Language name and locationː Tshuwau / Tjwao, Zimbabwe [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦乌语 / 茨瓦奥语, 津巴布韦, 博茨瓦纳

 

1. ǀúí

21.  

2. ǀám̀ 

22.  

3. ŋoana ( no tone marks available)

23.  

4. buu-nara ( < Bantu)

24.  

5. buu-ʃano, buu-thanu ( < Bantu)

25. 

6. ɡlóó-tʰà-ǁxórè (descriptive, ?-? -
    fingernail, also 'thumb')

26.  

7. ǁá-ǁá-tʃè (descriptive, meaning
    unknown)

27. 

8. ǁam-ǁau-tshuu (descriptive, meaning
    unknown)

28.  

9. ǀúí-tsʰàú-xúú (descriptive, meaning
    unknown)

29.  

10. ɡúwúmè

30.  ŋoana ɡúmè

11. ɡúwúmè-ǀúí-è

40.  búú-nà ɡúmè

12. ɡúwúmè-ǀám̀-è

50.  búú-thànù ɡúmè  

13.

60.  ɡlóó-tʰà-ǁxórè ɡúmè

14. ɡúwúmè-búú-nà

70.  ǁá-ǁá-tʃè ɡúmè

15. ɡúwúmè-búú-thànù

80.  ǁam-ǁau-tshuu ɡúmè

16.

90.  ǀúí-tsʰàú-xúú ɡúmè

17.

100. lúḿ

18.

200. 

19. ɡúwúmè-ǀúí-tsʰàú-xúú

1000.

20. ǀám̀ ɡúmè

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Anne-Maria Fehn, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany / Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal. April 25, 2020.

Data recorded by Admire Phiri at Tsholotsho in Zimbabwe.

提供资的语言学家: Dr. Anne-Maria Fehn, 2020 年 4 月 25 日.

 

Other comments: Tjwao (Tshuwau) has only one to three are genuine Tjwao forms; other numerals are either borrowings from Bantu, descriptive, or combinations thereof.


 

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