Swahili

Language name and location: Swahili, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 斯瓦希里语, 肯尼亚, 乌干达, 莫桑比克, 坦桑尼亚等东非国家

1. mɔ́dʒa	21. iʃirini na mɔ́dʒa ( Arabic + Bantu)
2. mbíli	22. iʃirini na mbíli
3. tátu	23. iʃirini na tátu
4. ń̩nɛ	24. iʃirini na ń̩nɛ
5. tánu	25. iʃirini na tánu
6. síta ( < Arabic )	26. iʃirini na síta
7. sába ( < Arabic )	27. iʃirini na sába
8. nánɛ	28. iʃirini na nánɛ
9. tísa (< Arabic )	29. iʃirini na tísa
10. kúmi	30. θalaθíni ( < Arabic )
11. kumi na mɔ́dʒa	40. arubaíni ( < Arabic )
12. kumi na mbíli	50. hamsíni ( < Arabic )
13. kumi na tátu	60. sitíni ( < Arabic )
14. kumi na ń̩nɛ	70. sabíni ( < Arabic )
15. kumi na tánu	80. θɛmaníni ( < Arabic )
16. kumi na síta	90. tisíni ( < Arabic )
17. kumi na sába	100. mija mɔ́dʒa ( 'mia' from Arabic )
18. kumi na nánɛ	200. mija mbíli
19. kumi na tísa	1000. ɛlfu mɔ́dʒa ( 'ɛlfu ' from Arabic )
20. iʃirini	2000. ɛlfu mbíli

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Stephen T. M. Lukusa, University of Botswana, Botswana, August 10, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Stephen T. M. Lukusa, 2007 年 8 月 10 日.

Other comments: Swahili (Kiswahili) is spoken by approximately 71,500,000 speakers in Lindi, Mtwara, Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani, Tanga, Unguja North, Unguja South, and Unguja Urban-West regions, Tanzania as well as Burundi, Kenya, Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Somalia, Uganda, Mayotte and South Africa. Swahili has a numeral system mixing with indigenous Bantu numbers with Arabic loanwords.

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