Barama

Language name and locationː Barama, Nyanga province, Gabon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 巴拉马语, 加蓬共和国南部尼扬加省和滨海奥果韦省

1. ɣífìːmbə̀	21.
2. bìbèyì	22.
3. bìrèrù	23.
4. bìnə̀	24.
5. bìràːnù	25.
6. bìsyàmànù	26.
7. bìnə̀ ɣú bìrèrù ( 4+3 )	27.
8. ɣìnànə̀	28.
9. kàmbə úmôsì ('one is lacking') *	29.
10. díɣùmì	30. màɣú bìrèrù
11. díɣùmì ná ìmwɛːɣə	40. màɣú bìnə̀
12. díɣùmì ná bìbèyì	50. màɣú bìràːnù
13. díɣùmì ná bìrèrù	60. màɣú bìsyàmànù
14. díɣùmì ná bìnə̀	70. màɣú bìnə̀ ɣú bìrèrù
15. díɣùmì ná bìràːnù	80. màɣú ɣìnànə̀
16. díɣùmì ná bìsyàmànù	90. màɣú kàmbə úmôsì
17. díɣùmì ná bìnə̀ ɣú bìrèrù	100. kámə̀
18. díɣùmì ná ɣìnànə̀	200.
19. díɣùmì ná kàmbə úmôsì	1000. díɣùmì díkámə̀ ~ tòsánì < English
20. màɣú màbèyì	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jean A. Blanchon, University of Lyon, France, January 20, 1999.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jean A. Blanchon, 1999 年 1 月 20 日.

Other comments: Barama or Gibarama is spoken by approximately 1,000 speakers in Ngounié province: Douya-Onoy department; Nyanga province: west of Moabi; Ogooué-Maritime province: east of Omboué, Gabon. The Barama language is on its way to extinction. It may originally have been a variety of the Sira language, but residing in Gabon are strongly influenced by local language Lumbu. The Barama has a decimal system with special construction for numbers 7 and 9. The original big number 1000 is formed by 10 x 100, but now there is a loanword 'tòsánì' from English thousand.

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