ut-Hun / Eastern Duka

Language name and location: u̠t-Hun, Kebbi State, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 乌特-洪语 (东部杜卡语 Eastern Duka), 尼日利亚西北部尼日尔州

1. t͡són	21. kó-zīɾgá
2. jór	22. kó- jór
3. tə́t	23. kó- tə́t
4. nás	24. kó- nás
5. tán	25. kó- tán
6. t͡ʃíⁿd	26. kó- t͡ʃíⁿd
7. tāʔíᵒɾ (5+2)	27. kó- tāʔíᵒɾ
8. ə́r	28. kó- ə́r
9. d͡zīrʌ́	29. kó- d͡zīrʌ́
10. ōp
11. ōp-gāⁿ
12. ōp-jór
13. ōp- tə́t
14. ōp- nás
15. ōp- tán
16. ōp- t͡ʃíⁿd
17. ōp- tāʔíᵒɾ
18. ōp- ə́r
19. ōp- d͡zīrʌ́
20. ɾʉ̄kóz

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Emmanuel Barnabas, The Kambari Language Project, Ibeto Road, Magama Local Government of Niger state, Nigeria. April 4, 2023.
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Emmanuel Barnaba, 2023 年 4 月 4 日.

Other comments: u̱t-Hun or Eastern Duka has a vigesimal numeral system .The number ''seven'' was derived from ''5+2''. u̱t-Hun is spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers in Rijau LGA, Niger state, Nigeria.

Language name and location: u̠t-Hun, Kebbi State, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 乌特-洪语 (东部杜卡语 Eastern Duka), 尼日利亚西北部尼日尔州

1. co̠o̠n o̠=IPA [ɔ], c=IPA [tʃ]	21.
2. yoor oo=[oː]	22.
3. tett tt=[tː]	23.
4. náss ss=[sː]	24.
5. táán aa [aː]	25.
6. cînd	26.
7. tá'yoor ( 5+ 2 )	27.
8. 'yéér '=IPA[ʔ]	28.
9. jírò̠ j=IPA [dʒ]	29.
10. o̠pp	30. ɛ̠r-kwo̠o̠z ɛ̠̀n o̠pp
11. o̠pp ɡààn	40. kwo̠o̠z-ɛ̠t yoor (20 x 2)
12.	50. kwo̠o̠z-ɛ̠t yoor ə̀n o̠pp
13.	60. kwo̠o̠z-ɛ̠t tett (20 x 3)
14.	70. kwo̠o̠z-ɛ̠t tett ə̀n o̠pp
15.	80. kwo̠o̠z-ɛ̠t náss (20 x 4)
16. o̠pp táán	90. kwo̠o̠z-ɛ̠t náss ə̀n o̠pp
17.	100. kwo̠o̠z-ɛ̠t táán (20 x 4) or o-zùnɡu
18.	200. zùnɡus yoor, 400. zùnɡus náss
19.	1000. o-dùbù (<Hausa)
20. ɛ̠r-kwo̠o̠z ɛ̠ = IPA[ə]	2000. dùbùs yoor

Sourceː Esther Cressman and Donna Skitch, United Missionary Society (Ilorin). 1974. Taken from West African Language Data Sheets, Vol.2 /1980, edited by M. E. Kropp Dakubu, West African Linguistic Society in cooperation with African Studies Centre, Leiden University, Netherlands.

Other comments: u̠t-Hun or formerly called Hun-Saare (Duka) with has a vigesimal numeral system. u̠t-Hun has three tonemesː high, mid and low. New data needed.

Notes on phonetic information given here corresponds to the current orthography used for u̠t-Hun that IPA schwa [ə] is now written as u̠ (pers. comm. Stephen Dettweiler, September, 2021)

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