Language name and location: Nzema, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区恩泽马语, 加纳共和国西部省加莫拉市区和科特迪瓦境内

 

1. ɛ̀kʊ̃ ( in counting)/ kʊ̃ ( after a noun)

21.  abúla nĩ́ɪ̃ kʊ

2. ɲ́ɲʊ̃ ( tone reversals after nouns ) *

22.  abúla nʊ̃ ɲɲʊ

3. ńsɑ̃

23.  abúla nʊ̃ nsɑ̃

4. ńnɑ̃

24.  abúla nʊ̃ nnɑ̃

5. ńnṹ

25.  abúla nʊ̃ nnũ

6. ńsĩ́ã

26.  abúla nʊ̃ nsĩã

7. ńsṹũ

27.  abúla nʊ̃ nsũː

8. mɔ́cʊɛ

28.  abúla nʊ̃ mɔcʊɛ

9. ŋɡʊ̃lɑ̃́

29.  abúla nʊ̃ ŋɡʊ̃lɑ̃

10. bulú

30.  abúlasɑ̃

11. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ kʊ̃

40.  abúlalɑ̃

12. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ ɲɲʊ̃

50.  abúlalũ

13. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ nsɑ̃

60.  abúlasiã

14. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ nnɑ̃

70.  abúlasũː

15. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ nnũ

80.  abúlacʊɛ

16. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ nsĩã

90.  abúlahʊ̃lɑ̃

17. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ nsuː

100. ɛjɑ kʊ̃́

18. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ mɔcʊɛ

200. ɛjɑ ɲɲʊ̃́

19. bulú nĩ́ɪ̃ ŋɡʊ̃lɑ̃

1000. ɑk͡pɪ̃lɪ̃ kʊ̃́

20. abúlaɲʊ̃

2000. ɑk͡pɪ̃lɪ̃ ɲɲʊ̃́

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Jonathan Burmeister, SIL International, Côte d'Ivoire, September 6, 1998, November 22, 2007.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Jonathan Burmeister, 1998 年 9 月 6 日, 2007 年 11 月 22 日.

 

Other comments: Nzema has a decimal system similar to that of Anyin. Nzema has two tonesː High and Low (unmarked). The tone of the numerals 1 - 9 becomes reversed from the tone of the preceding noun. Nzema is spoken by approximately 420,000 speakers in Western region: Jomoro district, Ghana as well as Côte d'Ivoire.


 

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