Language name and locationː Yom, Atacora department, Benin [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 约姆语 (皮拉语 Pila), 贝宁阿塔科拉省, 博尔古省及峡谷省

1. nyə̌ŋ- /  nyə̌rɣə-

21.  ɡarɣa ən nyə̌ŋ- /nyə̌rɣə-

2. -li

22.  ɡarɣa ən -li

3. -ta

23.  ɡarɣa ən -ta

4. -nɛ̀ɛ̀sə̀

24.  ɡarɣa ən -nɛ̀ɛ̀sə̀

5. -nù

25.  ɡarɣa ən -nù

6. -lèèwə̀r

26.  ɡarɣa ən -lèèwə̀r

7. -nùɣa -li ('five and two', ɣa > 'and' )

27.  ɡarɣa ən -nùɣa -li

8. -li k͡pa fɛɣa ( ' two are not in ten ' )

28.  -li k͡pa ɡarɣa ən (waa)fɛ̀ɣa

9. nyə̌ŋ- /nyə̌rɣə- k͡pa fɛɣa

29.  nyə̌ŋ-k͡pa ɡarɣa ən (waa)fɛ̀ɣa

10. fɛɣa

30.  ɡarɣa ən (waa)fɛ̀ɣa

11. fɛɣan / fɛɣa ən nyə̌ŋ- /nyə̌rɣə

40.  ɡasə̀ri / ɡasə̀li

12. fɛɣa ən -li

50.  ɡasə̀ri (waa)fɛ̀ɣa

13. fɛɣa ən -ta

60.  ɡàsə̀ta

14. fɛɣa ən -nɛ̀ɛ̀sə̀

70.  ɡàsə̀tan (waa)fɛ̀ɣa

15. fɛɣa ən -nù

80.  ɡàsə̀nɛ̀ɛ̀sè

16. fɛɣa ən -lèèwə̀r

90.  ɡàsə̀nɛ̀ɛ̀sè (waa)fɛ̀ɣa

17. fɛɣa ən -nùɣa -li

100. wʊrɣʊ̀, pl. wʊrìi

18. -li kp͡a ɡarɣa ( ' 20 - 2 ' )

200. wʊrìi ìli, wətəri

19. nyə̌ŋ- kp͡a ɡarɣa ( '20 - 1')

1000. wʊrɣʊ wʊrɣʊ nɔr fɛ̀ɣa / fəner

20. ɡarɣa

2000. wʊrɣʊ wʊrɣʊ nɔr ɡarɣa / fəna àli

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Dorothy J. Forsberg, UEEB-SIM (Union des Eglises Evangéliques du Bénin-Serving in Mission), Benin, February 8, 1995, October 30, 2014.

Dr. Ines Fiedler, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, October 15, 2007.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Dorothy J. Forsberg, 1995 年 2 月 8 日, 2014 年 10 月 8 日.

Other comments: Yom or Pila has a vigesimal system with special construction for numbers 7, 8 and 9. I have rechecked the list. It is accurate except for the written form of 100 and its compounds. We are still undecided as to how it should be written. wxrqÿ\wÿrqÿ. I tend toward the first, especially as the plurals and other forms seem to have the ‘schwa’ instead of the ‘upsilon’ (or whatever it’s called!). Since we are nearing the end of our Yom Bible translation project, we have many such decisions to make. We’ll need to check with others as we can, to get their input and wisdom.

Yom or Pila is spoken by approximately 386,000 speakers in Atacora department, Borgou department and Donga department, Benin.