Language name and location: Safwa, Mbeya region, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区萨夫瓦, 坦桑尼亚坦西南部姆贝亚地区

 

1. yeeka / jeːka/

21. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na yeeka

2. zɨbhɨɨlɨ / zɨβɨɨlɨ /

22. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na zɨbhɨɨlɨ

3. zɨtaatu /zɨtaːtu /

23. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na zɨtaatu

4. zɨnɨ  /zɨnɨ /

24. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na zɨnɨ

5. zɨsaanu /zɨsaːnu /

25. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na zɨsaanu

6. z'tanda  /z'tanda /

26. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na n’tanda

7. pʉʉnɡa  /pʉːŋɡa /

27. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na pʉʉnɡa

8. naana  /naːna /

28. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na naana

9. fundihandwimo /undihandwimo/

29. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ na fundihandwimo

10. ishomi /iʃomi /

30. amashomi ɡataatu

11. ishomi na yeeka

40. amashomi ɡanɨ

12. ishomi na zɨbhɨɨlɨ

50. amashomi ɡasaanu

13. ishomi na zɨtaatu

60. amashomi n’tanda

14. ishomi na zɨnɨ

70. amashomi pʉʉnɡa

15. ishomi na zɨsaanu

80. amashomi naana

16. ishomi ni n’tanda

90. amashomi fundihandwimo

17. ishomi na pʉʉnɡa

100 imia yeeka,  200. imia zɨbhɨɨlɨ

18. ishomi na naana

400. imia zɨnɨ,  800. imia naana

19. ishomi na fundihandwimo

1000. ɨelufu yeeka

20. amashomi ɡabhɨɨlɨ

2000. ɨelufu  zɨbhɨɨlɨ

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Amani Mwandezi through Mr. Frank Mwaluanda, SIL- International Tanzania, January 23, 2021.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Amani Mwandezi, 2021 年 1 月 23 日.

 

Other comments: Safwa (Shisafwa) or Ishisafwa, Kisafwa is spoken by approximately
322,000 speakers in Mbeya region: Chunya, Mbeya rural, and Mbeya urban, and Mbozi districts, Mbeya and Poroto mountain ranges; Iringa region border area, north of Lake Malawi, Tanzania. Safwa
has a decimal system. The higher numerals for 'hundred' and 'thousand' are loanwords from Swahili.


 

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