Language name and location: Shanga, Kebbi state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 尚加语, 尼日利亚西北部尼日尔河流域凯比州

1. do

21. kado wodonizò

2. ʍa

22. kado woʍaazò

3. ʔà

23. kado waʔàzò

4. ʃí

24. kado woʃízò

5. sɔ́ɔ

25. kadowↄsɔ́ɔ

6. sɔbodo (5+1)

26. kadowosɔↄ wodonizò

7. sɔhia   (5+2)

27. kadowosɔɔ woʍaazò

8. sɔboʔà (5+3)

28. kadowosɔↄ woʔàzò

9. sɔdoʃí  (5+4)

29. kadowosɔↄ woʃízò

10. wókòì

30. kadowókòì (20+10)

11. wókòì wodonizò (litː 10+1)

40. kaʍaa (20 x 2)

12. wókòì woʍaazò (litː 10+2)

50. kaʍaawókòì (40+10)

13. wókòì waʔàzò (litː 10+3)

60. kaʔà (20 x 3)

14. wókòì woʃízò  (litː 10+4)

70. kaʔàwókòì (60+10)

15. wókòì wosɔ́ɔ   (litː 10+5)

80. kaʃí (20 x 4)

16. wókòì wosɔ́ɔ wodonizò

90. kaʃíwókòì (80+10)

17. wókòì wosɔ́ɔ woʍaazò

100. kasɔ́ɔ (20 x 5)

18. wókòì wosɔ́ɔ waʔàzò

200. kasɔ́ɔ ʍaa (20 x 5 x 2) ~ koi

19. wókòì wosɔ́ɔ woʃízò

1000. kasↄ́ↄ wókòì

20. kado

2000. koi wókòì

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ross Jones, SIM International / Bible translation, Nigeria. August 16, 2010, April 4, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ross Jones, 2010 年 8 月 16 日,2012 年 4 月 4 日.

Other comments: Shanga has a counting system closely related to languages of Busa group. Unmarked vowels above are mid tones. /e/ is the near close near front vowel /ı/. If /ı/ is used, it becomes ambiguous when marked with a suprasegmental.

Shanga is spoken by approximately 5,000 speaker in Lopo, Sakace, Kawama, and Sawa villages, within a km of the Niger river, Kebbi state, Nigeria.