Language name and location: Somyev, Taraba state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 桑耶夫语 (基拉-扬语 Kila Yang), 尼日利亚东部塔拉巴州

1. mwē

21.  ŋɡʷai jirɛ tə mwe

2. hàːn

22. 

3. tàːr

23. 

4. nàːn

24. 

5. tíɛ̂n

25. 

6. tɛ́mwē  ( 5+ 1 )

26. 

7. tɛ́nàːn   ( 5+ 2 )

27. 

8. tɛ́ntàːr   ( 5+ 3 )

28. 

9. tɛ́nnàːn ( 5+ 4 )

29. 

10. tʃɔ́ŋ

30.  ŋɡʷa tə tʃɔŋ

11. tʃɔ́ŋ tɛ́mwē

40.  ŋɡʷa bə han ( 20 x 2 )

12. tʃɔ́ŋ tɛ́hàːn

50.  ŋɡʷa bə han tə tʃɔŋ

13.

60.  ŋɡʷa bə tar ( 20 x 3 )

14.

70.  ŋɡʷa bə tar tə tʃɔŋ

15. tʃɔ́ŋ tɛ́tíɛ̂n

80.  ŋɡʷa bə nan ( 20 x 4 )

16.

90.  ŋɡʷa bə nan tə tʃɔŋ

17.

100. ŋɡʷa tiɛn ( 20 x 5 )

18.

200. 

19. tʃɔ́ŋ tɛ́tɛ́nàːn

1000. 

20. ŋɡʷai jirɛ

2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Bruce Connell, University of Oxford, UK, August 17, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Bruce Connell, 2007 年 8 月 17 日.

Other comments: Somyev or Kila, Kila Yang has a quinary, decimal numeral system.The language appears to be diminishing in use. There were missing terms for the compound numbers and, 200, 1000 and 2000. Somyev is a nearly extinct language spoken by 4 elderly speakers only (Blench 2021) in Taraba state: Sardauna LGA, Jabu, Kikau, Kila Yang, Kuma, Mayo Daga, and Njike towns, Nigeria. All elderly Shifted to Nigeria Mambila language now.