Language name and location: Nkami, Eastern region, Ghana [Refer to Ethnologue]
 语言名称和分布地区: 恩卡米语,  加纳共和国东南省平原地区

 

1. ɔkʊlɪ/ɛkʊ

21. aduaɲo na ɔkʊlɪ

2. aɲo

22. aduaɲo na aɲo

3. asa 

23. aduaɲo na asa

4. ana

24. aduaɲo na ana

5. anu

25. aduaɲo na anu

6. asie

26. aduaɲo na asie

7. asʊnʊ

27. aduaɲo na asʊnʊ

8. etwe

28. aduaɲo na etwe

9. akpʊnɔ 

29. aduaɲo na akpʊnɔ

10. edu

30. aduasa

11. edu na ɔkʊlɪ

40. aduana

12. edu na aɲo

50. aduonum (<Akan: enum) *

13. edu na asa

60.  aduasie

14. edu na ana

70.  aduasʊnʊ

15. edu na anu

80.  adutwe

16. edu na asie

90.  aduakpʊnɔ

17. edu na asʊnʊ

100. lafa ɔkʊlɪ *,   200. Lafa aɲo

18. edu na etwe

400. lafa ana, 800. lafa etwe

19. edu na akpʊnɔ

1000. akpɪ̃ *(<Akan: apɪm)

20. aduaɲo

2000. mkpɪ̃ aɲo

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Rogers Korea Asante, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, August 28, 2021.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Rogers Korea Asante, 2021 年 8 月 28 日.

 

Other comments: Nkami has a decimal system. It has native number terms that can be used to count from one to thousand. Like other Ghanaian languages such as Akan, Logba, and Nkonya. Nkamai is spoken approximately 7,000 speakers in Amankwa, Afram Plains, Ghana, West Africa. Note that:  the number for 50 'aduonum' is a loanword from Akan 'enum', and number for 100 'lafa' is a loanword from Ewe 'alafa', and 1000 'akpɪ̃' is a loanword from Akan, too.
Nkami: Consonant chart:

ACTIVE ARTICULATOR

apico-

lamino-

dorso-

labio-

 

glottal

PASSIVE ARTICULATOR

alveolar

postaveolar

palatal

velar

labial

dental

Stop

t    d

 

            

k   g

p   b

 

Ɂ*

Labialized

Stop

 

 

 

kw*    

 

 

 

Double

articulated stop

 

 

 

kp       

 

 

Fricative

s

 

ʃ*

 

f

h

Labialized

Fricative

 

 

ʃ w*

 

 

 

 

Affricate

 

 

tʃ*   dʒ*

 

 

 

 

Labialized affricate

 

 

tʃw*  dʒw*

 

 

 

 

Nasal

    n

    

ɲ

ŋ

    m

 

 

Labialized nasal

 

 

ɲw*

ŋw*

 

 

 

Lateral

     l

    

 

 

 

 

 

Rhotic

 

   ɹ (r)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semi vowel

 

 

j

w

 

 

 

 Nkami:  Oral vowel chart:

 

 

 

[-round]/

 

[-back]        

 

 

[+round]/[+back]

 

 

[+ATR]

[high]

i

 

u

 

[mid]

e

o

 

 

[low]

 

  

 

[-ATR]

a

 

[mid]

ɛ

 

ɔ

 

[high]

     ɪ

   ʊ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1] The sounds that are marked with (*) have limited distribution (cf. Asante, 2016).

 

 

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