Bribri

Language name and locationː Bribri, Limón province, Costa Rica [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 布里布里语, 哥斯达黎加东部加勒比海沿岸利蒙省和蓬塔雷纳斯省

1. éköl / et *	21. dabam böyök ki̠ eköl /et
2. bö́l / böt *	22. dabam böyök ki̠ bö́l / böt
3. mañál / mañat *	23. dabam böyök ki̠ mañál / mañat
4. tkë́l	24. dabam böyök ki̠ tkë́l
5. ské̠l	25. dabam böyök ki̠ ské̠l
6. teröl	26. dabam böyök ki̠ teröl
7. kúl	27. dabam böyök ki̠ kúl
8. pàköl	28. dabam böyök ki̠ pàköl
9. su̠lì̠tu	29. dabam böyök ki̠ su̠lì̠tu
10. dabam	30. dabam mañáyök
11. dabam éyök ki̠ eköl / et	40. dabam tkë́yök
12. dabam éyök ki̠ bö́l / böt	50. dabam ské̠yök
13. dabam éyök ki̠ mañál / mañat	60. dabam teryök
14. dabam éyök ki̠ tkë́l	70. dabam kúyök
15. dabam éyök ki̠ ské̠l	80. dabam paryök
16. dabam éyök ki̠ teröl	90. dabam su̠lì̠yök
17. dabam éyök ki̠ kúl	100. dabam döka̠ dabom éyök / sien *
18. dabam éyök ki̠ pàköl	200. sien böyök
19. dabam éyök ki̠ su̠lì̠tu	1000. mil ( < Spanish )
20. dabam böyök	2000. mil böyök

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr & Mrs. Paul M & Linda Williams, Wycliffe Bible Translators, January 9, 1996.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr & Mrs. Paul M & Linda Williams, 1996 年 1 月 9 日.

Other comments: Bribri or Talamanca is spoken by approximately 7,000 speakers out of 12,800 ethnic population in Limón province: Talamanca cantón, along Lari, Telire, and Uren rivers; Puntarenas province: Buenos Aires cantón, Costa Rica. Bribri has a decimal system. There are several possible words for 1, 2, 3 and 4, depending on the class of the noun to which it refers. The above list is used for human class, the generic class is the same with exceptions for three words 1, 2 and 3 marked with an asterisks. The numbers 'hundred' and 'thousand' are Spanish loanwords. The old form 'dabam döka̠ dabom éyök 'was not used now.

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