Samba-Daka / Chamba-Daka

Language name and location: Samba-Daka, Adawama, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 姜巴-达克语, 尼日利亚东部阿达玛瓦州

1. nò:ní	21. mūmnòːní-míːnò:ní
2. bàːɾá	22. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːbàːɾá
3. tàɾā	23. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːtàɾā
4. nàːsá	24. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːnàːsá
5. tûːnā	25. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːtûːnā
6. tūnìn	26. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːtúnìn
7. dùtím	27. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːdùtím
8. dùtímkə́ɾə́ɾə́ ( 7+ 1 )	28. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːdùtímkə́ɾə́ɾə́
9. kúmsìnkə́t͡sɔ̄	29. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːkúmsìnkə́t͡sɔ̄
10. kúmkə́ɾə́ɾə́ ( 9+ 1 )	30. mūmnòːní-mɛ́ːmkúmkə́ɾə́ɾə́
11. kúmbàːnò:ní	40. nōː bàːɾá
12. kúmbàːbàːɾá	50. nōː bàːɾá-mɛ́ːmkúmkə́ɾə́ɾə́ ( 20+ 10 )
13. kúmbàːtàɾā	60. nōː táɾá ( 20 x 3 )
14. kúmbàːnàːsá	70. nōː táɾá mɛ́ːmkúmkə́ɾə́ɾə́( 20 x 3 + 10 )
15. kúmbàːtûːnā	80. nōː nàːsá ( 20 x 4 )
16. kúmbàːtúnìn	90. nōː nàːsá mɛ́ːmkúmkə́ɾə́ɾə́
17. kúmbàːdùtím	100. nōː tûːnā ( 20 x 5 )
18. kúmbàːdùtímkə́ɾə́ɾə́	200. nōː tûnābùm-bàːɾá ( 20 x 5 x 2 )
19. kúmbàːkúmsìnkə́t͡sɔ̄	1000. ɲàŋsáŋ-nò:ní
20. mūmnòːní	2000. ɲàŋsáŋ-bàːɾá

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr.Ibrahim Dama Netongsumenbe through Mr. Kaduwe Ornan, Bwatye Bible Translator, Nigeria, July 20, 2019.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr.Ibrahim Dama Netongsumenbe, 2019 年 7 月 20 日.

Other comments: Samba-Daka or Chamba-Daka has a complicated numeral system with special forms numbers 8 and 10. With the exception for the number 9, the new data is nearly equivalent to that of the old data recorded by Dr. Raymond Boyd some years ago. The big numbers for 400 and 800 are respectivelyː 400. nōː tûːnābūm-nàːsá;

800. nōː tûːnābūm-dùtímkə́ɾə́ɾə́. Samba-Daka or Chamba Daka is spoken by approximately 107,000 speakers in Adamawa state: Ganye and Mayo Belwa LGAs; Taraba state: Bali, Gashaka, Jalingo, and Zing LGAs, Nigeria.

Language name and location: Samba-Daka, Adawama, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 姜巴-达克语, 尼日利亚东部阿达玛瓦州

1. nòòní	21. mūm nòòní méém nòòní
2. bààrá	22. mūm nòòní méém bààrá
3. tárā	23. mūm nòòní méém tárā
4. nààsá	24. mūm nòòní méém nààsá
5. túùná	25. mūm nòòní méém túùná
6. túnìn	26. mūm nòòní méém túnìn
7. dùtím	27. mūm nòòní méém dùtím
8. dùtím-kə́rə́rə́ ( 7+ 1 )	28. mūm nòòní méém dùtím-kə́rə́rə
9. kúūm	29. mūm nòòní méém kúūm
10. kúūm-kə́rə́rə́ ( 9+ 1 )	30. mūm nòòni méém kúūm
11. kúūm-bàà nòòní	40. nōō bààrá
12. kúūm-bàà bààrá	50. nōō bààrá méém kúūm ( 20+ 10 )
13. kúūm-bàà tárā	60. nōō tárā ( 20 x 3 )
14. kúūm-bàà nààsá	70. nōō tárā méém kúūm ( 20 x 3 + 10 )
15. kúūm-bàà túùná	80. nōō nààsá ( 20 x 4 )
16. kúūm-bàà túnìn	90. nōō nààsá méém kúūm
17. kúūm-bàà dùtím	100. nōō túùná ( 20 x 5 )
18. kúūm-bàà dùtím-kə́rə́rə	200. nōō túùná bùm bààrá ( 20 x 5 x 2 )
19. kúūm-bàà kúūm	1000. nōō túùná bùm bààrá kúūm-kə́rə́rə́
20. mūm nòòní	2000. nōō túùná bùm mūm nòòní

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Raymond Boyd, CNRS-LLACAN (The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research), Paris, France, June 8, 2006.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Raymond Boyd, 2006 年 6 月 8 日.

Other comments: Samba-Daka or Chamba-Daka has a complicated numeral system with special forms numbers 8 and 10. The linker 'bàà' is recorded as a verb meaning 'bud' or 'flower' (as a plant). The word 'mūm' means 'mouth, and is used symbolically for 'person', 'nōo' is a descriptive term meaning 'productive, spacious, or 'left (hand) and used referentially for 'enveloping parts of plants' and 'dense vegetation', 'bùm' means 'place, time', 'méém' means 'children'. Traditionally, counting would rarely have been done above '20'. The rest of the number system must be considered a fairly recent innovation, which may have been based on a model in another language; if so, this language has not yet been identified. There is another different system for counting money.

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