Central Grebo

Language name and locationː Central Grebo (Barrobo), Liberia, [Ref: Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 中部格雷博语 (Barrobo方言), 利比里亚

1. dòo	21. ɡlò-tùo-dǒ
2. ɔ̌n	22. ɡlò-tù-ɔ̌n
3. taan	23. ɡlò-tùo-tan
4. hɛ̃ɛn	24. ɡlò-tùo-hɛ̀n
5. wùun	25. ɡlò-tùǒ-wùǔn
6. wùnɔ̀dǒ ( 5 + 1 )	26. ɡlò-tùǒ-wùnɔ̀dǒ
7. jetan ( 4 + 3 ) ?	27. ɡlò-tùǒ-jetan
8. jiinhɛ̀n ( 4 + 4 ) ?	28. ɡlò-tùǒ-jinɛ̀n
9. sǒndò (litː 'remain one' before 10 )	29. ɡlò-tùǒ-sǒndò
10. fù	30. ɡlò-tùǒ-fù
11. fù-tùo-dǒ	40. ɡwlèe-ɔ̌n ( 20 x 2 )
12. fù-tùo-ɔ̌n	50. ɡwlèe-ɔň-tùo-fù
13. fù-tùo-tan	60. ɡwlèe-tan ( 20 x 3 )
14. fù-tùo-hɛ̀n	70. ɡwlèe-tan-tùo-fù
15. fù-tùǒ-wùǔn	80. ɡwlèe-hɛ̀n ( 20 x 4 )
16. fù-tùǒ-wùnɔ̀dǒ	90. ɡwlèe-hɛ̀n-tùo-fù
17. fù-tùǒ-jetan	100. ɡwlèe-wùun ( 20 x 5 )
18. fù-tùǒ-jinɛ̀n	200. ɡwlèe-fù ( 20 x 10 )
19. fù-tùǒ-sǒndò	1000. fùk͡plò
20. è ɡlò	2000. fùk͡plèe ɔ̀n

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. David Drevlow, 12 January, 1994.

The Institute For Liberian Languages, Liberia

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. David Drevlow, 1994 年 1 月 12 日.

Other comments: Central Grebo ( Barrobo dialect) has a vigesimal system with

special construction for numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9.

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