Language name and location: Boko, Alibori, Benin, Nigeria [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 博科语, 贝宁东北部阿黎博里省和博尔古省及尼日利亚境内

1. do

21.  bào ń̩ mɛ̀ǹ̩doò   (litː 20+1 unit)

2. pla

22.  bào ń̩ plaò        (litː 20+2)

3. ʔààɔ̃

23.  bào ń̩ ààɔ̃ò        (litː 20+3)

4. sííɔ̃

24.  bàasɔ́o mɛ̀ǹ̩dosàí (litː 25 less 1)

5. sɔ́o

25.  bàasɔ́o

6. soolo     (5+1)

26.  bàasɔ́o ń̩ mɛ̀ǹ̩ doò (litː 25+1)

7. sopla     (5+2)

27.  bàasɔ́o ń̩ plaò       (litː 25+2)

8. swaàɔ̃    (5+3)

28.  bàakwi pla sàí      (litː 30 - 2)

9. kɛ̃̀okwi  [litː tear away 1 (from) 10]

29.  bàakwi do sàí       ( litː 30 - 1)

10. kwi

30.  bàakwi (20+10)

11. kuɛ̀do        (litː 10+1)

40.  b̩la  (20 x 2) * 

12. kuɛ̀pla       (litː 10+2)

50.  b̩lakwi *

13. kuɛ̀ʔààɔ̃     (litː 10+3)

60.  bàààɔ̃  (20 x 3)

14. ɡɛ̃̀o mɛ̀ǹ̩dosàí  (litː 15 less 1)

70.  bààɔ̃kwi (60+10)

15. ɡɛ̃̀o

80.  bàsííɔ̃  (20 x 4)

16. ɡɛ̃̀o ń̩ mɛ̀ǹ̩doò  (litː 15+1)

90.  bàsííɔ̃kwì (80+10)

17. ɡɛ̃̀o ń̩ plaò       (litː 15+2)

100. bàsɔo (20 x 5)

18. bào pla sàí       (litː 20 - 2)

200. ʔɔ̀aà

19. bào mɛ̀ǹ̩dosàí   (litː 20 less 1)

1000. ʔɔ̀à sɔ́o (200 x 5)

20. bào

2000. ʔɔ̀àsɔ́sɔ́o lɛ̀ɛ́ pla

        (1000 reduplicated x 2 )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ross Jones,  SIM International / Bible translation in Nigeria, March 28, 1999. February 17, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ross Jones, 1999 年 3 月 28 日. 2010 年 2 月 17 日

Other comments: Boko has a rather peculiar vigesimal system similar to that of Busa.

The word 'sàí' in numbers 14, 18, 19, 24, 28, 29 means 'without'. The 'b̩' in 40 is a

syllabic with low tone - very unusual, from bàapla 20 x 2, the 'b̩' in 50 is a syllabic with low tone, too. Boko or Bokonya is spoken by approximately 150,000 speakers in

Alibori and Borgou departments: Kalale and Segbana communes, Benin as well as Nigeria.