Language name and locationː Tsamai, South Omo, Ethiopia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区察迈语, 埃塞俄比亚西南方州南奥莫地区  

 

1. doːkːo

21.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo doːkoː

2. laːkːi

22.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo lakːi

3. zeːħ

23.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo zeːħ

4. salaħ

24.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo salaħ

5. χobin

25.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo χobin

6. tabːen

26.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo tabːen

7. taħːan

27.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo taħːan

8. sezːen

28.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo sezːen

9. ɡolːan

29.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo ɡolːan

10. kuŋko

30.  qˀawko mume ba baɡo kuŋko

11. kuŋko doːkːo

40.  qˀawko lakːi / ɡore lakːi  (20 x 2 )

12. kuŋko lakːi

50.  qˀawko lakːi ba baɡo kuŋko

13. kuŋko zeːħ

60.  qˀawko zeːħ / ɡore zeːħ (20 x 3 )

14. kuŋko salaħ

70.  qˀawko zeːħ ba baɡo kuŋko

15. kuŋko χobin

80.  qˀawko salaħ / ɡore salaħ (20 x 4)

16. kuŋko tabːen

90.  qˀawko salaħ ba baɡo kuŋko

17. kuŋko sezːen

100. qˀawko χobin / ɡore χobin (20 x 5)

18. kuŋko sezːen

200. qˀawko kuŋko  / mato lakːi

19. kuŋko ɡolːan

1000. ʃi doːtːe (ʃi<Amharic )

20. qˀawko mume ('one entire man')

2000. ʃi lakːi

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Graziano Savà, Istituto Universitario Orientale Naples (Naples Eastern University), Italy, May 21, 2007.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Graziano Savà, 2007 年 5 月 21 日.

 

Other comments: Tsamai or Ts'amakko is a Cushitic language spoken in South Omo area of Ethiopia by about 18,000 speakers. Tsamai has a vigesimal system. Twenty is expressed by 'qˀawko mume', which means 'one entire man=20 digits'. The word 'baɡo' means 'mouth', 'ɡore' means 'people. The numbers 'hundred', mato and 'thousand', 'ʃi' are both Amharic loan words.