Yerwa Kanuri / Central Kanuri

Language name and locationː Yerwa Kanuri, Nigeria, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 耶尔瓦卡努里语 (中部卡努里语 Central Kanuri), 尼日利亚, 尼日尔, 乍得及喀麦隆

1. fál, tiló	21. fíndin (lúkko) tilôn
2. indí	22. fíndin (lúkko) indîn
3. yakkə́	23. fíndin (lúkko) yakkə̂n
4. déɣə́	24. fíndin (lúkko) déwùn
5. úwu	25. fíndin (lúkko) úwun
6. arakkə́	26. fíndin (lúkko) arakkə̂n
7. túlur	27. fíndin (lúkko) túlurrin
8. wuskú	28. fíndin (lúkko) wuskûn
9. ləɣár	29. fíndin (lúkko) ləɣárrin
10. mewú	30. fíyakkə
11. mewûn (lúkko) tilôn	40. fídeɣə
12. mewûn (lúkko) indîn	50. fíyuwu
13. mewûn (lúkko) yakkə̂n	60. fírakkə
14. mewûn (lúkko) déwûn	70. fítulur
15. mewûn (lúkko) úwûn	80. físku
16. mewûn (lúkko) arakkə̂n	90. fíləɣar
17. mewûn (lúkko) túlurrin	100. meâ < Arabic
18. mewûn (lúkko) wuskûn	200. yôr indi
19. mewûn (lúkko) ləɣárrin	1000. də́wu
20. fíndi	2000. də́wu indí

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Norbert Cyffer, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, April 9, 1991, January 21, 2014.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Norbert Cyffer, 1991 年 4 月 21 日, 2014 年 1 月 21 日.

Other comments: Central Kanuri or Yerwa Kanuri is spoken by approximately by 8,000,000 speakers in Borno state, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Sudan. Central Kanuri has a decimal system of counting. The word 100 is an Arabic loan-word, but in number '200', the 'hundred is 'yôr'. Kanuri has three tonesː á=high, â=falling, and low tone is unmarked.

Language name and locationː Yerwa Kanuri, Nigeria, Chad [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 耶尔瓦卡努里语 (中部卡努里语 Central Kanuri), 尼日利亚, 尼日尔, 乍得及喀麦隆

1. tìlo / fal / lasku	21. findìn tìlon / findìn lukkò tilòn
2. ìndi	22. findìn ìndin / findìn lukkò ìndìn
3. yàkkə	23. findìn yàkkən / findìn lukkò yàkkən
4. deɡə	24. findìn dèɡə̀ri / findìn lukkò deɡə̀ri
5. uwù	25. findìn wùri / findìn lukkò uwùn
6. àràkkə	26. findìn àràkkən / findìn lukkò àràkkən
7. tulùr	27. findìn tùlùri / findìn lukkò tulùrìn
8. wùskú	28. findìn wùskun / findìn lukkò wùskun
9. lə̀ɡar / làar	29. findìn lə̀ɡàr / findìn lukkò lə̀ɡarìn
10. mèwu	30. fìyàkkə̀
11. mèwun tìlon /mèwun lukkò tìlon	40. fìdèɡə̀
12. mèwun ìndin /mèwun lukkò ìndin	50. fìwù
13. m. yàkkən /mèwun lukkò yàkkən	60. fìràkkə̀
14. m. dèɡə̀ri /mèwun lukkò dèɡə̀ri	70. fìtùlùr
15. mèwun wùri/mèwun lukkò uwùn	80. fìskù
16. m. àràkkən /mèwun lukkò àràkkən	90. fìlə̀ɡar / fìlààr
17. mèwun tulùri /mèwun lukkò tulùrìn	100. meâ <Arabic / yòr fal
18. m. wùskun /mèwun lukkò wùskun	200. yòr ìndi
19. mèw. lə̀ɡàri /mèwun lukkò lə̀ɡarìn	1000. duwu / duwu fal
20. fìndì	2000. duwu ìndi

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Muhammad Fannami, Department of Languages &

Linguistics, University of Bayreuth, Germany / University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.

February 2, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Muhammad Fannami, 2011 年 2 月 2 日.

Other comments: Central Kanuri or Yerwa Kanuri has a decimal system of counting. The word 100 meà is an Arabic loanword, 1000 duwu might be a Hausa loanword. when counting mudu of grain & the likes, 8. is wuska. 11. is lǝari and 12. is nduri. In general counting, 11 to 19 can be simplified as: tilon indin yakkǝn, degǝri, wuri, arakkǝn, tuluri, wuskun and lǝgari/laari respectively. All low tone vowels are marked. any vowels that is not marked for tone is regarded as a high tone vowel.

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