Northern Nuni

Language name and location: Northern Nuni, Burkina Faso [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 北部努尼语, 布基纳法索西部布克莱迪穆翁大区

1. ùdù	21. fíìlə̀ də́ ùdù
2. bìlə̀	22. fíìlə̀ də́ bìlə̀
3. bìtwàà	23. fíìlə̀ də́ bìtwàà
4. bìna	24. fíìlə̀ də́ bìna
5. bìnu	25. fíìlə̀ də́ bònū
6. badù	26. fíìlə̀ də́ badù
7. bàpà	27. fíìlə̀ də́ bàpà
8. lɛlɛ	28. fíìlə̀ də́ lɛlɛ
9. nìbu	29. fíìlə̀ də́ nìbu
10. fíɡə́	30. fíìtwàà
11. fíɡə́ də́ ùdù	40. fíìna
12. fíɡə́ də́ bìlə̀	50. fíìnu
13. fíɡə́ də́ bìtwàà	60. fíìsìdù
14. fíɡə́ də́ bìna	70. fíìsìpà
15. fíɡə́ də́ bònū	80. zɔ̀ḿ
16. fíɡə́ də́ badù	90. zɔ̀ḿ də́ fíɡə́ (80 + 10)
17. fíɡə́ də́ bàpà	100. bíí (< Kasem ) ?
18. fíɡə́ də́ lɛlɛ	200. bíélè (100, two of them )
19. fíɡə́ də́ nìbu	1000. mwìu (< Kasem) ?
20. fíìlə̀	2000. mùrlə̀

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Norbert Naon, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Burkina Faso, June 11, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Norbert Naon , 2008 年 6 月 11 日.

Other comments: Nouthern Nuni has a numeral system mixing with both decimal system. There might be an old system based on 80. The numbers 'hundred' and 'thousand' might borrowed from the Kasem language. Noteː Mid tone unmarked.

Nouthern Nuni is spoken by approximately 51,700 speakers in Boucle du Mouhoun region: Bale and Mouhoun provinces, near Boromo; Centre-Ouest region: Sanguie province. Dialect dividing line is Mouhoun river, Burkina Faso.

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