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Language name and location: Donno So Dogon, Mali [Refer to Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dds)] 语言名称和分布地区: 冬诺索多贡语, 马里

 

1. tí (for counting), túru	21.  pɛ́llɛy túru siɡɛ́
2. lɛ̀y	22.  pɛ́llɛy lɛ̀y siɡɛ́
3. tàːnu	23.  pɛ́llɛy táánúsiɡɛ
4. này	24.  pɛ́llɛy náísiɡɛ
5. nùmoro / nnɔ	25.  pɛ́llɛy númɔ́rɔ́nsiɡɛ
6. kúlóy / kulei	26.  pɛ́llɛy kúlóísiɡɛ
7. sɔ̀y	27.  pɛ́llɛy sɔ́ísiɡɛ
8. ɡàɡara	28.  pɛ́llɛy ɡáɡárásiɡɛ
9. tùo / tuɡɔ	29.  pɛ́llɛy túwɔ́siɡɛ
10. pɛ́lu	30.  pɛ́lu tàːnu / pɛ́ːtàːnu
11. pɛ́lu túru siɡɛ́	40.  pɛ́lu này / pɛ́nnay
12. pɛ́lu léi siɡɛ́	50.  pɛ́lu númɔ́rɔ́n
13. pɛ́lu táánú siɡɛ́	60.  pɛ́lu kúlóí
14. pɛ́lu náí siɡɛ́	70.  pɛ́lu sɔ́í
15. pɛ́lu númɔ́rɔ́n siɡɛ́	80.  súŋu
16. pɛ́lu kúlóí siɡɛ́	90.  súŋu le pɛ́llu    ( 80 + 10 )
17. pɛ́lu sɔ́í siɡɛ́	100. súŋú le pɛ́llɛy  ( 80 + 20 )
18. pɛ́lu ɡáɡárá siɡɛ́	200. súŋu lɛ̀y pɛ́nnay [( 80 x 2 ) + 40 ]
19. pɛ́lu túwɔ́ siɡɛ́	1000. mùɲu súŋu lɛ̀y pɛ́nnay ( 800 + 200 )
20. pɛ́lu lɛ̀y / pɛ́llɛy	2000. mùɲú lɛ̀y súŋu nnɔ ( 1600 + 400 )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Chris Culy, University of Iowa, united snakes, September 12, 1996. 提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Chris Culy, 1996 年 9 月 12 日.

 

Other comments: The counting system of Donno So Dogon is a mixture base 10 and base 8. In some Dogon languages, the number system is being re-evaluated to be a pure base 10 system. They also borrowed Fula number 'tɛmɛdɛrɛ' for hundred.

Dogon is regarded as a language isolate by some linguists, but basic numerals 3-5 are demonstrably related to their counterparts in Akan and Yoruba. I'd like to broaden some of my historical linguistics reconstructions to account for Dogon data.

Infinite props for this my brother.

Question : why exactly are they so many dialects amongst the Dogon?

 

1. tíí (túmɔ́ as a modifier)	21.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé túrú-ɡó síɡɛ́
2. néé	22.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé néé-ɡó síɡɛ́
3. tààndú	23.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé tààndú-ɡó síɡɛ́
4. nǎy	24.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé nǎy-ɡó síɡɛ́
5. ǹnɔ́	25.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé túrú-ɡó síɡɛ́
6. kúlóy	26.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé kúlóy-ɡó síɡɛ́
7. sɔ́y	27.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé sɔ́y-ɡó síɡɛ́
8. ɡáɡìrà	28.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé ɡáɡìrà-ɡó síɡɛ́
9. túwwɔ́	29.  pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé túwwɔ́-ɡó síɡɛ́
10. pɛ́l	30.  pɛ́l-tààndú
11. pɛ́l-ɡó túrú-ɡó síɡɛ́	40.  pɛ́l-này
12. pɛ́l-ɡó néé-ɡó siɡɛ́	50.  pɛ́l-ǹnɔ́
13. pɛ́l-ɡó tààndú-ɡó siɡɛ́	60.  pɛ́l kúlóy
14. pɛ́l-ɡó nǎy-ɡó siɡɛ́	70.  pɛ́l sóy
15. pɛ́l-ɡó ǹnɔ́-ɡó siɡɛ́	80.  pɛ́-ɡáɡìrà, kɛ̀ɛ̀-súm (old )
16. pɛ́l-ɡó kúlóy-ɡó siɡɛ́	90.  pɛ́-túwwɔ́, kɛ̀ɛ̀-súm =le kɛ̀ɛ̀lɛ̀ pɛ́l
17. pɛ́l-ɡó sɔ́y-ɡó siɡɛ́	100. tɛ́mɛ̀nd(r)ɛ̀, kɛ̀ɛ̀-súm =le pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé
18. pɛ́l-ɡó ɡáɡìrà-ɡó siɡɛ́	200. tɛ́mɛ̀nd(r)ɛ̀ néé  *
19. pɛ́l-ɡó túwwɔ́-ɡó siɡɛ́	1000. kɛ̀ɛ̀lɛ̀ mùnjó (formerly 800 )
20. pɛ̀ɛ̀-néé	2000. mùnjó nèè

