Baka-Cameroon

Language name and location: Baka, Cameroon, Gabon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 巴喀语 (巴卡俾格米语 Pygmees Baka), 喀麦隆及加彭

1. kpóde	21. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ kpóde
2. bíde	22. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ bíde
3. batà	23. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ batà
4. bàna	24. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ bàna
5. θuwè	25. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ θuwè
6. θuwè tɛ kpóde (5 + 1)	26. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ θuwè tɛ kpóde
7. θuwè tɛ bíde (5 + 2)	27. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ θuwè tɛ bíde
8. θuwè tɛ batà (5 + 3)	28. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ θuwè tɛ batà
9. θuwè tɛ bàna (5 + 4)	29. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ θuwè tɛ bàna
10. kamo / θuwè tɛ θuwè ( 5+ 5 )	30. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ kamo (10+10+10)
11.kamo tɛ kpóde /θuwè tɛ θuwè tɛ+1	40. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ kamo tɛ kamo
12. kamo tɛ bíde	50. kamo tɛ kamo tɛ kamo tɛ kamo tɛ+10
13. kamo tɛ batà	60.
14. kamo tɛ bàna	70.
15. kamo tɛ θuwè	80.
16. kamo tɛ θuwè tɛ kpóde	90.
17. kamo tɛ θuwè tɛ bíde	100. kpóde (for counting money )
18. kamo tɛ θuwè tɛ batà	200. bíde
19. kamo tɛ θuwè tɛ bàna	1000. kamo
20. kamo tɛ kamo ( 10 + 10 )	2000. kamo tɛ kamo

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Yves Léonard, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Cameroon, June 4, 1999.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Yves Léonard, 1999 年 6 月 4 日.

Other comments: The Baka are Pygmies and they only have a simple five-based counting system. They rarely use numbers passed 50. They were a bit confused when asked them larger numbers. The word 'kamo' is used for '10', but they use it also to mean '1000', when they need to count the CFA money.

Baka orn Bibaya, Pygmees Baka is spoken by approximately 40,000 speakers in Cameroon (2007 Y. Léonard). 15,000 monolinguals. Mainly women. Ethnic population: 40,000. Total users in all countries: 43,200 speakers in East region: Boumba, Kadey, Ngoko, and Upper Nyong divisions; South region: Dja-and-Lobo division, Cameroon as well as Gabon.

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