Bassa

Language name and locationː Bassa, Liberia, Sierra Leone [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 巴沙语, 利比里亚中部和塞拉利昂境内

1. ɖò ~ dyúáɖò	21. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè dyúáɖò
2. sɔ̃́	22. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè sɔ̃́
3. tã	23. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè tã
4. hĩinyɛ	24. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè hĩinyɛ
5. hm̀m̌	25. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè hm̀m̌
6. mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-ɖò (5+1)	26. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-ɖò
7. mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-sɔ̃́ (5+2)	27. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-sɔ̃́
8. mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-tã (5+3 )	28. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-tã
9. mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-hĩinyɛ (5+4)	29. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sè mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-hĩinyɛ
10. ɓaɖa-bùè	30. k͡páɖá-nyɔ ɓaɖa-bùè (20+10)
11. ɓaɖa-bùè sè dyúáɖò	40. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sɔ̃́ (20 x 2)
12. ɓaɖa-bùè sè sɔ̃́	50. k͡páɖá-nyɔ sɔ̃́ ɓaɖa-bùè
13. ɓaɖa-bùè sè tã	60. k͡páɖá-nyɔ tã (20 x 3)
14. ɓaɖa-bùè sè hĩinyɛ	70. k͡páɖá-nyɔ tã ɓaɖa-bùè
15. ɓaɖa-bùè sè hm̀m̌	80. k͡páɖá-nyɔ hĩinyɛ (20 x4)
16. ɓaɖa-bùè sè mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-ɖò	90. k͡páɖá-nyɔ hĩinyɛ ɓaɖa-bùè
17. ɓaɖa-bùè sè mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-sɔ̃́	100. hɔ̃dɛ̀ɖɛ̀ ɖò ~ hɔ̃dɛ̀ɖɛ̀ dyúáɖò *
18. ɓaɖa-bùè sè mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-tã	200. hɔ̃dɛ̀ɖɛ sɔ̃́
19. ɓaɖa-bùè sè mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-hĩinyɛ	1000. táázĩ̀ìn ɖò ~ táázĩ̀ìn dyúáɖò *
20. k͡páɖá-nyɔ ~ k͡páɖá-nyɔ ɖò	2000. táázĩ̀ìn sɔ̃́

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Donald Slager, Christian Extension Service, Sierra Leone, August 1, 1991.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Donald Slager, 1991 年 8 月 1 日.

Other comments: Bassa has a quinary, vigesimal system. Numbers 100 'hɔ̃dɛ̀ɖɛ' and 1000 'táázĩ̀ìn' are borrowed from English 'hundred' and 'thousand' with phonological adaptations. Bassa is spoken by approximately 740,000 speakers in Bong, Grand Bassa, and Montserrado counties; Margibi county: coastal areas and Gibi district inland; River Cess county, Liberia as well as Sierra Leone.

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