Putai

Language name and locationː Putai, Adamawa state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 普泰语, 尼日利亚东北部阿达马瓦州及博尔诺州

1. duku / təŋ / duɡu	21. pɪndì lukwɔ̀ tɪlɔ̂n
2. suɗà / fɨɗɛ̀	22.
3. makùr	23.
4. fɔɗu / fwoɗu	24. pɪndì lukwɔ̀ d(i) yəɣìn
5. tufù	25. pɪndì lukwɔ̀ ʔuwɔ̀n
6. kwa / kwɔ̀	26.
7. muɗufā / muɗɨfɛ̀	27.
8. cisù / ncɪsù	28.
9. ḿðà / mðɛ̀	29.
10. kuma / kumɛ	30. pyakù / piyàkɨ̀
11. kum kaca tə̀ŋ	40. pɪraku pɨdiyo
12. kum nya suɗà	50. piyûu
13. kum nya makùr	60. piskù
14. kum nya fɔɗu	70. pɪrakùn
15. kum nya tufù	80.
16. kum nya kwa	90. piluɡàr
17. kum nya muɗufa	100. miyà (<Arabic )
18. kum nya ncɪsù	200.
19. kum nya ḿðà	1000.
20. pɪndì (< Kanuri )	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Charles H. Kraft, Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA, July 18, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Charles H. Kraft, 2007 年 7 月 18 日.

Other comments: Putai or Margi West has a decimal system. They use Kanuri numerals after twenty. Putai is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language of Biu-Mandara branch spoken in northeastern Nigeria lesser 50 speakers. The language is dying out and being replaced by Kanuri.

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