Language name and location: Seeku, Houet province, Burkina Faso [Ref to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区塞库语 (桑巴拉语 Sambla), 布基纳法索西南部乌埃省地区

 

1. swɛ̃̄

21.  fwɛ́ swɛ̃̄ mɛ̃̄

2. fĩ́

22.  fwɛ́ fí mɛ̃̄

3. ʃwɛ̀

23.  fwɛ́ ʃwɛ̀ wɛ 

4. nàà

24.  fwɛ́ nàà wɛ 

5. nɔ̄

25.  fwɛ́ nɔ̄ wɛ 

6. tsìì

26.  fwɛ́ tsìì wɛ  

7. ɲɛ̀ɛ̀

27.  fwɛ́ ɲɛ̀ɛ̀ wɛ̀ɛ̄   

8. kàà

28.  fwɛ́ kàà wɛ̀ɛ̄

9. kùòmɛ̀

29.  fwɛ́ kùòmɛ̀ wɛ̀ɛ̄

10. tó

30.  fwɛ́ ɲɛ̀ tó

11. tó swɛ̃̄ mɛ̃̄

40.  tə̄ɡɛ̄ fĩ́  *

12. tó fí mɛ̃̄

50.  tə̄ɡɛ̄ fĩ́ ɲɛ̀ tó

13. tó ʃwɛ̀ wɛ

60.  tə̄ɡɛ̄ ʃwɛ̀

14. tó nàà wɛ

70.  tə̄ɡɛ̄ ʃwɛ̀ ɲɛ̀ tó

15. tó nɔ̄ wɛ̃̄

80.  tə̄ɡɛ̄ nàà

16. tó tsìì wɛ

90.  tə̄ɡɛ̄ nàà ɲɛ̀ tó

17. tó ɲɛ̀ɛ̀ wɛ̀ɛ̄   

100. tə̄ɡɛ̄ nɔ̄  

18. tó kàà wɛ̀ɛ̄   

200. tə̄ɡɛ̄ tó

19. tó kùòmɛ̀ wɛ̀ɛ̄

1000. bī *

20. fwɛ́

2000. bī fĩ̀

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Laura McPherson, Department of Linguistic, UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles), California, USA, December 1, 2013.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Laura McPherson, 2013 年 12 月 1 日.

 

Other comments: Seeku or Sambla has a a vigesimal system of counting. Note that tə̄gɛ᷆ (meaning originally 'chicken') means 20 in decimal multiples but takes on the meaning of 100 starting at 300. bī (meaning originally 'goat') means 1000 starting at 2000. Minor points on tone and vowel length may be subject to change with further study. Note that Some Seeku numerals are similar to that of Jowulu. Seeku or Sambla is spoken by about 16,000 speakers in Hauts-Bassins region: Houet province, Bobo-Dioulasso department, Bama, Banzo, Bouendé, Karankasso, Tiara, and Torosso villages; Kenedougou province, Burkina Faso.


 

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