Language name and location: Temi, Arusha region, Tanzania [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 特米语 (基特米语 GiTemi),  坦桑尼亚东北部阿鲁沙地区

1. emwe  -mwe *

21.  milɔnge ebele n' emwe

2. ebele, -bele

22.  milɔnge ebele n' ebele

3. esato, -satu

23.  milɔnge ebele n' esatu

4. enya, -nya

24.  milɔnge ebele n' enya

5. esyanu, -syano

25.  milɔnge ebele n' esyanu

6. esansatu, -sansatu

26.  milɔnge ebele n' esansatu

7. muhungati

27.  milɔnge ebele na muhungati

8. enana, -nana

28.  milɔnge ebele n' enana

9. ɛkɛnda, -kɛnda

29.  milɔnge ebele n' ɛkɛnda

10. ekomi, -komi

30.  milɔnge edatu

11. ekomi n' emwe

40.  milɔngɛɛna (milɔngɛ eenya) 

12. ekomi n' ebele

50.  milɔnge esyaanu

13. ekomi n' edatu

60.  milɔnge esansatu

14. ekomi n' enya

70.  milɔnge muhungati

15. ekomi n' esyanu

80.  milɔnge enana

16. ekomi n' esansatu

90.  milɔnge ɛkɛnda

17. ekomi na muhungati

100. eɡana limwɛ (milɔnge ekomi)

18. ekomi n' enana

200. maɡana abele

19. ekomi n' ɛkɛnda

1000. elufu limwɛ ( loko lumwɛ)

20. milɔnge bele

2000. elufu ebele (nko ebele)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Christine Derungs, SIL International, Tanzania, January 26, 2015.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Christine Derungs, 2015 年 1 月 26 日.

Other comments: GiTemi has a decimal system. Above are the two documents, the description of Gitemi, which includes the IPA  symbols, and the Gitemi numerals. When I asked a Gitemi speaker to check the numerals, he added some numbers that are no longer in use, which I thought was cool. Many of the numbers are closely linked to the Swahili, or proto-Bantu, as in the Swahili ‘elfu’(1000) and Gitemi ‘elufu’. So I was excited to see a word for 1000 with a completely different root ‘loko’. The root ‘–ko’ means ‘firewood.’ Don’t know if there’s a connection, but the image of a bundle of firewood could well be related to an uncountable large sum. Temi or Sonjo is a Bantu language spoken in northern Tanzania, west of Lake Natron by approximately 24,600 speakers.