Language name and locationː Pimbwe, Katavi Region, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]
 语言名称和分布地区: 平布韦语, 坦桑尼亚西部坦噶尼喀湖东边卡塔维地区

 

1. jɪmwi

21. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ ni jɪmwi

2. diβɪlɪ

22. amakhumi ɡaβɪlɪ ni diβɪlɪ

3. dithathu

23. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ ni dithathu

4. dinɛ

24. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ ni dinɛ

5. disɑːnu

25. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ ni sɑːnu

6. sitha (borrowed from Swahili)

26. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ ni sitha

7. saba (borrowed from Swahili)

27. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ ni saba

8. ʊm̩nɑːnɛ

28. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ ni m̩nɑːnɛ

9. thisa (borrowed from Swahili)

29. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ

10. ikhʊmi (borrowed from Swahili)

30. amakhʊmi ɡathathu

11. ikhʊmi ni jɪmwi

40. amakhʊmi ɡanɛ

12. ikhʊmi ni diβɪlɪ

50. amakhʊmi ɡasɑːnu

13. ikhʊmi ni ditatu

60. amakhʊmi sitha

14. ikhʊmi ni dinɛ

70. amakhʊmi saba

15. ikhʊmi ni disɑːnu

80. amakhʊmi m̩nɑːnɛ

16. ikhʊmi ni sitha

90. amakhʊmi thisa

17. ikhʊmi ni saba

100. ɪmja jɪmwi (SWH) 200. ɪmja diβɪlɪ

18. ikhʊmi ni m̩nɑːnɛ

200. ɪmja dinɛ, 800. ɪmja m̩nɑːnɛ  

19. ikhʊmi ni thisa

1000. ɪjɛlufu jɪmwi (SWH)

20. amakhʊmi ɡaβɪlɪ

2.000. ɪjɛlufu diβɪlɪ 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Jonathan Weiss, SIL International, Tanzania, September 28, 2013.
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Jonathan Weiss, 2020 年 9 月 28 日.

 

Other comments: Pimbwe (Cipimbwe) or Kipimbwe is spoken by approximately

64,600 speakers in Katavi region: Mpanda district; Rift valley to northwest of Lake Rukwa, Tanzania. Pimbwe has a decimal system with some loanwords from Swahili.

Tentative Consonant inventory:

 

Manner of articulation

Voicing/

nasalization

Labial

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar/

Glottal

Plosives

voiceless

ph

th/t

ch

kh

 

prenasalization

ᵐph

ⁿth/nt

ɲch

ŋkh

 

voiced

 b/ɓ

d/ɗ

ɲɟ

ɡ/ɠ

 

prenasalization

ᵐb/mɓ

ⁿd/nɗ

ɲɟ

ŋɡ/ŋɠ

Fricatives

voiceless

f

s, ʃ

 

h

 

prenasalization

ɱf

ⁿs, ɲʃ

 

 

 

voiced

β, v

z, ⁿʒ

 

 

 

prenasalization

ɱv

ⁿz, ⁿʒ

 

 

Sonorants

approximants

w

l

j

 

 

nasal

m

n

ɲ

ŋ

 

Tentative vowel inventory:

 

IPA

Height

ATR Quality

Example

Gloss

i

hi (+hi); level 1

+

/ʊm̩sisi/

root

ɪ

hi (+hi); level 2

-

/ɪnɟɪlɪ/

warthog

ɛ

mid (-lo)

-

/ʊlʊɲɛlɛ/

hair

a

low (+lo)

-

/ʊlʊzaza/

jaw

ɔ

mid (-lo)

-

/ʊm̩nɔmɔ/

mouth

ʊ

hi (+hi); level 2

-

/ʊlʊkhʊthʊ/

fence, courtyard

u

hi (+hi); level 1

+

/ʊfudu/

tortoise

 

Language name and locationː Pimbwe, Katavi Region, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]
 语言名称和分布地区: 平布韦语, 坦桑尼亚西部坦噶尼喀湖东边卡塔维地区

 

1. tʃɪmʷi

21.  amakʊmi ɡaβili na limʷi

2. viβɪlɪ

22.  amakʊmi ɡaβili diβili

3. vitatu

23. 

4. vinɛ

24. 

5. visanu  

25. 

6. sita  ( < Swahili < Arabic )

26. 

7. saba ( < Swahili < Arabic )

27. 

8. ʊmnane

28. 

9. tisa   ( < Swahili < Arabic )

29. 

10. ikʊmi

30.  amakʊmi ɡatatu

11. ikʊmi na limʷi

40.  amakʊmi ɡanɛ

12. ikʊmi na diβili

50.  amakʊmi ɡasanu

13. ikʊmi na ditatu

60.  amakʊmi sita

14. ikʊmi na dinɛ

70.  amakʊmi saba

15. ikʊmi na disanu

80.  amakʊmi mnanɛ

16. ikʊmi na sita

90.  amakʊmi tisa

17. ikʊmi na saba

100. amakʊmi ikʊmi

18. ikʊmi na mnanɛ

200. imʲa diβili ( imʲa < Swahili < Arabic )

19. ikʊmi na di tisa

1000. imʲa ikʊmi

20. amakʊmi ɡaβili

2.000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Oliver Stegen, SIL International, Tanzania, May 20, 2013.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Oliver Stegen, 2013 年 5 月 20 日.

 

Other comments: Pimbwe has a decimal system with some loanwords from Swahili.

 

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