Tupari / Dema

Language name and locationː Tupari, Cameroon, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 土帕里语, 喀麦隆极北区卡埃萊镇及乍得境内

1. bɔ̈ɔ̄ŋ / böŋɛ̄ ( full form )	21. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-bɔ̈ɔ̄ŋ
2. ɓɔ̀ɡë	22. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-ɓɔ̀ɡë
3. sùwàʔä	23. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-sùwàʔä
4. nàa	24. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-nàa
5. dūwēe	25. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-dūwēe
6. hïiráʔä	26. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-hïiráʔä
7. rënām	27. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-rënām
8. nènmàʔä	28. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-nènmàʔä
9. kàawàʔä	29. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë-tí-kàawàʔä
10. hùwàlë	30. hùwàl-hùwàl-sùwàʔä / dɔ̀ɔ-sùwàʔä
11. hùwàl-tí-bɔ̈ɔ̄ŋ ( ' ten-on top of-one')	40. hùwàl-hùwàl-nàa / dɔ̀ɔ-nàa
12. hùwàl-tí-ɓɔ̀ɡë	50. hùwàl-hùwàl-dūwēe
13. hùwàl-tí-sùwàʔä	60. hùwàl-hùwàl-hïiráʔä
14. hùwàl-tí-nàa	70. hùwàl-hùwàl-rënām
15. hùwàl-tí-dūwēe	80. hùwàl-hùwàl-nènmàʔä
16. hùwàl-tí-hïiráʔä	90. hùwàl-hùwàl-kàawàʔä
17. hùwàl-tí-rënām	100. kísí ( < Arabic loan)
18. hùwàl-tí-nènmàʔä	200. kís-kís-ɓɔ̀ɡë
19. hùwàl-tí-kàawàʔä	1000. ndärē ( ' a traditional leather bag')
20. hùwàl-hùwàl-ɓɔ̀ɡë / dɔ̀ɔ-ɓɔ̀ɡë	2000. ndär ɓɔ̀ɡë ( ' two bags' )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Suzanne Ruelland, CNRS-LLACAN (National Center for Scientific Research), France. October 11, 1997.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Suzanne Ruelland, 1997 年 10 月 11 日.

Other comments: Tupari has a decimal system. The alternative form for twenty is

' dɔ̀ɔ-ɓɔ̀ɡë ', which means ' hands two'. The number hundred is a loan from Arabic.

The original meaning for 'thousand' is derived from a word means ' a traditional leather bag'. Tupari has four toneː high v́; mid-high v̄; mid-low v̀ and low tone v̈.

Note that the vowels ( ï, ë. ö, ä' ɛ̈ ) with an 'Umlaut' are low-toned ones.

Tupari or Dema, Honya, Mata, Ndoore is spoken by approximately 321,000 speakers Far North region: Kaélé division, southeast Moulvouday plain east of Kaélé; Mayo-Danay division, Kar-Hay subdivision, Cameroon as well as Chad.

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