Ninzo

Language name and location: Ninzo, Kaduna State, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 宁佐语, 尼日利亚北部卡杜纳州和中部纳萨拉瓦州

1. jír	21. sò há nù jír
2. há	22. sò há nù há
3. tár	23. sò há nù tár
4. nə̄(s)	24. sò há nù nə̄(s)
5. ʈʷí	25. sò há nù ʈʷí
6. tānì	26. sò há nù tānì
7. tāŋɡ͡bā	27. sò há nù tāŋɡ͡bā
8. tāndàr	28. sò há nù tāndàr
9. tīr(s)	29. sò há nù tīr(s)
10. wūr	30. sò tàr
11. wūr nù jír	40. sò nə̄(s)
12. wūr nù há	50. sò ʈʷí
13. wūr nù tár	60. sò tānì
14. wūr nù nə̄(s)	70. sò tāŋɡ͡bā
15. wūr nù ʈʷí	80. sò tāndàr
16. wūr nù tānì	90. sò tīr(s)
17. wūr nù tāŋɡ͡bā	100. àjìr jír
18. wūr nù tāndàr	200. àjíjír àhá
19. wūr nù tīr(s)	1000. ùkrɨ́
20. sò há	2000. ùkrɨ́ há

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Enene N. Enene, Nigeria Bible Translations Trust, Jos, Nigeria, May 13, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Enene N. Enene, 2008 年 5 月 13 日.

Other comments: Ninzo or Ninzam, Nunzo is spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers in Kaduna state: Jema’a LGA; Nassarawa state: Akwanga LGA, Nigeria.

In Ninzo there are two versions of the counting system. One is in base twelve and the other in base ten. The traditional counting system in base twelve is no longer in use but only a few elderly people keep it in memory. Base ten has been adopted in current use. In the traditional counting system, to count beyond twelve (12), that is from thirteen onwards, entails counting in sets of twelve. In the first set, twelve (12) is tsó. In the second set, 12 x 2, that is twenty-four (24) is tsò há. In the third set, 12 x 3, that is thirty-six (36) is tsò tár, etc. The data supplied above is in base ten and is that in current use.

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