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Language name and location: Bom-Kim, Sierra Leone [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. yìmo̠ o̠ = French ''au'' in ''aube'' |
21. yìpia no̠ nɛ̀ mo̠ |
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2. yìɣɪn |
22. 22 to 29 in the same pattern |
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3. yìɣa |
23. |
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4. yìhǐo̠n |
24. |
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5. yìwɛn |
25. |
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6. nwɛn-mo̠ (5+1) |
26. |
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7. nwɛn-ɣɪn (5+2) |
27. |
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8. nwɛn-ɣa (5+3) |
28. |
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9. nwɛn-hǐo̠n (5+4) |
29. |
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10. wāŋ |
30. yìpia no̠ nɛ̀ wāŋ (20+ 10) |
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11. wāŋ nɛ̀ mo̠ |
40. yìpia 'nin àɣɪn (20 x 2) |
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12. wāŋ nɛ̀ ɣɪn ? |
50. yìpia 'nin àɣɪn nɛ̀ nɛ̀ wāŋ |
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13. wāŋ nɛ̀ ɣa ? |
60. |
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14. wāŋ nɛ̀ hǐo̠n ? |
70. |
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15. wāŋ nɛ̀ nwɛn |
80. |
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16. wāŋ nɛ̀ nwɛn-mo̠ ? |
90. |
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17. wāŋ nɛ̀ nwɛn-ɣɪn ? |
100. |
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18. wāŋ nɛ̀ nwɛn-ɣa ? |
200. |
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19. wāŋ nɛ̀ nwɛn-hǐo̠n ? |
1000. |
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20. yìpia no̠ |
2000. |
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Reference sourceː Walter J. Pichl, 'Krim', in M. E. Kropp Dakubu ed., 'West African Language Data Sheets, Volume I, West African Linguistics Society, 1977. |
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Other comments: Bom-Kim or Krim (Kim) has a quinary-vigesimal system. The language has been nearly extinct now. Bom-Kim is a nearly extinct language: Bom: a few hundred speakers; Kim: less than 15 speakers (2014 T. Childs), spoken in Southern province: northeast Bonthe district, 13 villages west of Waanje river (Bom dialect); southeast Bonthe district, villages around Kwako lake, mostly in Nyandehun and Tamuke (Kim dialect), Sierra Leone. |
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