Tchaman/ Ebrie

Language name and location: Atchan, Abidian, Côte d'Ivoire [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 阿查恩语 (查曼语Tchaman, 埃布列语 Ebrié), 科特迪瓦阿比让市及附近泻湖地区

1. brɛ̀	21. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé brɛ̄ ɔ̰́mɔ̰̀
2. mmɔ̰̀	22. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé mmɔ̰̀ ɔ̰́
3. ɓwàljá	23. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé ɓwàljá ɔ̰́
4. ɓwèlí	24. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé ɓwèlí ɔ̰́
5. mmwà̰ná̰	25. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé mwà̰ná̰̰ ɔ̰́
6. ákʰwá	26. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé ákʰwá ɔ̰́
7. ákʰwácʰè	27. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé ákʰwácʰē ɔ̰́
8. áɓjâ	28. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé áɓjā ɔ̰́
9. áɓrɔ̀	29. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé á́ɓrɔ̄ ɔ̰́
10. áwɔ́	30. ápʰɛ̰̀ lé áwɔ́ ɔ̰́ (20+10)
11. áwɔ́ lé brɛ̄ ɔ̰́mɔ̰̀	40. ágrèɓɛ̀ (20 x 2 )
12. áwɔ́ lé mmɔ̰̀ ɔ̰́	50. ágrèɓɛ̀ lé áwɔ́ ɔ̰́ (40+10)
13. áwɔ́ lé ɓwàljá ɔ̰́	60. ḿmɔ̄ ɓwàljá (20 x 3)
14. áwɔ́ lé ɓwèlí ɔ̰́	70. ḿmɔ̄ ɓwàljá lé áwɔ́ ɔ̰́ (20 x 3+10)
15. áwɔ́ lé mwà̰ná̰ ɔ̰́	80. ḿmɔ̄ ɓwèlí (20 x 4)
16. áwɔ́ lé ákʰwá ɔ̰́	90. ḿmɔ̄ ɓwèlí lé áwɔ́ ɔ̰́ (20 x 4+10)
17. áwɔ́ lé ákʰwácʰē ɔ̰́	100. ḿmɔ̄ mmwà̰ná̰ (20 x 5), 200. àjà mmɔ̰̀
18. áwɔ́ lé áɓjā ɔ̰́	400. àjà ɓwèlí, 500. àjà mmwà̰ná̰
19. áwɔ́ lé á́ɓrɔ̄ ɔ̰́	1000. àkpɛ̰̀ <loan from Éwé
20. ápʰɛ̰̂	2000. àkpɛ̰̀ mmɔ̰̀

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Maxime Didy, Department of Language and Sciences, University of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, September 11, 2023.

Sourceː DIDO Yao Maxime. U.F.R LANGUES, LITTERATURES ET CIVILISATIONS, DEPARTEMENT DES SCIENCES DU LANGAGE, Soutenue publiquement le 03 décembre 2018. A l’Université Félix Houphouët BOIGNY (Abidjan-Cocody), Côte d'Ivoire
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Maxime Didy, 2023 年 9 月 11 日.

Other comments: Ebrié, or Tchaman is called Atchan (ISO: ebr) recently and there are approximately Atchan 173,000 speakers spoken by the Tchaman people located in and around Abidjan in southern Côte d'Ivoire. There are approximately Atchan 173,000 speakers. Atchan, or Tchaman or Ebrie has a traditional vigesimal system. The word for thousand is a loan from the Éwé language. Other higher numbers areː 600 àjà ákʰwá, 700 àjà ákʰwácʰè.

1. brɛ̀
2. mɔ̃̀
3. ɓwàljá ~ ɓwàɗjá
4. ɓwèlí ~ ɓwèɗí
5. mwã̀nã́
6. ákʰwá
7. ákʰwácʰè
8. áɓjâ
9. áɓrɔ̂
10. áwɔ́
11. áwɔ́ brɛ̀
12. áwɔ́ mɔ̃̀
13. áwɔ́ ɓwáljá
14. áwɔ́ ɓwélí
15. áwɔ́ mwã́nã́
16. áwɔ́ kʰwá
17. áwɔ́ kʰwácʰè	100. àjà. 200. àjà mɔ̃
18. áwɔ́ ɓjâ	400. àjà ɓwèlí. 800. àjà ɓjâ
19. áwɔ́ ɓrɔ̀	1000. ákpɛ̃́ < loan from Éwé
20. ápʰɛ̃̂	2000. ákpɛ̃́ mɔ̃̀

Linguist providing data and dateː Miss Katherine Russell, PhD student, Department of Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley, USA. September 8, 2023.
提供资料的语言学家: Miss Katherine Russell, 2023 年 9 月 8 日.

Language name and location: Tchaman, Abidian, Côte d'Ivoire [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 查曼语 (埃布列语 Ebrié), 科特迪瓦阿比让市及附近泻湖地区

1. -bɛn	21. 'aphɛn le brɛn
2. -mɔn	22.
3. bhualia	23.
4. bhueli	24.
5. muanaan'	25.
6. 'akhua'	26.
7. 'akhuache'	27.
8. 'abhia'	28.
9. 'abhlɔ'	29.
10. 'awɔ'	30. 'aphɛn le 'awɔ' (20+10)
11. 'awɔ' brɛn	40. 'aɡrebhɛ (20 x 2)
12.	50. 'aɡrebhɛ le 'awɔ'
13.	60. mmɔ bhualia (20 x 3)
14.	70.
15.	80. mmɔ bhualia (20 x 4)
16.	90.
17.	100. mmɔ muanaan' (20 x 5), ya
18.	200. ya -mɔn, 1000. ak͡pɛn
19.	2000. ak͡pɛn -mɔn < loan from Éwé
20. 'aphɛn	10000. ak͡pɛn ndɔn 'awɔ'

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Inge Egner, Société Internationale de Linguistique (SIL-International), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, July 4, 1989, September 20, 2007.
Source: 1983, Zepp, Raymondː L'a Apprentissage du Calcul dans les Langues de Côte d'Ivoire / The Learning of arithmetic in the Languages of Côte d'Ivoire. Instutut de Linguistique Appliquee / Institute of Applied Linguistics, Dépôt Légal de Côte d'Ivoire, nᵒ 99.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Inge Egner, 1989 年 7 月 4 日, 2007 年 9 月 20 日.

Other comments: Tchaman or Ebrie has a traditional vigesimal system. There are some missing terms. Need to checked with new data in IPA transcription with tone marks.

Tchaman or Tyaman, Kyama, Ebrié is spoken by approximately 173,000 speakers in
Urban Abidjan and Lagunes districts: Bingerville and Dabou subprefectures, Côte d'Ivoire.

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