Vame

Language name and locationː Vame, Far North reg., Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦梅语, 喀麦隆最北地区极北省

1. ɓìlɛ́	21. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ ɓìlɛ́
2. tʃâw	22. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ tʃâw
3. máŋɡàn	23. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ máŋɡàn
4. fúːɗàw	24. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ fúːɗàw
5. ɗáːrà	25. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ ɗáːrà
6. márkà	26. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ márkà
7. tʃíɓà	27. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ tʃíɓà
8. ʒíːrɛ̀	28. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ ʒíːrɛ̀
9. táhkɛ̀	29. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw ŋɡɛ̄nɛ̄ táhkɛ̀
10. dʒɛm	30. kurkur máŋɡàn
11. dʒāŋwā ɓìlɛ́	40. kurkur fúːɗàw
12. dʒāŋwā tʃâw	50. kurkur ɗáːrà
13. dʒāŋwā máŋɡàn	60. kurkur márkà
14. dʒāŋwā fúːɗàw	70. kurkur tʃíɓà
15. dʒāŋwā ɗáːrà	80. kurkur ʒíːrɛ̀
16. dʒāŋwā márkà	90. kurkur táhkɛ̀
17. dʒāŋwā tʃíɓà	100. də̄rmāk
18. dʒāŋwā ʒíːrɛ̀	200. də̄rmāk tʃâw
19. dʒāŋwā táhkɛ̀	1000. dʒìk (for money) / dùbú (other)
20. dʒɛ̄m dʒɛ̄m tʃâw (10+10 x 2)	2000. dʒìk tʃâw / dùbú tʃâw

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Willie Kinnaird, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon, March 12, 2007, July 13, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Willie Kinnaird, 2007 年 3 月 12 日, 2020 年 7 月 13 日

Other comments: Vame has a decimal system. The word for two thousand 'dʒìk tʃâw' is indeed the same in both Ouldéme and Vamé. In Ouldémé it is twenty, while in Vamé it is two thousand, but only when talking about money.

Both Vamé and Ouldémé (Wuzlam) counting systems that they use the Fulfulde (Peul, Fulani) system of fives, but only when counting money, and only up to 75. So (Wuzlam), siŋgu zlam (literally “money five”) = 25 francs, siŋgu kulu (lit. “money ten”) = 50 francs, siŋgu kuluŋgarama makar (13x5=65 francs), siŋgu kuluŋgarama zlam (15 x 5=75 francs). Also, for the Ouldémé, when a number approaches a round one hundred - for example 90 - they often say “one hundred is not ten” (or perhaps “one hundred, is missing ten”). This can go down as far as 75 when counting money: 375 might be expressed as “400, is missing money 5 (=25)”.

Vame is a Chadic language of Biu-Mandara branch spoken in Far North region of northern Cameroon by approximately 8,500 speakers.

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