Wuzlam

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

语言名称和分布地区: 乌兹拉姆语, 喀麦隆最北地区极北省

1. ʃɛ̄lɛ́ŋ	21. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà ʃɛ̄lɛ́ŋ
2. brɛ̄tʃâw / tʃâw	22. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà brɛ̄tʃâw
3. mākár	23. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà mākár
4. mə̄fáɗ	24. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà mə̄fáɗ
5. ɮàm	25. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà ɮàm
6. mōkō	26. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà mōkō
7. sə̄sə̄lā	27. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà sə̄sə̄lā
8. fə̄rfáɗ	28. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà fə̄rfáɗ
9. álɓìt	29. dʒìk tʃâw ŋgàràmà
10. kōlō	30. dʒìk mākár álɓìt
11. kōlō ŋgàràmà ʃɛ̄lɛ́ŋ	40. dʒìk mə̄fáɗ
12. kōlō ŋgàràmà brɛ̄tʃâw	50. dʒìk ɮàm
13. kōlō ŋgàràmà mākár	60. dʒìk mōkō
14. kōlō ŋgàràmà mə̄fáɗ	70. dʒìk sə̄sə̄lā
15. kōlō ŋgàràmà ɮàm	80. dʒìk fə̄rfáɗ
16. kōlō ŋgàràmà mōkō	90. dʒìk álɓìt
17. kōlō ŋgàràmà sə̄sə̄lā	100. də̄rmāk
18. kōlō ŋgàràmà fə̄rfáɗ	200. də̄rmāk brɛ̄tʃâw / də̄rmāk tʃâw
19. kōlō ŋgàràmà álɓìt	1000. dūbū *
20. dʒìk tʃâw	2000. dūbū brɛ̄tʃâw

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Willie Kinnaird, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon, February 9, 1994, July 13, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Willie Kinnaird, 1994 年 2 月 9 日, 2020 年 7 月 13 日.

Other comments: Wuzlam or Ouldémé has a decimal system of counting. Note that 1000 'dūbū' is used for counting anything. 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 (13 x 5=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)”. Wuzlam, also called Uldeme (Ouldémé), is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic branch. It is spoken in northern Cameroon by approximately 10,500 speakers.

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