Language name and location: Balanta, Guinea-Bissau [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 巴兰塔语 (Balanta-Kentohe 肯托赫-巴兰塔语), 几内亚比绍中西部

1. fho:dn ~ ho:dn

21.  msau nhal kə hodn (fhodn)

2. ksibm

22.  msau nhal kə ksibm

3. khobm

23.  msau nhal kə khobm

4. ktahli

24.  msau nhal kə ktahli

5. t͡ʃɪf   (litː ''hand'')

25.  msau nhal kə t͡ʃɪf

6. t͡ʃɪf kə fhdon   (5+1)

26.  msau nhal kə ft͡ʃɪf kə fhdon

7. t͡ʃɪf kə ksibm   (5+2)

27.  msau nhal kə ft͡ʃɪf kə ksibm

8. t͡ʃɪf kə khobm  (5+3)

28.  msau nhal kə ft͡ʃɪf kə khobm

9. t͡ʃɪf kə ktalhi    (5+4)

29.  msau nhal kə ft͡ʃɪf kə ktalhi

10. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn (litː ''whole hands'')

30.  msau nhal kə kt͡ʃɪːmɛn

11. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə fhodn

40.  biɲaŋ bɪsibm

12. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə ksibm

50.  biɲaŋ bɪsibm kə kt͡ʃɪːmɛn

13. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə khobm

60.  biɲaŋ bɪhobm

14. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə ktahli

70.  biɲaŋ bɪhobm kə kt͡ʃɪːmɛn

15. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə kt͡ʃɪf

80.  biɲaŋ bɪtahli

16. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə kt͡ʃɪf kə fhdon

90.  biɲaŋ bɪtahli kə kt͡ʃɪːmɛn

17. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə kt͡ʃɪf kə ksibm

100. biɲaŋ bɪt͡ʃɪf

18. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə kt͡ʃɪf kə khobm

200. kɛmi ksibm (biɲaŋ ftʃɪfmɛn) *

19. t͡ʃɪːfmɛn kə kt͡ʃɪf kə ktalhi

1000. fkoːnti ksibm

20. msau nhal (hal hodn) *

2000. ko:nti ksibm

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Elizabeth Nicolei and Ms. Ana Indibe, SIL International, November 24, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Elizabeth Nicolei and Ms. Ana Indibe, 2008 年 11 月 24 日.

Other comments: Balanta or Balanta-Kentohe has a decimal system with special substructure for 7 to 9. Note that 5=hand (without the noun class marker; 10=whole hands; 20=end of someone (with everything); 40= 2 people; 80=4 people; 20/200- those in parenthesis are the old way to say it. The beginning sound is sometimes lost (as in fhodn, or hodn) and people seem to say things slightly different every time, hence the different vowels after k…(ə, ɪ, u).

Balanta or Balanta-Kentohe is spoken by approximately 398,000 speakers in Guinea-Bissau.