Ngen

Language name and location: Ngen, Lacs district, Côte d'Ivoire [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 恩根语, 科特迪瓦共和国中部湖泊区

1. dó	21. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ dó
2. pàlàŋ̀	22. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ pàlàŋ̀
3. ȁkɔ́	23. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ ȁkɔ́
4. ŋ̀síŋ́	24. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ ŋ̀síŋ́
5. sɔ̋ŋ̋	25. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ sɔ́ŋ́
6. sɔ́(ŋ́)dò (5+1)	26. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ sɔ́dò
7. síe̋nù (5+2)	27. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ síénù
8. sɔ̋ŋ́bà (5+3)	28. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ sɔ́ŋ́bà
9. ti̋zì (5+4)	29. búála̰̋ àsíŋ́ tízì
10. bű	30. bűàó
11. bű àsíŋ́ dò	40. bű ŋ̀síŋ́
12. bű àsíŋ́ pàlàŋ̀	50. bű sɔ̋ŋ̋
13. bű àsíŋ́ ȁkɔ́	60. bű sɔ̋dò
14. bű àsíŋ́ ŋ̀síŋ́	70. bű síe̋nù
15. bű àsíŋ́ sɔ́ŋ́	80. bű sɔ̋ŋ̋bà
16. bű àsíŋ́ sɔ́dò	90. bű ti̋zì
17. bű àsíŋ́ síénù	100. hà dó, 200. hà pàlàŋ
18. bű àsíŋ́ sɔ́ŋ́bà	400. hà ŋ̏sìŋ̀, 800. hà sɔ́ŋ́bà
19. bű àsíŋ́ tízì	1000. ɡ͡bȅ dò
20. búála̋ àsíŋ́	2000. ɡ͡bȅ pàlàŋ̀

Linguist providing data and dateː Miss Tatiana Korol, MA student, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, October 14, 2020.
提供资料的语言学家: Miss Tatiana Korol, 2020 年 10 月 14 日.

Other comments: Ngen has a quinary-decimal numeral system similar to that of the Gagu language. Ngen or Gan is spoken by approximately 1,000 speakers (2021 T. Korol) in Abidjan district; Lacs district: M’bahiakro subprefecture, Djonkrou and Mangofla villages, Côte d'Ivoire.

These are primal conclusions of Ngen (South < South-East < Mande < Niger-Congo) numerals, for now I consider Ngen to have 4 tonal levels (marked as a̋, á, à, ȁ) and downdrift that claims further research.

Table 1ː Phomeme inventory of Ngen consonants

	Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar
Stops	p, b	t, d	ɟ	k, ɡ	k͡p,ɡ͡b
Fricatives	f, v	s, z
Nasals	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Liquids and Glides		l / r	y (j)	h	w

Table 2ː Phomeme inventory of Ngen Vowels (Oral)

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Upper-mid	e		o
Lower-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low		a

Phomeme inventory of Ngen Vowels (Nasal)

	Front	Central	Back
High	ĩ		ũ
Upper-mid	ẽ		õ
Lower-mid	ɛ̃		ɔ̃
Low		ã

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