Rigwe / Irigwe

Language name and location: Rigwe, Kaduna state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 利圭语 (伊利圭语 Irigwe), 尼日利亚北部卡杜纳州及高原州

1. ˀzrú	21. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú zúnzrû
2. ˀʍʲè	22. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú wêʍʲè
3. ˀt͡sʲɛ̀	23. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú wêt͡sʲɛ̄
4. ˀni	24. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú wêni
5. ˀt͡ɕʷòô	25. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú wêt͡ɕʷòô
6. rít͡sʲɛ́	26. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú rít͡sʲɛ́
7. nat͡sʲɛ́	27. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú nat͡sʲɛ́
8. klaǹvà	28. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú klaǹvà
9. kruvájá	29. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè ne ɔ̀tú kruvájá
10. ʃʷá	30. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêt͡sʲɛ̄
11. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú zúǹzrû	40. ǹ̪ʃʷà wênī
12. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú wêʍʲè	50. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêt͡ɕʷòô
13. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú wêt͡sʲɛ̄	60. ǹ̪ʃʷà rít͡sʲɛ́
14. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú wênī	70. ǹ̪ʃʷà nat͡sʲɛ́
15. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú wêt͡sʷòô	80. ǹ̪ʃʷà klaǹvà
16. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú rít͡sʲɛ́	90. ǹ̪ʃʷà kruvájá
17. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú nat͡sʲɛ́	100. ɲ̪̀ɲʷā zúǹzrú
18. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú klaǹvà	200. ɲ̪̀ɲʷā wêʍʲè
19. ʃʷá ne ɔ̀tú kruvájá	1000. ˀt͡ʃi zúǹzrú
20. ǹ̪ʃʷà wêʍʲè	2000. ˀt͡ʃi wêʍʲè, 10000. ŋ̀mɡ͡ba ˀt͡ʃi zúǹzrú

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Daniel Gya, Wycliffe Bible Translator / Nigeria Bible Translation Trust, Jos, Nigeria. July 17, 2007, October 29, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Daniel Gya, 2007 年 6 月 17 日. 2011 年 10 月 29 日.

Other comments: Rigwe or Irigwe is spoken by approximately 40,000 speakers in Kaduna state: Kauru LGA; Plateau state: Bassa, Jos North, and Jos South LGAs, Nigeria.

Rigwe or Irigwe has a decimal system. Note: Mid-tones unmarked.

Rigwe Consonant Chart:

	Bilabial	Labial- dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial-Velar	Glottal
Plosives	p, pʲ, b, bʲ			t, d		c, cʲ,cʷ ɟ, ɟʲ, ɟʷ	k, kʷ ɡ, ɡʷ	kp, ɡb
Fricatives		f, (fʲ) v, (vʲ)	ð, ðʲ	s, z	ʃ, ʃʷ ʒ, ʒʷ			ʍ, ʍʲ	h, hʲ
Affricates				t͡s, t͡sʲ	t͡ʃ, t͡ʃʲ d͡ʒ, d͡ʒʲ	t͡ɕ, t͡ɕʲ
Nasals	m, mʲ, m(ʷ)	(ɱ)		n		ɲ, ɲʲ, ɲʷ	ŋ,ŋʷ, ŋʷʲ	ŋm
Flapped Trills	v ¹			ɾ, ɾʲ,ɾʷ r, rʲ,rʷ
Laterals				l, lʲ
Laterals				ɬ
Approxs						j, j̥ʷ ², jʷ		w, wʲ,

Notesː
1. /v¹/ in Rigwe language is not a labio-dental flap as described in the International Phonetic Alphabet revised 2005, but a bilabial flap. The use of this IPA symbol is due to lack of an IPA symbol for the sound.

2. /j̥ʷ²/ and /jʷ/ in the IPA are /ɥ̥ /respectively. However, they are classified as labial-palatal consonants rather that palatal.

Rigwe Vowel Chart

	Front	Mid	Back
Close	i, ii, ĩ		u, uu, ũ
Close-mid	e, ee, ẽ
Open-mid	ɛ, ɛɛ, ɛ̃		o, oo, õ
Open		a, aa, ã

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