Language name and location: Cwi Bwamu, Burkina Faso [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区翠-布瓦姆语, 布基纳法索西部布克莱迪穆翁大区

 

1. dòòn

21.  kēwēníì hã̀á dɛ̀-dwènì

2. ńɲūūn

22.  kēwēníì hã̀á sĩ̀ɛ hã̀ ɲū

3. ńɔlĩ̄īn

23.  kēwēníì hã̀á sĩ̀ɛ liã̀ ɲū

4. ńnáā

24.  kēwēníì hã̀á sĩ̀ɛ hã̀ náa

5. hòó

25.  kēwēníì hã̀á hóó

6. hòódwĩ̀ (5+1)

26.  kēwēníì hã̀á sĩ̀ɛ hã̀ sĩ̀ɛ hòódwĩ̀

7. hòòɲū   (5+2)

27.  kēwēníì hã̀á sĩ̀ɛ hã̀ sĩ̀ɛ hòòɲū

8. hɔ̀ɔ̀ˀlĩ̄    (5+3)

28.  kēwēníì hã̀á sĩ̀ɛ hã̀ sĩ̀ɛ hòòˀlĩ̄

9. dĩ̀í́

29.  kēwēníì hã̀á sĩ̀ɛ hã̀ sĩ̀ɛ dĩ̀í

10. ˀɓúrúù

30.  kēwēníì hã̀á ˀɓúrúù (20+10)

11. ˀɓúrúdòòn

40.  dɛ̀wɛ́

12. ˀɓúrúɲūūn

50.  dɛ̀wɛ́ hã̀á ˀɓúrúù (40+10)

13. ˀɓúrúˀlĩ̄īn

60.  kāráàˀlĩ̄ (<20 x 3) ?

14. ˀɓúrúnáā

70.  kāráàˀlĩ̄ hã̀á ˀɓúrúù 

15. ˀɓúrúhòó

80.  kĩ̀mí

16. ˀɓúrúhòódwĩ̀

90.  kĩ̀mí hã̀á ˀɓúrúù (80+10)

17. ˀɓúrúhòòɲū

100. kã̄wãnù 

18. ˀɓúrúhɔ̀ɔ̀ˀlĩ̄

200. kwĩ̄níɲū  

19. ˀɓúrúdĩ̀í

1000. kũ̄ù ˀɓúrúù

20. kēwēníì

2000. nìbèéè

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Lukas Neukom, informant: Ezchias Nabié,  Summer Institute of Linguistics, Burkina Faso, February 7, 2013.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Lukas Neukom, 2013 年 2 月 7 日.

 

Other comments: Cwi Bwamu has a similar numeral system to that Láá Láá Bwamu and there are two special words for 40 and 80, too. It seems there exist a traditional counting system based on 80 before. Cwi Bwamu or Cwi is spoken by approximately 24,000 speakers in Boucle du Mouhoun region: Bale province, Kabourou area; Est region; Hauts-Bassin region: Tuy province, Founzan; Sud-Ouest region: Ioba province, Burkina Faso.


 

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