Bossangoa Gbaya

Language name and locationː Bossangoa Gbaya, Ouham, CAR [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 博桑戈亚-格巴亚语, 中非共和国西北部瓦姆省和附近地区

1. k͡pém	21. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà k͡pém
2. ɾíːtò	22. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà ɾíːtò
3. tàː	23. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà tàː
4. nàː	24. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà nàː
5. mɔ̃̀ːɾɔ̃̀	25. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà mɔ̃̀ːɾɔ̃̀
6. ɗòŋ k͡pém (5 + 1)	26. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà ɗòŋ k͡pém
7. ɗòŋ ɾíːtò (5 + 2)	27. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà ɗòŋ ɾíːtò
8. nũ̀nã́ː (2 x 4) ?	28. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà nũ̀nã́ː
9. kùsì	29. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò nɛ̀ zùwà kùsì
10. ɓú	30. hɛ̃́rã́ː tàː
11. ɓú zùwà k͡pém	40. hɛ̃́rã́ː nàː
12. ɓú zùwà ɾíːtò	50. hɛ̃́rã́ː mɔ̃̀ːɾɔ̃̀
13. ɓú zùwà tàː	60. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɗòŋ k͡pém
14. ɓú zùwà nàː	70. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɗòŋ ɾíːtò
15. ɓú zùwà mɔ̃̀ːɾɔ̃̀	80. hɛ̃́rã́ː nũ̀nã́ː
16. ɓú zùwà ɗòŋ k͡pém	90. hɛ̃́rã́ː kùsì
17. ɓú zùwà ɗòŋ ɾíːtò	100. ɡɔ̃̀m n͡màː k͡pém
18. ɓú zùwà nũ̀nã́ː	200. ɡɔ̃̀m n͡màː ɾíːtò
19. ɓú zùwà kùsì	1000. sàkì k͡pém
20. hɛ̃́rã́ː ɾíːtò	2000. sàki ɾíːtò

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Thomas Elvis Guenekean through Mr. Will Sawers, SIL-Central African Republic, August 28, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Thomas Elvis Guenekean, 2008 年 8 月 28 日.

Other comments: Bossangoa Gbaya is spoken by approximately 200,000 speakers in Ouham prefecture: Bossangoa and Batangafo (Gbabana) subprefectures; Ouham-Pendé prefecture: south of Ouham river. Central African Republic.

Bossangoa Gbaya has a decimal system of counting different from that of other Gbaya languages. This language has two tones: high and low. It also has lengthened vowels shown by the colon. The word zùwà means “on top of”, i.e., “in addition to”. The word hɛ̃́rã́ː means “bale” as in groups of harvested goods (as in “a bale of hay”. The word gɔ̃̀m means “cut” or “gathered” and n͡màː means “things”. The word for “thousand” sàkì 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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