Ncham

Language name and location: Ntcham, Kara region, Togo, Ghana [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 恩赞语 (巴萨利语Bassari), 多哥北部和中部地区及加纳境内

1. ǹ.-bá /-bɔ́, m̀-báá ( enumerative ) *	21. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-bá /-bɔ́
2. ǹ.-lí, ǹ-léé ( enumerative ) *	22. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-lí
3. ǹ.-ta, ǹtàà ( enumerative ) *	23. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-ta
4. ǹ.-nàà, ǹnàà ( enumerative ) *	24. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-nàà
5. ǹ.-ŋmòò, ŋ̀-ŋmòò ( enumerative ) *	25. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-ŋmòò
6. ǹ.-lùù, ǹ-lùù ( enumerative ) *	26. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-lùù
7. ǹ.-lùlí, ǹlùlí ( enumerative ) *	27. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-lùlí
8. ǹ.-nìì, ǹníí ( enumerative ) *	28. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-nìì
9. ǹ.-wá / -wɔ, ŋ̀wáá ( enumerative ) *	29. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì ǹ.-wá / -wɔ́
10. sààláá, sààláá ( enumerative ) *	30. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú nì sààláá
11. sààláá nì ǹ.-bá/-bɔ́, sààláá nì m̀-báá	40. ì-mùŋ̀kú ì-lí (20 x 2)
12. sààláá nì ǹ.-lí, sààláá nì ǹ-léé	50. ì-mùŋ̀kú ì-lí nì sààláá
13. sààláá nì ǹ.-ta, sààláá nì ǹ-tà	60. ì-mùŋ̀kú ì-ta (20 x 3)
14. ǹ.-bá /-bɔ́ k͡pá sààl̀kú (15 - 1)	70. ì-mùŋ̀kú ì-ta nì sààláá
15. sààl̀kú	80. ì-mùŋ̀kú ì-nàà (20 x 4)
16. sààl̀kú nì ǹ.-bá /-bɔ́ (15+1)	90. ì-mùŋ̀kú ì-nàà nì sààláá
17. sààl̀kú nì ǹ.-lí (15+2)	100. di-làátàà-l
18. sààl̀kú nì ǹ.-ta (15+3)	200. kú-làáfaa-u * ( from Kwa language )
19. ǹ.-bá/-bɔ́ k͡pá ḿ-mùŋ̀ku (20 - 1)	1000. kùtùkú (''kùtùkú-''=''sack")
20. ḿ-mùŋ̀kú / m̀-báá k͡pá à-mùŋ̀ku	2000. kùtùkú-bì bì-lí

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Monica Cox, GILLBT ( The Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation), Ghana, February 6, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Monica Cox, 2008 年 2 月 6 日.

Other comments: Ntcham uses a mixed numeral system with 15 a separate lexeme, but this lexeme does not occur in combinations of numerals higher than 20. The first set of numbers are used as quantitative and the second for enumerative. The higher numbers for 300 and 400 are ''kú-làáfaa-u nì di-làátàà-l'' (200+100) and ''tí-làáfa-ti tì-lí'' (200 x 2), respectively. The word ''làáfa'' is a loan from Kwa language. Among people educated in French or English there is a tendency to use 10 rather than 20 as a basic number. The word ''kùtùkú-'' literally means ''sack''. Tone markings: á=High, à=Low and Mid tone unmarked. Ntcham or Bassari is spoken by approximately 320,000 speakers in Kara region: Bassar and eastern Dankpen prefectures, Togo as well as Ghana.

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