Tasawaq

Language name and location: Tasawaq, Agadez region, Niger [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 塔萨瓦克语, 尼日尔北部阿加德兹大区

1. fó / a-fːó *	21. ɣàʃìrín ǹdá à-fːó
2. hínká / à-hínká	22.
3. hínzà / à-hínzà	23.
4. táásì / à-tːáásì	24.
5. xámsà <Arabic	25.
6. sítːà <Arabic	26.
7. sábàɣà <Arabic	27.
8. tàmáníyà <Arabic	28.
9. tísàɣà <Arabic	29.
10. ɣàsárà <Arabic	30. tàlàːtín <Arabic
11. ɣàsárà ǹdá à-fːó (lit.'ten with one')	40. àrbàɣín <Arabic
12. ɣàsárà ǹdá à-hínká	50. xàmsín <Arabic
13.	60. sìtːín <Arabic
14.	70. sàbàɣín <Arabic
15. ɣàsárà ǹdá xámsà	80. tàmàːnín <Arabic
16.	90. tìsːìɣín <Arabic
17.	100. té:mè:dˁè (té:mè:dˁè <Tuareg )
18. ɣàsárà ǹdá tàmáníya	200. té:mè:dˁè hínká
19.	1000. jìk:á = àlqwáràs fó (jìk:á <Hausa )
20. ɣàʃìrín <Arabic	2000. àlqwáràs hínká

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Maarten G. Kossmann, Center for Linguistics, Leiden University, Netherlands, January 30, 2014.

语言名称和分布地区: Dr. Maarten G. Kossmann, 2014 年 1 月 30 日.

Other comments: Taswaq is spoken by approximately 19,000 speakers in Agadez region, Niger. Tasawaq has a decimal numeral system mixing with four traditional numerals one to four with loanwords from Arabic, Tuareg and Hausa. There are two forms for number oneː the first form is the form used with nouns, the second form is the independent use. The numerals 5-10 as well as the decades are loans from Arabic. The numerals 5-10 as well as the decades are loans from Arabic. 100 is a loan from Tuareg; jíkkà 1000 comes from Hausa. I don’t know the etymology of àlqwáràs, but it does not look very Songhay.

Note that the constructions are post-nominal with numerals 1-10 and compounds of these. With higher numerals (as long as not compounds), the construction is “NUMERAL of NOUN”, which is weird, as the possessive construction is “POSSESSOR of POSSESSED”. This constitutes no doubt a direct calque on Tuareg.

Back >> [ Home ] >> [ Afro-Astiatic ] >> [ Nilo-Saharan ] >> [ Niger-Congo ] >> [ Khoisan ]
>> [ Other Isolates and Unclassified African languages ]