Wapan

Language name and location: Wapan, Plateau state, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦潘-朱昆语, 尼日利亚中部高原州及附近地区

1. dzun	21. ádì zun ŋwà zunzun
2. pyìnà	22. ádì zun ŋwà pyìnà
3. tsara	23. ádì zun ŋwà tsara
4. nyena	24. ádì zun ŋwà nyena
5. tswana	25. ádì zun ŋwà tswana
6. cìnjen / ʃìʒen ( 5+ 1 )	26. ádì zun ŋwà ʃìʒen
7. tsùpyìn ( 5+ 2 )	27. ádì zun ŋwà tsùpyìn
8. tsùntsa ( 5+ 3 )	28. ádì zun ŋwà tsùntsa
9. tsùnyò ( 5+ 4)	29. ádì zun ŋwà tsùnyo
10. dzwe	30. ádì zun ŋwà kyà dzwe
11. (dzwe) ŋwà zunzun	40. ádìbàpyìnà ( 20 x 2 )
12. (dzwe) ŋwà pyìnà	50. ádìbàpyìnà kyà dzwe
13. (dzwe) ŋwà tsara	60. ádìbàtsara ( 20 x 3 )
14. (dzwe) ŋwà nyena	70. ádìbàtsara kyà dzwe
15. (dzwe) ŋwà tswana	80. ádìbànyena ( 20 x 4 )
16. (dzwe) ŋwà ʃìʒen	90. ádìbànyena kyà dzwe
17. (dzwe) ŋwà tsùpyìn	100. ádìbàtswana ( 20 x 5 ) / dèrí zunzun
18. (dzwe) ŋwà tsùntsa	200. ádìbà dzwe ( 20 x 10 ) / dèrí pyìnà
19. (dzwe) ŋwà tsùnyo	1000. ádìbà dìbà pyìnà kyà dzwe / dubu
20. ádì zun ( litː 'body person one' )	2000. ádìbà dìbà tswana ( 20 x 100 )

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Kiyoshi Shimizu, University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan, March 27, 1995.

提供资料的语言学家: 清水纪佳教授 (日本熊本市熊本大学), 1995 年 3 月 27 日.

Other comments: Wapan or Jukun Wapan is spoken by approximately 100,000 speakers in Benue state: Guma LGA; Nassarawa state: Awe and Lafia LGAs; Plateau state: Langtang South and Shendam LGAs; Taraba state: Gassol and Wukari LGAs, Nigeria. Jukun Wapan has a quinary, vigesimal numeral system. The word for twenty 'ádì zun' is an abbreviation of 'ádì pà zun', which means 'body person one'. There are also Hausa loanwords 'dèrí' and 'dubu' for 100 and 1000.

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