Samba Leko

Language name and locationː Samba Leko, Nigeria, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 桑巴勒科语, 尼日利亚东部阿达马瓦州和塔拉巴州及喀麦隆境内

1. nɨ́ŋa	21. laa nɨ́ŋ ze nɨ́ŋ
2. iirà	22. laa nɨ́ŋ ze iirà
3. toorà	23. laa nɨ́ŋ ze toorà
4. naarà	24. laa nɨ́ŋ ze naarà
5. núúnà	25. laa nɨ́ŋ ze núúnà
6. nɔ̂ŋɡɔ̂s	26. laa nɨ́ŋ ze nɔ̂ŋɡɔ̂s
7. nɨ̂ŋsinà	27. laa nɨ́ŋ ze nɨ̂ŋsinà
8. dàɡwà	28. laa nɨ́ŋ ze dàɡwà
9. daanɨ̂ŋne (lit: 'one is left')	29. laa nɨ́ŋ ze daanɨ̂ŋne
10. kóp	30. laa nɨ́ŋ ze kóp
11. kóp ze nɨ́ŋ	40. laa iirà (20 x 2)
12. kóp ze iirà	50. laa ze kóp
13. kóp ze toorà	60. laa toorà (20 x 3)
14. kóp ze naarà	70. laa toorà ze kóp
15. kóp ze núúnà	80. laa naarà (20 x 4)
16. kóp ze nɔ̂ŋɡɔ̂s	90. laa naarà ze kóp
17. kóp ze nɨ̂ŋsinà	100. laa núúnà (20 x 5)
18. kóp ze dàɡwà	200. laa kóp (20 x 10)
19. kóp ze daanɨ̂ŋne	1000. laa nɨ́ŋ kóp
20. laa nɨ́ŋ	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Lars Lode, EELC (Eglise Evangelique Lutherieen de Cameroun), Adamawa, Cameroon, November 14, 1994

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Lars Lode, 1994 年 11 月 14 日.

Other comments: Samba Leko has a vigesimal system with a special structure for the number 'nine'. When informant was asked numbers above 100, there was much hesitation. The above data were based on south dialect. Samba Leko or Ndi is spoken by approximately 62,000 speakers in Adamawa state: Jada LGA; Benue state: Kwande LGA; Taraba state: Bali, Donga, and Takum LGAs; five separate enclaves, Nigeria as well as Cameroon.

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