Language name and location: Zaramo, Morogoro region, Tanzania [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 扎拉莫语, 坦桑尼亚南部高地莫罗戈罗区及东部滨海区

1. -imwe

21.  iʃirini na modʒa

2. -bili

22.  iʃirini na -bili

3. -datu

23.  iʃirini na -datu

4. -ne

24.  iʃirini na -ne

5. -tano

25.  iʃirini na -tano

6. sita ( <Kiswahili < Arabic )

26.  iʃirini na sita

7. saba (<Kiswahili < Arabic )

27.  iʃirini na saba

8. -nane

28.  iʃirini na nane

9.  kenda (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

29.  iʃilini na kenda

10. kumi / loŋo

30.  θelasini (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

11. kumi na modʒa / loŋo na -imwe

40.  arobaini (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

12. kumi na -bili / loŋo na -bili

50.  hamsini (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

13. kumi na -datu / loŋo na -data

60.  sitini (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

14. kumi na -nne / loŋo na -ne

70.  sabini (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

15. kumi na -tano / loŋo na -tano

80.  θemanini (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

16. kumi na sita / loŋo na sita

90.  tisini (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

17. kumi na saba / loŋo na mtandatu

100. mia modʒa (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

18. kumi na nane

200. mia -bili

19. kumi na kenda

1000. alfu imweŋa (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

20. iʃirini (< Kiswahili < Arabic )

2000. alfu mbili

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Malin Petzell, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. January 13, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Malin Petzell, 2012 年 1 月 13 日.

Other comments: Zaramo has a deciaml system. Most of Zaramo traditional numbers have been replaced by Kiswahili numbers now. Zaramo is a Bantu anguage, formerly primary language of the Zaramo people of eastern Tanzania. Zaramo is also known as Zalamo, Kizaramo, Dzalamo, Zaramu, Saramo and, Myagatwa. The language is critically endangered. The ethnic population of the Zaramo people reaches about 200,000, yet there are only a few elderly speakers remaining. These speakers are mostly located in the villages surrounding the city of Dar es Salaam. Zaramo is thought to be passed down matrilineally to the children in these villages, while it remains critically endangered in the city.