Yangben

Language name and location: Yangben, Centre region, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 扬本语, 喀麦隆中部大区姆巴姆-伊努布州博基托区

1. pùmòm	21. nìtín nò pùmòm ('20 with 1')
2. mándɛ̀	22. nìtín nà mándɛ̀
3. matát	23. nìtín nà matát
4. ménì	24. nìtín nè ménì
5. mátàn	25. nìtín nà mátàn
6. màtíndàt	26. nìtín nà màtíndàt
7. màtíndàt né mʷè (6+1)	27. nìtín nà màtíndàt né mʷè
8. mánà-mànɛ́ (2 x 4)	28. nìtín nà mánà-mànɛ́
9. mánà-mànɛ né mʷe (8+1)	29. nìtín nà mánà-mànɛ né mʷe
10. mát	30. nìtín nà mát ('20 with 10')
11. mát nò pùmòm (10+1)	40. ètín àndɛ́ (20's two)
12. mát nà màndɛ́ (10+2)	50. ètín àndɛ́ nà mát
13. mát nà màtát (10+3)	60. ètín àtát (20's three)
14. mát nè ménì (10+4)	70. ètín àtát nà mát
15. pùɲò	80. ètín énì (20's four)
16. pùɲò nò pùmòm (15+1)	90. ètín énì nà mát
17. pùɲò nà mándɛ̀ (15+2)	100. àmbàk òmóm ~ ètín àtàn (20's five)
18. pùɲò nà mátát (15+3)	200. ìmbàk íjàndɛ́ ~ ètín àt (20's ten)
19. pùɲò nè ménì (15+4)	1000. nʊ̀kɔ́n
20. nìtín	2000. nʊ̀kɔ́n nʷàndɛ́

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ginger Boyd, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon, March 12, 2007.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ginger Boyd, 2007 年 3 月 12 日.

Other comments: Yangben or Nuasúɛ is spoken by approximately 2,300 speakers in
Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division, Bokito subdivision, Yangben canton south of Bokito town. Yangben has a counting system based on twenty and a single word for number fifteen. The number 'eight' might be etymologically derived from 'two four'

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