Language name and location: Ngwo, NW region, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区恩戈语, 喀麦隆西北区莫莫州

 

1. ŋwāʔ

21.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ ŋwāʔ

2. fjēː

22.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ fjēː

3. tɛ́d

23.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ tɛ́d

4. kwɛ̀

24.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ kwɛ̀

5. tân

25.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ tân

6. m̀fó

26.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ m̀fó

7. sàːmbjɛ̄

27.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ sàːmbjɛ̄

8. fwɔ̌ː

28.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ fwɔ̌ː

9. kɔ̄ː

29.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ kɔ̄ː

10. wūm

30.  àsàmábī tɛ̄ʔ wūm

11. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ ŋwāʔ

40.  èsàmá fjēː ( 20 x 2 )

12. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ fjēː

50.  èsàmá fjēː tɛ̄ʔ wūm / ābɛ̂ː ēkô  *

13. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ tɛ́d

60.  èsàmá tɛ́d ( 20 x 3 )

14. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ kwɛ̀

70.  èsàmá tɛ́d tɛ̄ʔ wūm

15. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ tân

80.  èsàmá kwɛ̀ ( 20 x 4 )

16. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ m̀fó

90.  èsàmá kwɛ̀ tɛ̄ʔ wūm

17. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ sàːmbjɛ̄

100. ēkô

18. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ fwɔ̌ː

200. ākô fjēː

19. wūm ntʃwɔ̀ kɔ̄ː

1000. āɡɛ́ʔɾɛ̂

20. àsàmábī / àsàmá

2000. ēɡɛ́ʔɾɛ̂ fjēː

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Julius A. Eyoh, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon, July 27, 2007.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Julius A. Eyoh, 2007 年 7 月 27 日.

 

Other comments: Ngwo has a vigesimal system, which is unusual in languages of Grassfields Bantu group. There is another form for 50 'ābɛ̂ː ēkô', which means 'half of 100'. Ngwo is spoken by approximately 22,000 speakers in North West region: Momo division, Njikwa subdivision, Cameroon.


 

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