Glaro-Twabo

Language name and locationː Glaro-Twabo, River Gee, Liberia [Refer to: Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 格拉罗-特瓦博语, 利比里亚东南部大吉德县及吉河县地区

1. dòò	21. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ dòò
2. sɔ́	22. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ sɔ́
3. taan	23. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ taan
4. ǹnyɛ	24. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ ǹnyɛ
5. m̀m̌	25. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ m̀m̌
6. mɛ̂lo (5+1)	26. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ mɛ̂lo
7. mɛ̂sɔ (5+2)	27. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ mɛ̂sɔ
8. mɛ̂raan (5+3)	28. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ mɛ̂raan
9. mɛ̂ǹnyɛ (5+4)	29. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò jɔ́ mɛ̂ǹnyɛ
10. bhùwè	30. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò dhǔ ó bhùwè (20+10)
11. bhùwè jɔ́ dòò	40. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ sɔ́ (20 x 2)
12. bhùwè jɔ́ sɔ́	50. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ sɔ́ dhǔ ó bhùwè [(20x 2)+10]
13. bhùwè jɔ́ taan	60. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ taan (20 x 3)
14. bhùwè jɔ́ ǹnyɛ	70. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ taan dhǔ ó bhùwè [(20x 3)+10]
15. bhùwè jɔ́ m̀m̌	80. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ ǹnyɛ ( 20 x 4 )
16. bhùwè jɔ́ mɛ̂lo	90. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ ǹnyɛ dhǔ ó bhùwè [(20x 4)+10]
17. bhùwè jɔ́ mɛ̂sɔ	100. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ m̀m̌ or: hɔ̀rʋnwɔn < English)
18. bhùwè jɔ́ mɛ̂raan	200. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ bhùwè or: hɔ̀rʋnwɛn sɔ́)
19. bhùwè jɔ́ mɛ̂ǹnyɛ	1000. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ m̀m̌ ɩ́ rǐ bhùwè or: tasɩ́wɔn
20. ɡwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò	2000. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ m̀m̌ ɩ́ rǐ gwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò *

Linguist providing data and dateː Miss Lesley Wolfe, Ethnos360, Liberia, January 16, 2021.

提供资料的语言学家: Miss Lesley Wolfe, 2021 年 1 月 16 日.

Other comments: Glaro-Twabo has a quinary, vigesimal system similar to that of the Western Krahn and Sarpo language. The above data was taken from Glaro dialect.
higher numbers 400 is gwlɩ̀ ɩ́ m̀m̌ ɩ́ rǐ ǹnyɛ or: hɔ̀rʋwɛn ǹnyɛ), 800. gwlɩ̀ ɩ́ m̀m̌ ɩ́ rǐ mɛ̂raan or: hɔ̀rʋwɛn mɛ̂raan. 100. hɔ̀rʋnwɔn 'hundred', 1000. tasɩ́wɔn 'thousand' and 2000. ɡwlɩ̀ ɩ́ m̀m̌ ɩ́ rǐ gwlʋ̀ ʋ́ dòò or: tasɩ́wɛn sɔ́, the 'hundred' 'thousand' above are transliterated from English. There are five phonetic tones of Glaro: high: yǐ (eyes) 1, mid-high: nyɩ́ (teeth) 2, mid: sɩ (arms) 3, low: bì (toes) 4 and rising tone: sʋ̂ (chicken) 43, 42, 41. Glaro-Twabo is spoken by approximately 8,000 speakers in Grand Gedeh and River Gee counties; border with Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia.

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