Seze

Language name and locationː Seze, Oromia region, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 舍泽语, 埃塞俄比亚中南部奥罗米亚州

1. ʔìʃílè	21. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè ʔìʃílnè
2. nòmbé	22. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè nòmbénè
3. sììzé	23. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè sììzénè
4. besʼsʼé	24. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè besʼsʼénè
5. kʼwíssé ( lit: 'hand', kusɛ )	25. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè kʼwíssénè
6. kʼwíssé ʔòòt ʔìʃílè (litː 5 remaining 1)	26. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè kʼwíssé ʔòòt ʔìʃílnè
7. kʼwíssé ʔòòt nòmbé (litː 5 remain. 2)	27. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè kʼwíssé ʔòòt nòmbénè
8. kʼwíssé ʔòòt sììzé (litː 5 remaining 3)	28. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè kʼwíssé ʔòòt sììzénè
9. kʼwíssé ʔòòt besʼsʼé (litː 5 remain. 4)	29. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè kʼwíssé ʔòòt besʼsʼénè
10. kúúsé	30. ʔìʃíl màa kʼwèènè
11. kúúsé ʔòòt ʔìʃílè(litː hand remain.1)	40. nòmbé màà kʼwèèj ( 2 x 20 )
12. kúúsé ʔòòt nòmbé	50. nòmbé màa kʼwèènè
13. kúúsé ʔòòt sììzé	60. sììzé màà kʼwèèj ( 3 x 20 )
14. kúúsé ʔòòt besʼsʼé	70. sììzé màa kʼwèènè
15. kúúsé ʔòòt kʼwíssé (ʃál djááʃi)	80. besʼsʼé màà kʼwèèj ( 4 x 20 )
16. kúúsé ʔòòt kʼwíssé ʔòòt ʔìʃílè	90. besʼsʼé màa kʼwèènè
17. kúúsé ʔòòt kʼwíssé ʔòòt nòmbé	100. kʼwíssé màà kʼwèèj ( 5 x 20 )
18. kúúsé ʔòòt kʼwíssé ʔòòt sììzé	200. kúúsé màà kʼwèèj ( 10 x 20 )
19. kúúsé ʔòòt kʼwíssé ʔòòt besʼsʼé	1000.
20. ʔìʃíl màà kʼwèèj	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Girma Mengistu Desta, Department of

Linguistics, Addis Abba University, Ethiopia, April 4, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Girma Mengistu Desta, 2012 年 4 月 4 日

Other comments: Seze or Sezo has a quinary, vigesimal system. Seze is spoken by approximately 3,000 speakers in Oromia Region, Western Wollegga Zone, Begi and Qondala Districts, Ethiopia.

Nowadays, the traditional numbers of Sezo as well as Ganza are not known among the new generation. The young people and children can count only up to ten. They cannot go further. Mostly the Sezo speakers count in Oromo; a major language of the area. In most cases, the Ganza people count in Arabic. These data are collected from elders above 65. The elders themselves told me the numbers by recalling; that means their counting is not automatic.

Note:

Sezo has two levels of tone — high and low. The two tones occur on mon-omoraic and bimoraic syllables (i.e. on short and long vowels). Rising (LH) and falling (HL) contour tones have been recorded occurring only.

Language name and locationː Seze, Oromia region, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 舍泽语, 埃塞俄比亚中南部奥罗米亚州

1. ɪ̀ʃìlɛ *** / ɪšilɛ	21.
2. nɔ̀mbɛ́ / noːmbɛ	22.
3. sìːzí /siːzɛ	23.
4. bɛ̀sʼɛ́ / bɛtsʼɛ	24.
5. kʼúsɛ́ / kʼʊsse ( lit: 'hand', kusɛ )	25.
6. dʒɑ;j / ot-šilɛ	26.
7. ʔɔːt nɔ̀mbɛ́ / ot-nombɛ	27.
8. ʔɔ̀ːt síːzí / ota-siːzɛ	28.
9. ʔɔ̀ːt bèːtsʼé / ota-bɛːsʼɛ	29.
10. ̞kʊ́ːsɛ̀ / kʊːsɛ	30. išil-ma-kʼwɛ-nɛ-kuːsɛnɛ
11. kʊːsɛ-ot-šilɛ	40. nombɛ-ma-kʼwɛ ( 2 x 20 )
12. kʊːsɛ-ot-nombɛ	50.
13. kʊːsɛ-ot-sɛːsʼɛ	60.
14. kʊːsɛ-ot-bɛːsʼɛ	70.
15.	80.
16.	90.
17.	100. kʼʊsse-ma-kʼwɛ ( 5 x 20 )
18.	200.
19.	1000.
20. išil-ma-kʼwɛ	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Marvin L. Bender, Southern Illinois University, USA, June 2, 1989.

Additional dataː Wedekind, Charlotte, Klaus Wedekind and Ralph Siebert. 2002.

"Third S.L.L.E. survey on languages of the Begi/Asosa area." SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-056.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Marvin L. Bender, 1989 年 6 月 2 日.

Other comments: Seze has a quinary, vigesimal system of counting. The first set of 'one to ten 'on the above table was taken from SIL survey. There are missing terms for the compound numerals and tens. Nowadays, they might use Amharic numerals for after ten.

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