The Ngiti is an ethnolinguistic group located in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to Ethnologue, it is one of three languages that form the Lendu subgroup of the eastern Central Sudanic languages family, the other two being Lendu and Bendi. Ngiti speakers call themselves the Ndruna. As of 1991, the Ngiti numbered 100,000 located in the Irumu territory south of Bunia.[1] During the Ituri conflict, the Front for Patriotic Resistance of Ituri was formed as a Ngiti militia group and political party.[2]
Non-standard numeral system
Ngiti is reported to have a base 32 numeral system with base 4 cycles.[3] The following is a list of some Ngiti numerals.
| Number | Numeral |
|---|---|
| 1 | atdí |
| 2 | ɔyɔ |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 8 | àr |
| 12 | otsi |
| 16 | ɔp |
| 20 | àbà |
| 24 | àròtsí |
| 28 | àdzòro |
| 32 | wǎdh |
| 64 | ɔyɔ wǎdh |
| 96 | |
| 128 |
Further reading
- Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1994. Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire. Nilo-Saharan, 9. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe
Notes and references
- ^ Ngiti from Ethnologue
- ^ "DRC: Who's who in Ituri - militia organisations, leaders", IRIN, 20 April 2005
- ^ Hammarström, Harald (2006), "Rarities in Numeral Systems", Proceedings of Rara & Rarissima Conference, http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~harald2/rarapaper.pdf
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