Language name and location: Guiberoua Bété, Côte d'Ivoire [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 中部贝特语, 科特迪瓦中部萨桑德拉-马拉韦区和下萨桑德拉区

1. ɓlʊ̄

21.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ̄ ɓlʊ̄

2. sɔ̋

22.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ sɔ̋

3. tá

23.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ tá

4. mʊ̄wana

24.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ mʊ̄wana

5. ŋ́ɡ͡bɨ́

25.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ ŋ́ɡ͡bɨ́

6. ŋ́ɡ͡bʊplʊ  (5+1)

26.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ ŋ́ɡ͡bʊplʊ

7. ŋ́ɡ͡bisɔ́     (5+2)

27.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ ŋ́ɡ͡bisɔ́

8. ɡ͡bʊ̀wata  (5+3)

28.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ ɡ͡bʊ̀wata

9. ŋ́ɡ͡bimʊwana (5+4)

29.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ ŋ́ɡ͡bimʊwana

10. kʊ́ɡ͡ba

30.  ɡwlʊ́ ɓlʊ kʊ́ɡ͡ba (20+10)

11. kʊ́ɡ͡ba ɓlʊ̄

40.  ɡwlì sɔ̋ (20 x 2)

12. kʊ́ɡ͡ba sɔ̋

50.  ɡwlì sɔ̋ kʊ́ɡ͡ba

13. kʊ́ɡ͡ba tá

60.  ɡwlì tá (20 x 3)

14. kʊ́ɡ͡ba mʊ̄wana

70.  ɡwlì tá kʊ́ɡ͡ba

15. kʊ́ɡ͡ba ŋ́ɡ͡bɨ́

80.  ɡwlì mʊ̄wana (20 x 4)

16. kʊ́ɡ͡ba ŋ́ɡ͡bʊplʊ

90.  ɡwlì mʊ̄wana kʊ́ɡ͡ba

17. kʊ́ɡ͡ba ŋ́ɡ͡bisɔ́

100. ɡwlì ŋ̀ɡ͡bɨ́ (20 x 5)

18. kʊ́ɡ͡ba ɡ͡bʊ̀wata

200. ɡwlì kʊ́ɡ͡bá (20 x 10), 400. dwi̋

19. kʊ́ɡ͡ba ŋ́ɡ͡bimʊwana

1000. dwi̋ sɔ̋ ɡwlì  (400 x 2+20)

20. ɡwlʊ́

2000. dwi̋ ŋɡ͡bɨ́ (400 x 5)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Cocora Jacques, University of Cocody, Côte d'Ivoire, September 6, 1998.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Cocora Jacques, 1998 年 9 月 6 日.

Other comments: Guiberoua Bété has a quinary, vigesimal system. There is a word for number 400 'dwi̋'. The tone markings areː [ā]=low, [á]=high, [a̋]=very high, mid tone is unmarked. The above data were from Soubre dialect. Guiberoua Bété or Central Bété, or Western Bété is spoken by approximately 250,000 speakers in Bas-Sassandra district and Guiberoua in Sassandra-Marahoué district, Côte d'Ivoire.