Ngas

Language name and locationː Ngas, Plateau state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 恩加斯语 (Angas 安加斯语), 尼日尼亚中部高原州

1. ɡàk	21. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò ɡàk
2. báp	22. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò báp
3. kʷán	23. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò kʷán
4. fír	24. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò fír
5. pɛ̀t	25. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò pɛ̀t
6. pìmí (5+1)	26. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò pìmí
7. pòbáp (5+2)	27. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò pòbáp
8. pòkʷún (5+3)	28. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò pòkʷún
9. pòfár (5+4)	29. tɛ́ᵋk báp pò pòfár
10. sàr	30. tɛ́ᵋk kʷán
11. sàr pò ɡàk	40. tɛ́ᵋk fír
12. sàr pò báp	50. tɛ́ᵋk pɛ̀t
13. sàr pò kʷán	60. tɛ́ᵋk pìmí
14. sàr pò fír	70. tɛ́ᵋk pòbáp
15. sàr pò pɛ̀t	80. tɛ́ᵋk pòkʷún
16. sàr pò pìmí	90. tɛ́ᵋk pòfár
17. sàr pò pòbáp	100. ɗàlí (<Hausa )
18. sàr pò pòkʷún	200. ɗàlí báp
19. sàr pò pòfár	1000.dúbù (<Hausa 'dubu')
20. tɛ́ᵋk báp *	2000. dúbù báp

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Donald A. Burquest. University of Texas at Arlington, USA, June 30, 2007
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Donald A. Burquest, 2007 年 6 月 30 日.

Other comments: Angas or Ngas has a decimal system with five-based substructure. They use Hausa numbers for 'hundred' and 'thousand'. There are three tonesː á=high,

ā=mid, à=low. Raised [́ᵋ] as in twenty is a transitional vowel.

Ngas, or Angas, is a West Chadic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria by approximantly 400,000 speakers.

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