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Laura McPherson, PhD student, department of Linguistic, UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles), California, united snakes. June 22, 2011. 提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Laura McPherson, 2011 年 6 月 22 日.

 

Other comments: Tommo So Dogon or Bondum Dom Dogon has a counting system similar to that of Donno So Dogon. They also borrowed Fula number 'tɛ́mɛ̀nd(r)ɛ̀ ' for hundred.

Base 10?

QuotePosted by: Kwadwo

Base 10?

Mix of Base 8 and Base 10. Base 8 is gradually giving way to base 10 as it is for the Yorùbá vegesimal system of Yorùbá for higher numbers. 

 

Language name and location: Donno So Dogon, Mali [Refer to Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dds)] 语言名称和分布地区: 冬诺索多贡语, 马里

 

1. tí (for counting), túru	21.  pɛ́llɛy túru siɡɛ́
2. lɛ̀y	22.  pɛ́llɛy lɛ̀y siɡɛ́
3. tàːnu	23.  pɛ́llɛy táánúsiɡɛ
4. này	24.  pɛ́llɛy náísiɡɛ
5. nùmoro / nnɔ	25.  pɛ́llɛy númɔ́rɔ́nsiɡɛ
6. kúlóy / kulei	26.  pɛ́llɛy kúlóísiɡɛ
7. sɔ̀y	27.  pɛ́llɛy sɔ́ísiɡɛ
8. ɡàɡara	28.  pɛ́llɛy ɡáɡárásiɡɛ
9. tùo / tuɡɔ	29.  pɛ́llɛy túwɔ́siɡɛ
10. pɛ́lu	30.  pɛ́lu tàːnu / pɛ́ːtàːnu
11. pɛ́lu túru siɡɛ́	40.  pɛ́lu này / pɛ́nnay
12. pɛ́lu léi siɡɛ́	50.  pɛ́lu númɔ́rɔ́n
13. pɛ́lu táánú siɡɛ́	60.  pɛ́lu kúlóí
14. pɛ́lu náí siɡɛ́	70.  pɛ́lu sɔ́í
15. pɛ́lu númɔ́rɔ́n siɡɛ́	80.  súŋu
16. pɛ́lu kúlóí siɡɛ́	90.  súŋu le pɛ́llu    ( 80 + 10 )
17. pɛ́lu sɔ́í siɡɛ́	100. súŋú le pɛ́llɛy  ( 80 + 20 )
18. pɛ́lu ɡáɡárá siɡɛ́	200. súŋu lɛ̀y pɛ́nnay [( 80 x 2 ) + 40 ]
19. pɛ́lu túwɔ́ siɡɛ́	1000. mùɲu súŋu lɛ̀y pɛ́nnay ( 800 + 200 )
20. pɛ́lu lɛ̀y / pɛ́llɛy	2000. mùɲú lɛ̀y súŋu nnɔ ( 1600 + 400 )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Chris Culy, University of Iowa, united snakes, September 12, 1996. 提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Chris Culy, 1996 年 9 月 12 日.

 

Other comments: The counting system of Donno So Dogon is a mixture base 10 and base 8. In some Dogon languages, the number system is being re-evaluated to be a pure base 10 system. They also borrowed Fula number 'tɛmɛdɛrɛ' for hundred.