Nsenga / Senga

Language name and location: Nsenga, Malawi, Zambia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 恩森加语, 马拉维, 赞比亚, 津巴布韦, 莫桑比克

1. -môzi	21. makúmí áŵîli na -môzi
2. -ŵîli *	22. makúmí áŵîli na -ŵîli
3. -tâtu	23. makúmí áŵîli na -tátu
4. -nâi	24. makúmí áŵîli na -nâi
5. -sanu	25. makúmí áŵîli na -sanu
6. -sanu na -môzi ( 5 + 1 )	26. makúmí áŵîli na -sanu na -môzi
7. -sanu na -ŵîli ( 5 + 2 )	27. makúmí áŵîli na -sanu na -ŵîli
8. -sanu na -tátu ( 5 + 3 )	28. makúmí áŵîli na -sanu na -tátu
9. -sanu na -nâi ( 5 + 4 )	29. makúmí áŵîli na -sanu na -nâi
10. kʰûmi	30. makúmí átátu
11. kʰûmi na -môzi	40. makúmí ánái
12. kʰûmi na -ŵîli	50. makúmí asanu
13. kʰûmi na -tátu	60. makúmí asanu na (kʰúmí) limôzi *
14. kʰûmi na -nái	70. makúmí asanu na (makʰúmí) aŵîli
15. kʰûmi na -sanu	80. makúmí asanu na (makʰúmí) atátu
16. kʰûmi na -sanu na -môzi	90. makúmí asanu na (makʰúmí) anâi
17. kʰûmi na -sanu na -ŵîli	100. makúmí kʰûmi ( 10 x 10 )
18. kʰûmi na -sanu na -tátu	200. makúmí kʰûmi áŵîli
19. kʰûmi na -sanu na -nái	1000. zana
20. makúmí áŵîli	2000. mazana áŵîli

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Lazarus M. Miti, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) / The University of Venda, South Africa, November 24, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Lazarus M. Miti, 2007 年 11 月 24 日.

Other comments: Nsenga (Chinsenga) or Senga is spoken by approximately 627,000 speakers in Eastern province: Petauke district; Lusaka province: Chongwe and Luangwa districts, Zambia as well as Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Nsenga has a quinary, decimal numeral system.The English gloss for the Nsenga numeral for 60 is 'five tens and one ten'. Literally 'tens five and ten one'. The symbol 'ŵ' is labial approximant, equivalent to IPA [ʋ]. Nsenga has three tonesː High=á, Rising-falling=â and Low tone unmarked.

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