Language
name and location:
Okordia, Bayelsa State,
Nigeria [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. kɛ̀nɪ |
21. si kɛnɪ fɪn(ɪ̀) |
2. maamʊ |
22. |
3. taarʊ |
23. |
4. nii |
24. |
5. sɔ̃ɔ̃rɔ̃ |
25. |
6. sɔ̃zie / sɔ̃zɪ |
26. |
7. sɔnɔmà |
27. |
8. màà fùi |
28. |
9. sioni, eji karama (10 - 1) |
29. |
10. eji |
30. suei |
11. eji kɛn(ɪ) fɪn(ɪ) |
40. mèsi, mààsi (2 x 20) |
12. eji mãã fɪnɪ́ |
50. mèsi eji fɪnɪ |
13. eji taarʊ feni |
60. taara sì (3 x 20), màà sùei (2 x 30) |
14. eji nii fɪn(ɪ) |
70. tesi / tààra sì eji fɪnɪ |
15. eji sɔ̃ɔ̃rɔ̃ fɪn(ɪ) |
80. nia sì / niesì (4 x 20) |
16. eji sɔ̃zɪ fɪn(ɪ) |
90. nia sì eji fɪnɪ |
17. eji sɔnɔma fɪn(ɪ) |
100. sɔ̃ɔ̃rãã sì (5 x 20) |
18. eji nini nì fɪnɪ̀ |
200. 400. adɛ̃̀ |
19. si kàràmà kɛ̀ɲ fàa (20 - 1) |
1000. |
20. si |
2000. |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Kay Williamson and Dr. Ethelbert E. Kari,
|
Other comments: Okordia has a vigesimal numeral system with particular forms for 9 and 19. There were missing terms for numbers 22 to 29, 200, 1000 and 2000. Okordia is spoken by approximately 3,600 speakers in Bayelsa state: Sagbama LGA; Rivers state: Ogba-Egbena-Ndoni LGA, Nigeria. |
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