Ukaan

Language name and location: Ukaan, Edo state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 乌卡安语, 尼日利亚西南部埃多州, 埃基蒂州和科吉州

1. ʃí	21. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ûʃì ( 20+1)
2. wā	22. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ʊ̂wà
3. tāːs / hrāhr	23. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ʊ́hrāhr
4. nāʲ / nā	24. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ʊ́nāʲ
5. hrʊ̀ːn / tòːn	25. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ʊ́hrʊ̀n
6. hràdá	26. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ʊ́hràdā
7. hránèʃì	27. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ʊ́hrānèʃì
8. nàːnáʲ / nàːná	28. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ʊ́nànāʲ
9. hráòʃì	29. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- ʊ́hrāòʃì
10. òpú *	30. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ màn- úfū ( 20+10 )
11. áfū màn- ʊ̂ʃì / ɔ́fū màn- ʊ̂ʃì *	40. àɡ͡bá àwā ( 20 x 2 ) *
12. áfū màn- ʊ̂wā ( 10+2 )	50. àɡ͡bá àwā màn- úfū ( 20 x 3+10 )
13. áfū màn- ʊ́hráhr ( 10+3 )	60. àɡ͡bá ahrāhr ( 20 x 3 )
14. áfū màn- ʊ̂nāʲ ( 10+4 )	70. àɡ͡bá ahrāhr màn- úfū
15. ù- bʷ-áhrʊ̀ b-ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ ( 20 - 5 )	80. àɡ͡bá ānāʲ ( 20 x 4 )
16. ù- bʷ-ánāʲ b-ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ ( 20 - 4 )	90. àɡ͡bá ̄ānāʲ màn- ûfū
17. ù- bʷ-áhráhr b-ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ ( 20 - 3 )	100. àɡ͡bá àhruǹ ( 20 x 5 )
18. ù- bʷ-áwà b-ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ ( 20 - 2 )	200. àɡ͡bá āfū ( 20 x 10 ), 400. ʊ̀hjɔ̀nì
19. ù-bʷ-ûʃì b-ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́ ( 20 - 1 )	1000. ʊ̀hʲɔ̀nʊ́wà mànà àɡ͡bá afū ( 800+200)
20. ùɡ͡bɔ́rɔ́	2000. ʊ̀hʲɔ̀n- ûhrù ( 400 x 5 )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Sophie Salffner, SOAS, University of London, UK, with consultantsː Mr. Fred Atinahu Adekanye and Mr. Patrick Sunday Olusi, July 27, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Sophie Salffner, 2007 年 7 月 27 日.

Other comments: Ukaan or Ikaan is spoken by approximately 18,000 in Edo state: Akoko-Edo LGA; Ekiti state: Akoko North East LGA; Kogi state: Ijimu LGA, Auga, Ayanran, and Ishe towns, Nigeria. Ukaan (Ikaan dialect) has a vigesimal numeral system with a special construction for compound numbers 15 to 19, which is formed by 20 - 5 to 1, respectively. The traditional highest number is 400 'ʊ̀hʲɔ̀nì'. Note that the [p] as in number 10 is replaced by [f] as in 11 [áfūmànûʃì], which means 'ten and one'. The 'àɡ͡bá' in 60 and other higher numbers stands for 'sack', with one 'sack' representing 'twenty'.

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