Supyire Senoufo

Language name and location: Supyire Sénoufo, Sikasso, Mali [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 苏皮勒-塞努富语, 马里南部锡卡索区

1. nìŋkìn	21. beɲjaaɡa nà nìŋkìn
2. ʃùùnnì	22. beɲjaaɡa nà ʃùùnnì
3. tàànrè	23. beɲjaaɡa nà tàànrè
4. sìcyɛ̀ɛ̀rè	24. beɲjaaɡa nà sìcyɛ̀ɛ̀rè
5. kaŋkuro (<'fist')	25. beɲjaaɡa nà kaŋkuro
6. baa-nì (5 + 1)	26. beɲjaaɡa nà baanì
7. baa-ʃùùnnì (5 + 2)	27. beɲjaaɡa nà baaʃùùnnì
8. baa-tàànrè (5 + 3)	28. beɲjaaɡa nà baatàànrè
9. baa-sìcyɛ̀ɛ̀rè (5 + 4)	29. beɲjaaɡa nà baasìcyɛ̀ɛ̀rè
10. kɛ̄	30. beɲjaaɡa nà kɛ̀ (20+10)
11. kɛ nà nìŋkìn	40. bee-ʃùùnnì (20 x 2)
12. kɛ nà ʃùùnnì	50. bee-ʃùùnnì nà kɛ̀
13. kɛ nà tàànrè	60. bee-tàànrè (20 x 3)
14. kɛ nà sìcyɛ̀ɛ̀rè	70. bee-tàànre nà kɛ̀
15. kɛ nà kaŋkuro	80. ŋ̀kùù (litː 'chicken')
16. kɛ nà baanì	90. ŋ̀kùù nà kɛ̀ (80+10)
17. kɛ nà baaʃùùnnì	100. ŋ̀kùù nà bèɲààɡà (80+10)
18. kɛ nà baatàànrè	200. ŋ̀kwuu ʃùùnnì nà bééʃùùnnì (160+40)
19. kɛ nà baasìcyɛ̀ɛ̀rè	400. kàmpwòò
20. beɲjaaɡa	1000. *

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Robert Carlson, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Burkina Faso, December 2, 1995.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Robert Carlson, 1995 年 12 月 2 日.

Other comments: Supyire Sénoufo has system of counting based on eighty. The word 'ŋ̀kùù' etymologically means 'chicken' and could be an explanation of the semantic shift, assuming that it has something to do with the price of a chicken at some time in the past. There is a term for 400 'kàmpwòò' and then 1000 is expressed by the phase 'kàmpwòhii ʃùùnnì ná ŋ̀kwuu ʃùùnnì nà ŋ̀kwuu'=400 x 2+80 x 2+20 x 2). Nowadays, people are beginning to abandon the traditional complicated system in favor of the decimal system of standard Bambara. Especially for higher numbers, Bambara forms are frequently used. Supyire Sénoufo is spoken by approximately

350,000 speakers in Sikasso region: Sikasso circle, north from Sikasso city, Mali.

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