Southern Nuni

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

语言名称和分布地区: 南部努尼语, 布基纳法索西部布克莱迪穆翁大区

1. nə̀dʊ̀	21. sāpʊ̄ā də́ nə̀dʊ̀
2. bə̀lə̀	22. sāpʊ̄ā də́ bə̀lə̀
3. bàtwà	23. sāpʊ̄ā də́ bàtwà
4. bànīān	24. sāpʊ̄ā də́ bànīān
5. bònū	25. sāpʊ̄ā də́ bònū
6. bàrdʊ̀	26. sāpʊ̄ā də́ bàrdʊ̀
7. bàrpɛ̀	27. sāpʊ̄ā də́ bàrpɛ̀
8. nānā	28. sāpʊ̄ā də́ nānā
9. nʊ̀ɡʊ́	29. sāpʊ̄ā də́ nʊ̀ɡʊ́
10. fúɡə́	30. fítwà (10, three of them)
11. fúɡə́ də́ nə̀dʊ̀	40. sāpwīlə̀ (20, two of them)
12. fúɡə́ də́ bə̀lə̀	50. fínū (10, five of them)
13. fúɡə́ də́ bàtwà	60. sāpwītwà (20, three of them)
14. fúɡə́ də́ bànīān	70. sāpwītwà də́ fúɡə́ (60 + 10)
15. fúɡə́ də́ bònū	80. sāpwīnīān (20, four of them)
16. fúɡə́ də́ bàrdʊ̀	90. sāpwīnīān də́ fúɡə́ (80 + 10)
17. fúɡə́ də́ bàrpɛ̀	100. bíí (< Kasem ) ??
18. fúɡə́ də́ nānā	200. bíélè (100, two of them )
19. fúɡə́ də́ nʊ̀ɡʊ́	1000. mʊ̀rʊ̀ ( < Kasem ) ??
20. sāpʊ̄ā	2000. mʊ̀rʊ̀ bə̀lə̀ (1000, two of them )

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Corneille A. Kadio, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Burkina Faso, October 10, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Corneille A. Kadio , 2007 年 10 月 10 日.

Other comments: Southern Nuni has a counting system mixing with both decimal and

vigesimal systems. The numbers 'hundred' and 'thousand' might borrowed from the

Kasem language. Southern Nuni is spoken by approximately 173,000 speakers in Boucle du Mouhoun region: Bale province, east Mouhoun province; Centre-Ouest region: Sanguie, Sissili and Zuri provinces; Centre-Sud region:, Burkina Faso.

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