Language name and locationː Tira, South Kordofan state, Sudan [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区蒂拉语, 苏丹共和国南科尔多凡州努巴山区

 

1. kɛ̀nːɛ

21.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪kɛ̀nːɛ

2. kɪ̀ɽɪcàn 

22.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪kɪ̀ɽɪcàn 

3. kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ́n

23.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ́n

4. maɬɽʊ̀

24.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪maɬɽʊ̀

5. ðɛ́nɛ̀

25.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪ðɛ́nɛ̀

6. ɽɪ̀cín ɽɪ̀cɪ̀n      (3+3)

26.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪ɽɪ̀cín ɽɪ̀cɪ̀n   

7. maɬɽʊ kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ̀n (4+3)

27.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪maɬɽʊ kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ̀n

8. ɔ́bːɔ̀

28.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪ɔ́bːɔ̀

9. ðɛ́nɛ̀ n̪maɬɽʊ̀  (5+4)

29.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can n̪ðɛ́nɛ̀ maɬɽʊ̀

10. ʊ́rːɪ̀

30.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ́n

11. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪kɛ̀nːɛ

40.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ maɬɽʊ̀

12. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪kɪ̀ɽɪcàn 

50.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ ðɛ́nɛ̀

13. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ́n

60.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ ɽɪ̀cín ɽɪ̀cɪ̀n   

14. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪maɬɽʊ̀

70.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ maɬɽʊ kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ̀n

15. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪ðɛ́nɛ̀

80.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ ɔ́bːɔ̀

16. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪ɽɪ̀cín ɽɪ̀cɪ̀n   

90.  ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ ðɛ́nɛ̀ n̪maɬɽʊ̀

17. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪maɬɽʊ kɪ̀ɽɪcɪ̀n

100. ɪ́rɪ́ɛ yɛ̀nnɛ̀ (20 x 5) ?

18. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪ɔ́bːɔ̀

200. ɪ́rɪ́ɛ ɪ̀ɽɪcàn 

19. ʊ́rːɪ̀ n̪ðɛ́nɛ̀ n̪maɬɽʊ̀

1000. ɪ́rɪ́ɛ ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ yɛ̀nnɛ̀

20. ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ kɪ́ɽɪ́can

2000.ɪ́rɪ́ɛ ʊ́rːɪ̀ɲìɛ ɪ̀ɽɪcàn  

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Thomas Kuku through Dr. Tim Stirtz, Leiden University, Netherlands, March 7, 2008.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Thomas Kuku, 2008 年 3 月 7 日.

 

Other comments: Tira has developed a decimal system now. The forms for 6, 7 and 9 are formed by 3 and 3, 4 and 3, and 5 and 4, respectively. The actual forms for 100 to 2000 need to check again. Tira or Tiro is spoken by approximately 31,000 speakers in
hills between Kauda and Talodi, South Kordofan state, Sudan.


 

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