Nyam

Language name and locationː Nyam, Taraba state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 尼扬语, 尼日利亚东北部塔拉巴州

1. mɔ̀dɔ́	21. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà mɔ́dɔ̀
2. fùllúk	22. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà fùllúk
3. kùnúŋ	23. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà kùnúŋ
4. hɔ̀dúk	24. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà hɔ̀dúk
5. hwàt	25. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà hwàt
6. fármé	26. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà fármé
7. fáró fùllúk (5 + 2)	27. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà fáró fùllúk
8. húrú ɡùdùk (2 x 4 )	28. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà húrú ɡùdùk
9. láɡó mɔ̀dɔ́ (10 - 1) ?	29. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà láɡó mɔ̀dɔ́
10. kùumò (litː 'kumo'=ear )	30. sík mɔ́dɔ́ yà kúumò
11. kúumò ndùlsù mɔ́dɔ̀	40. sík fùllúk ('body two')
12. kúumò ndùlsù fùllúk	50. sík fùllúk yà kúumò
13. kúumò ndùlsù kùnúŋ	60. kɔ̀ kùnúŋ (litː 'kɔ̀ '=head )
14. kúumò ndùlsù hɔ̀dúk	70. kɔ̀ kùnúŋ yà kúumò
15. kúumò ndùlsù hwàt	80. kɔ̀ hɔ̀dúk
16. kúumò ndùlsù fármé	90. kɔ̀ hɔ̀dúk yà kúumò
17. kúumò ndùlsù fáró fùllúk	100. kɔ̀ hwàt
18. kúumò ndùlsù húrú ɡùdùk	200. kɔ̀ kúumò (20 x 10)
19. kúumò ndùlsù láɡó mɔ̀dɔ́	1000. kɔ̀ kúumò sèy hwàt (20 x 10 x 5)
20. sík mɔ̀dɔ̀ (litː 'sik'=body)	2000. kɔ̀ kúumò sèy kúumò (20 x 10 x 10)

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Heike Andreas, Goethe University, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, November 13, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Heike Andreas, 2007 年 11 月 13 日.

Other comments: Nyam has a vigesimal system with special construction for numbers 6 to 9. The word for 'ten' is etymologically derived from 'ear' and the word for 'twenty' means 'body', but there is another word 'kɔ̀' in construction of tens after 60, which etymologically means 'head'. Nyam (also known as Nyambolo) is an endangered West Chadic language spoken in one village in Taraba state, North East of Nigeria by approximately 100 speakers.

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