

200. mia ibeele

19. kʊmi na tísa

1000. efulu (loan Arabic via Swahili )

20. iʃirini (loan Arabic via Swahili )

2000.  

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Eva-Marie Ström, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, September 8, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Eva-Marie Ström, 2008 年 9 月 8 日.

Other comments: Ndengereko or Ndengeleko, also known as Rufiji (Fiji, Ruihi) after the local river, spoken by approximately 72,000 people, is a Bantu language of the Matumbi hills, near Kibiti, and near Mchukivi and Bungu, Tanzania. Ndengelero or Ndengeleko has a traditional quinary system. Nowadays, all numbers above 5 are replaced by Swahili numbers.