Bhogoto / Bokoto

Language name and location: Bhogoto, Central African Republic [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 博戈托语 (博科托语 Bokoto), 中非共和国中部地区

1. n͡dáŋ	21. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ n͡dáŋ
2. bùwá	22. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ bùwá
3. tàɾ	23. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ tàɾ
4. nã́ɾ	24. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ nã́ɾ
5. mȭɾkȭ	25. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ
6. mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ n͡dáŋ (5 + 1)	26. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ n͡dáŋ
7. mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ bùwá (5 + 2)	27. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ bùwá
8. mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ tàɾ (5 + 3)	28. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ tàɾ
9. mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ nã́ɾ (5 + 4)	29. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ nã́ɾ
10. ɓùkɔ̀	30. ɓùká tàɾ
11. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ n͡dáŋ	40. ɓùká nã́ɾ
12. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ bùwá	50. ɓùká mȭɾkȭ
13. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ tàɾ	60. ɓùká mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ n͡dáŋ
14. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ nã́ɾ	70. ɓùká mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ bùwá
15. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ	80. ɓùká mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ tàɾ
16. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ n͡dáŋ	90. ɓùká mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ nã́ɾ
17. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ bùwá	100. ɡɔ̃̀ŋmã́
18. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ tàɾ	200. ɡɔ̃̀ŋmã́ bùwá
19. ɓùkɔ̀ zã́ŋã́ mȭɾkȭ zã́ŋã́ nã́ɾ	1000. sàkì k͡pém
20. ɓúzɛ̀ bùwá	2000. sákí bùwá

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Edouard Koya through Mr. Will Sawers, SIL-Central African Republic. October 22, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Edouard Koya, 2008 年 10 月 22 日.

Other comments: Bhogoto or Bokoto is spoken by approximately 130,000 speakers in
Lobaye prefecture, Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture, Nana-Mambéré prefecture, Ombella-M’poko prefecture and Ouham-Pendé prefecture, Central African Republic. Bhogoto or Bokoto has a quinary-vigesimal system. Regarding the numbers 10 and higher: ɓù means “person” zɛ̀ means “times” (as in multiplication) as does ka in 30, etc. Bokoto appears to have three tones, however, this has not been thoroughly studied leaving the tone marking on this document simply provisional. è means low tone; ē means mid tone; é means high tone. Some vowels are also nasalized, for example in zã́ŋã́. The vowels are nasalized and high tone. The following are regional variants on the above:

1 k͡pȭ This is only used by the older generation.

2 būwɔ̄ The buwɔ would then be used in all numbers ending in 2.

5 mōɾkō This non-nasalized pronunciation would then be consistent in the rest of
the numbers.

20 ɓūzū būwā The ɓuzu would then be used for the rest of the series up to 29.

30 ɓūwā táɾ The ɓuwa would then be used for the rest of the numbers up to 99.

100 ɡȭmā The goma would then be used for the rest of the hundreds.

The word for “thousand” sákí is a borrowing from the French sac “bag”. The connection is that you can fit a lot in a big bag.

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