Yoruba

Language name and location: Yoruba, Nigeria, Benin [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 约鲁巴语, 尼日利亚拉各斯市和西南部地区, 贝宁和科特迪瓦

1. oókan [oókan]	21. oókàn lé lóɡún ( 20+ 1)
2. eéjì [eéɟì]	22. eéjì lé lóɡún ( 20+ 2 )
3. ẹẹ́ta [ɛɛ́ta]	23. ẹẹ́tà lé lóɡún ( 20+ 3 )
4. ẹẹ́rin [ɛɛ́ɾin]	24. ẹẹ́rìn lé lóɡún ( 20+ 4 )
5. aárùn [aáɾun]	25. ẹ̀ẹ́dọ̀ọ́ɡbọ̀ǹ ( 30 - 5 )
6. ẹẹ́fà [ɛɛ́fà]	26. ẹẹ́rìn dín lọɡbọ̀n ( 30 - 4 )
7. ẹẹ́je [ɛɛ́ɟe]	27. ẹẹ́tà dín lọɡbọ̀n ( 30 - 3 )
8. ẹẹ́jọ [ɛɛ́ɟɔ]	28. eéjì dín lọɡbọ̀n ( 30 - 2 )
9. ẹẹ́sàn [ɛɛ́sàn]	29. oókàn dín lọɡbọ̀n ( 30 -1 )
10. ẹẹ́wàá [ɛɛ́wàá]	30. ọɡbọ̀n [ɔɡ͡bɔ̀n]
11. oókàn làá ( 10+ 1)	40. ọɡbọ̀ji ( 20 x 2 )
12. eéjì làá ( 10+ 2 )	50. àádọ́ta ( 20 x 3 -10 )
13. ẹẹ́tà làá ( 10+ 3 )	60. ọɡọ́ta ( 20 x 3 )
14. ẹẹ́rìn làá ( 10+ 4 )	70. àádọ́rin ('ten from four twenties ')
15. ẹ̀ẹ́doɡún ( 20 - 5 )	80. ọɡọ́rin ( 20 x 4 )
16. ẹẹ́rìn dín lóɡún ( 20 - 4 )	90. àádọ́rùń ('ten from five twenties ')
17. ẹẹ́tà dín lóɡún ( 20 - 3 )	100. ọɡọ́rùn = ọ̀rún
18. eéjì dín lóɡún ( 20 - 2 )	200. iɡba, 400. irínwó
19. oókàn dín lóɡún ( 20 - 1 )	1000. ẹɡbẹ̀rún (5 x 200)
20. oɡún	2000. ẹɡbẹ̀wá = ẹɡbàá (200 x 10 )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ethelbert E. Kari, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, May 2, 1998.

Sourceː Armstrong, Robert G. 1962. Yoruba Numerals. Londonː Oxford Univ. Press.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ethelbert E. Kari, 1998 年 5 月 2 日.

Other comments: Yoruba or Èdè Yorùbá is spoken by approximately 45,000,000 speakers in Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo states, as well as Benin and Côte d’Ivoire. Yoruba has a rather complex numeral system. The under-dotted vowelsː ẹ and ọ are equivalent to IPA values [ ɛ] and [ɔ] respectively. the 'j' is a voiced palatal plosive, IPA [ɟ]. Yoruba is a tonal languages with three level tonesː [á] for high, [à] for low, and [ā] or unmarked for middle tone.

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