Language name and location: Yulu, CAR, Sudan, Northern Sudan [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区尤卢语, 中非共和国, 苏丹, 南苏丹及刚果民主共和国

 

1. kȁal(ə̏)

21.  kpúukpú jōoy(ə̄)

2. jōoy(ə̄)

22. 

3. mȍotȁ

23. 

4. ȕsȍ

24. 

5. mȕu   

25. 

6. mȉtə̏ kȁal(ə̏) {? / one}

26. 

7. mȉtə̏ jōoy(ə̄) {? / two}

27. 

8. mȉtə̏ mȍotȁ  {? / three}

28. 

9. mȉtə̏ ȕsȍ ~ mȉȕsȍ {? / four}

29. 

10. kpúu

30.  kpúukpú mȍotȁ { ten / three }

11. kpúu kálə́

40. 

12. kpúu kálə́ jōoy(ə̄)

50. 

13.

60. 

14.

70. 

15.

80.  

16.

90. 

17.

100. kpúukpú kpúu {ten /ten} ~ méy(ə̏) *

18.

200.

19.

1000.

20. kpúukpú jōoy(ə̄) {ten / two}

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Pascal Boyeldieu, CNRS-LLACAN (The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research), Paris, France, taken from Field data, November 21, 2013.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Pascal Boyeldieu, 2013 年 11 月 21 日.

 

Other comments: Yulu is spoken by approximately 13,000 speakers in Haute-Kotto prefecture in Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yulu has a quinary /decimal system, there is a loanword from Arabic méy(ə̏) for hundred. N.B.ː j=IPA [ɟ]; y=IPA [j]; aa, ii, etc. =long vowelsː ȁ/ à / ā / á = extra-L / L / M / H tone. 


 

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