Bandi

Language name and location: Bandi, Gbarpolu, Liberia, Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 班迪语, 利比里亚北部巴波卢县, 洛法县和几内亚境内

1. ìtá(ŋ), hítà(ŋ)	21. pù félé màhũ yílà(ŋ)
2. fèlé(ŋ)	22. pù félé màhũ fèlé(ŋ)
3. sàwá(ŋ), sàá(ŋ)	23. pù félé màhũ sàwá(ŋ)
4. náánì(ŋ)	24. pù félé màhũ náánì(ŋ)
5. ndɔ̀ɔ́lú(ŋ)	25. pù félé màhũ lɔ̀ɔ́lú(ŋ)
6. nɡɔ̀hítá(ŋ) (5+1)	26. pù félé màhũ wɔ̀hítá(ŋ)
7. ŋɡɔ̀félà(ŋ) (5+2)	27. pù félé màhũ wɔ̀félà(ŋ)
8. ŋɡɔ̀hák͡pá(ŋ), ŋɡwahák͡pá(ŋ) (5+4)	28. pù félé màhũ wɔ̀hák͡pá(ŋ)
9. tààwú(ŋ), tààvú(ŋ) (10 - 1) ?	29. pù félé màhũ tààwú(ŋ)
10. pû(ŋ), púù(ŋ)	30. pù sáwá(ŋ)
11. pû màhũ yílà(ŋ)	40. pù náání(ŋ)
12. pû màhũ fèlé(ŋ)	50. pù lɔ́ɔ́lú(ŋ)
13. pû màhũ sàwà(ŋ)	60. pù wɔ̀hítá(ŋ)
14. pû màhũ nàànì(ŋ)	70. pù wɔ̀félà(ŋ)
15. pû màhũ lɔ̀ɔ̀lú(ŋ)	80. pù wɔ̀hák͡pá(ŋ)
16. pû màhũ wɔ̀hítá(ŋ)	90. pù tààwú(ŋ)
17. pû màhũ wɔ̀félà(ŋ)	100. hɔndɔlɔ nɡila ('hɔ́ndɔlɔ' < English )
18. pû màhũ wɔ̀hák͡pá(ŋ)	200. hɔndɔlɔ fele
19. pû màhũ tààwú(ŋ)	1000. tásuu nɡila ('tásuu' < English )
20. pù félé(ŋ)	2000. tásuu fele

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Daria Mishchenko, St. Peter State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. February 27, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Daria Mishchenko, 2012 年 2 月 27 日.

Other comments: Bandi has a decimal system with special construction for numbers

6 to 9. The number 9 might be etymologically formed by ' ten minus one '.

The numbers ' hundred' and ' thousand ' are borrowed from English with phonetic

modifications.

Noteː

1) sàwá(ŋ), sàá(ŋ) and ŋgɔ̀hákpá(ŋ), ŋgwahákpá(ŋ) are free allophonic variants
2) ítà(ŋ), hítà(ŋ), tààwú(ŋ), tààvú(ŋ) and pû(ŋ), púù(ŋ) are dialectal variants

Bandi or Bande, Gbandi is spoken by approximately 160,000 speakers in Gbarpolu county: Belleh district; Lofa county, Liberia as well as Guinea.

Language name and location: Bandi, Gbarpolu, Liberia, Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 班迪语, 利比里亚北部巴波卢县, 洛法县和几内亚境内

1. iitá	21. púu felénɡɔ maahu yíla
2. feelé	22. púu felénɡɔ maahu felé
3. saawá	23. púu felénɡɔ maahu sawá
4. naáni	24. púu felénɡɔ maahu naáni
5. ndɔɔ́lu	25. púu felénɡɔ maahu lɔɔ́lu
6. nɡɔhíta (5+1)	26. púu felénɡɔ maahu wɔhíta
7. nɡɔféla (5+2)	27. púu felénɡɔ maahu wɔféla
8. nɡwahák͡pa (5+3)	28. púu felénɡɔ maahu wahák͡pa
9. taávu (10 - 1) ?	29. púu felénɡɔ maahu taávu
10. púu	30. púu sáánɡɔ
11. púu maahu yíla	40. púu naanínɡɔ
12. púu maahu felé	50. púu ndɔɔlunɡɔ
13. púu maahu sawá	60. púu nɡɔhítanɡɔ
14. púu maahu naáni	70. púu nɡɔfélanɡɔ
15. púu maahu lɔɔ́lu	80. púu nɡwahák͡panɡɔ
16. púu maahu wɔhíta	90. púu taávunɡɔ
17. púu maahu wɔféla	100. hɔ́ndɔlɔ nɡilá ('hɔ́ndɔlɔ' <English )
18. púu maahu wahák͡pa	200. hɔ́ndɔlɔ felénɡɔ
19. púu maahu taávu	1000. tásuu nɡilá ('tásuu' <English )
20. púu felénɡɔ	2000. tásuu felénɡɔ

Linguist providing data and dateː Jaa Ngaima Kawala through Mr. David Drevlow, The Institute For Liberian Languages, Liberia, November 13, 1994.

提供资料的语言学家: Jaa Ngaima Kawala, 1994 年 11 月 13 日.

Other comments: Bandi has a decimal system with special construction for numbers 6 to 9. The number 9 might be etymologically formed by 'ten minus one'. The numbers hundred and thousand are borrowed from English with phonetic modifications.

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