Language name and location: West Central Banda, CAR, S Sudan [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 中西部班达语 (唐巴戈-班达语 Banda-Tangbago,), 中非和南苏丹

1. bɑ̀ɭē

21.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ bɑ̀ɭē

2. bīʃì

22.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ bīʃì

3. vōtɑ̀

23.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ vōtɑ̀

4. vɑ̀nɑ̄

24.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ vɑ̀nɑ̄

5. mīndû

25.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ mīndû

6. mīndû ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ bɑ̀ɭē  (5 + 1)

26.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ mīndû ə́ ɾô ə̄tʃī nə̀ bɑ̀ɭē

7. mīndû ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ bīʃì   (5 + 2)

27.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ mīndû ə́ ɾô ə̄tʃī nə̀ bīʃì

8. mīndû ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ vōtɑ̀  (5 + 3)

28.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ mīndû ə́ ɾô ə̄tʃī nə̀ vōtɑ̀

9. mīndû ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ vɑ̀nɑ̄ (5 + 4)

29.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ mīndû ə́ ɾ. ə̄. nə̀ vɑ̀nɑ̄

10. móɾófò

30.  zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ móɾófò

11. móɾófò ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ bɑ̀ɭē

40.  zɑ̀zū bīʃì  (20 x 2)

12. móɾófò ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ bīʃì

50.  zɑ̀zū bīʃì ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ móɾófò

13. móɾófò ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ vōtɑ̀

60.  zɑ̀zū vōtɑ̀ (20 x 3)

14. móɾófò ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ vɑ̀nɑ̄

70.  zɑ̀zū vōtɑ̀ ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ móɾófò

15. ɡɨ̄ɾɨ̄vōtɑ̀

80.  zɑ̀zū vɑ̀nɑ̄ (20 x 4)

16. ɡɨ̄ɾɨ̄vōtɑ̀ ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ bɑ̀ɭē

90.  zɑ̀zū vɑ̀nɑ̄ ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ móɾófò

17. ɡɨ̄ɾɨ̄vōtɑ̀ ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ bīʃì

100. zɑ̀zū mīndû (20 x 5) / nɡə̄dē

18. ɡɨ̄ɾɨ̄vōtɑ̀ ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ vōtɑ̀

19. ɡɨ̄ɾɨ̄vōtɑ̀ ɑ̀mɑ̀ nə̀ vɑ̀nɑ̄

20. zɑ̀zū bɑ̀ɭē

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Douglas Sampson, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Sudan, September 8, 1989, May 18, 2007, April 25, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Douglas Sampson, 1989 年 9 月 8 日.

Other comments: Banda-Tangbago or ''West Central Banda'' has a quinary-vigesimal numeral system. The word for 'fifteen' is from the word 'ə̄ɡɨ̄ɾɨ', means 'bundle, and the word for 'twenty', 'zɑ̀zū' is from the word 'ə̄zū', means 'person'. There is an alternative word for 'hundred', 'nɡə̄de', means 'sack'. In Sudan, most Banda speakers use Arabic for numbers above 10. The younger generation doesn't know the Banda numbers above 20.

West Central Banda is spoken by approximately 7,500 speakers in Kémo prefecture: Sibut (northeast of Dekol town) and southeast Dekoa subprefectures; Ouaka prefecture: Grimari, Bakala, and Bambari subprefectures, Cnetral African Republic as well as South Sudan.