Tiv

Language name and location: Tiv, Nigeria, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 蒂夫语, 尼日利亚中北部贝努埃州和附近几个州及喀麦隆境内

1. mɔ̀ḿ / mɔ́m *	21. íkyúndu kàː mɔ́m
2. úhár	22. íkyúndu kàː úhár
3. útáŕ	23. íkyúndu kàː útáŕ
4. únjì:	24. íkyúndu kàː únjì:
5. útã́ː	25. íkyúndu kàː útã́ː
6. átérátáŕ	26. íkyúndu kàː átérátáŕ
7. útã́ː kàː úhár ( 5+2 )	27. íkyúndu kàː útã́ː kàː úhár
8. ániènì	28. íkyúndu kàː ániènì
9. útã́ː kàː únjì: ( 5+4 )	29. íkyúndu kàː útã́ː kàː únjì:
10. púè / púwè	30. íkyúndu ɡ͡bèr̀
11. púe kàː mɔ́m	40. ákúndu áhár ( 20 x 2 )
12. púe kàː úhár	50. ákúndu áhár ɡ͡bèr̀
13. púe kàː útáŕ	60. ákúndu átáŕ ( 20 x 3 )
14. púe kàː únjì:	70. ákúndu átáŕ ɡ͡bèr̀
15. púe kàː útã́ː	80. ákúndu ánjíː ( 20 x 4 )
16. púe kàː átérátáŕ	90. ákúndu ánjíː ɡ͡bèr̀
17. púe kàː útã́ː kàː úhár	100. ákúndu ánjíː átáàǹ ( 20 x 5 )
18. púe kàː ániènì	200. ákúndú púè /deri úhár (deri<Hausa)
19. púe kàː útã́ː kàː únjì:	1000. dúbù mɔ́m
20. íkyúndu	2000. dúbù úhár (dúbù < Hausa)

Linguist providing data and dateː Terhema T. Tsee and Dr. Uwe Seibert, University of Jos, Nigeria, March 1, 1999.

Reference sourceː Arnott, D.W. 1968, Tiv on 'West African Language Data Sheets,

edited by M.E. Kropp Dakubu, West African Linguistics Society, 1980.

提供资料的语言学家: Terhema T. Tsee and Dr. Uwe Seibert, 1999 年 3 月 1 日.

Other comments: Tiv is spoken by approximately 4,500,000 speakers in Benue state, Cross River state, Nassarawa state, Plateau state and Taraba state Nigeria as well as Cameroon. Tiv has a vigesimal system with special constructions for numbers 7 and 9. The numbers 'hundred' deri and 'thousand' dúbù are Hausa loanwords. The tone in number 'one' varies according to class of noun. Tiv is a terraced-level language, with High (á) and Low tones (à) and downstep (a).

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