Central Grebo

Language name and locationː Central Grebo, Grand Kru , Liberia [Ref: Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 中部格雷博语, 利比里亚东南部大克鲁县和附近地区

1. dòo	21. ɡlò-tùo-dǒ
2. ɔ̌n	22. ɡlò-tù-ɔ̌n
3. taan	23. ɡlò-tùo-tan
4. hɛ̃ɛn	24. ɡlò-tùo-hɛ̀n
5. wùun	25. ɡlò-tùǒ-wùǔn
6. wùnɔ̀dǒ (5+1)	26. ɡlò-tùǒ-wùnɔ̀dǒ
7. jetan (4+3) ?	27. ɡlò-tùǒ-jetan
8. jiinhɛ̀n (4+4 ) ?	28. ɡlò-tùǒ-jinɛ̀n
9. sǒndò (litː 'remain one' before 10)	29. ɡlò-tùǒ-sǒndò
10. fù	30. ɡlò-tùǒ-fù
11. fù-tùo-dǒ	40. ɡwlèe-ɔ̌n (20 x 2)
12. fù-tùo-ɔ̌n	50. ɡwlèe-ɔň-tùo-fù
13. fù-tùo-tan	60. ɡwlèe-tan (20 x 3)
14. fù-tùo-hɛ̀n	70. ɡwlèe-tan-tùo-fù
15. fù-tùǒ-wùǔn	80. ɡwlèe-hɛ̀n (20 x 4)
16. fù-tùǒ-wùnɔ̀dǒ	90. ɡwlèe-hɛ̀n-tùo-fù
17. fù-tùǒ-jetan	100. ɡwlèe-wùun (20 x 5)
18. fù-tùǒ-jinɛ̀n	200. ɡwlèe-fù (20 x 10)
19. fù-tùǒ-sǒndò	1000. fùk͡plò
20. è ɡlò	2000. fùk͡plèe ɔ̀n

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. David Drevlow, The Institute For Liberian Languages, Liberia, January 12, 1994.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. David Drevlow, 1994 年 1 月 12 日.

Other comments: Central Grebo has a vigesimal system with special construction for numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9. The above data was from Barrobo dialect of Central Grebo.

Central Grebo is spoken by approximately 56,000 speakers in central Barrobo district, Maryland county, Grand Kru and River Gee counties, Liberia.

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