Language name and locationː Orma, Tana River county, Kenya [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区尔马语, 肯尼亚南部海滨省塔纳河郡及附近地

 

1. tokkō

21.  illama tokkō

2. lamā

22.  illama lamā

3. sadi

23.  illama sadi

4. afurī

24.  illama afurī

5. ʃanī

25.  illama ʃanī

6. ja

26.  illama ja

7. tolbā

27.  illama tolbā

8. saddeetī

28.  illama saddeetī

9. saɡalī

29.  illama saɡalī

10. kuɗenī

30.  soddomā

11. kuɗenī tokkō

40.  afurtamā

12. kuɗenī lamā

50.  ʃantamā

13. kuɗenī sadi

60.  jaatamā

14. kuɗenī afurī

70.  tolbaatamā

15. kuɗenī ʃanī

80.  saddeetamā

16. kuɗenī ja

90.  saɡaltamā

17. kuɗenī tolbā

100. ɗibbā tokkō

18. kuɗenī saddeetī

200. ɗibbā lamā, 400. ɗibbā afurī

19. kuɗenī saɡalī

1000. alfu tokkō (alfu from Swahili )

20. illamaanī

2000. alfu lamā

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Christa Kendall, Bible Translation & Literacy ( East Africa), Nairobi, Kenya, October 12, 1995.

Ms Sarah Wario, Bible Translation & Literacy (East Africa), Nairobi, Kenya, June 12, 2020.

供资料的语言学家: Ms. Christa Kendall, 1995 年 10 月 12 日. Ms Sarah Wario,

2020 年 6 月 12 日

 

Other comments: Orma has a decimal system. Thousand is a loan from Swahili /Arabic.

Orma is a variety of the Oromo language spoken by the Orma people in Tana River county in Kenya with about 66,000 speakers. It is a dialect of Southern Oromo.


 

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