Waama

Language name and location: Waama, Atacora dept, Benin [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦马语, 贝宁西北部阿塔科拉省

1. yòn	21. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà yòn
2. yɛ́ndí	22. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà yɛ́ndí
3. táárí	23. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà táárí
4. náásì	24. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà náásì
5. nùn	25. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà nùn
6. k͡pàrùn	26. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà k͡pàrùn
7. bérén	27. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà bérén
8. nɛ̃̀í	28. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà nɛ̃̀í
9. wɛ̃̀í	29. písíyɛ́ndí na̋ mà wɛ̃̀í
10. pííkà	30. písítààrì
11. pííkà ná mà yòn	40. písína̋a̋sì
12. pííkà ná mà yɛ́ndí	50. písínűn
13. pííkà ná mà táárí	60. písík͡párùn
14. pííkà ná mà náásì	70. písíbérén
15. pííkà ná mà nùn	80. písínɛ̃̀í
16. pííkà ná mà k͡pàrùn	90. písíwɛ̃̀í
17. pííkà ná mà bérén	100. kɔ́úk͡pà
18. pííkà ná mà nɛ̃̀í	200. kɔ́úsú yɛ́ndí
19. pííkà ná mà wɛ̃̀í	1000. túsírè
20. písíyɛ́ndí	2000. túsíya̋ yɛ́ndí

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Jenny Rowe, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Togo-Benin, May 8, 1994.

Mrs. Kathrin Pope, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Togo-Benin, November 5, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Jenny Rowe, 1994 年 5 月 8 日. Mrs. Kathrin Pope, 2007 年 11 月 5 日.

Other comments: Waama has a decimal system with noun classes. Many of the numbers words need to show the class of the noun to which the numbers refers. The counting form (when not referring to a particular noun) takes the prefix ''ma'', which is for the noun class of ''uncountable and abstracts''. Waama or Yoabou is spoken by approximately 127,000 speakers in Atacora department: Mouande, Natitingou, and Toucountouna communes in northern Benin.

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