Language name and locationː Geba Karen, Kayan state, Myanmar [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 格巴克伦语, 缅甸联邦克耶邦、克伦邦和掸邦

1. dɛmɛ́

21.  gīɕídɛmɛ́

2. gīmɛ́

22.  gīɕígīmɛ́

3. θómɛ́

23.  gīɕíθómɛ́

4. lwīmɛ́

24.  gīɕílwīmɛ́

5. jɛ̀mɛ́

25.  gīɕíjɛ̀mɛ́

6. ʔamɛ́θáθʊ̄  (3 x 2)

26.  gīɕíʔamɛ́θáθʊ̄

7. θáθʊ̄dɛmɛ́ (3 x 2+1)

27.  gīɕíθáθʊ̄dɛmɛ́

8. ʔamɛ́lwīθʊ̄ (4 x 2)

28.  gīɕíʔamɛ́lwīθʊ̄

9. lwīθʊ̄dɛmɛ́ (4 x 2+1)

29.  gīɕílwīθʊ̄dɛmɛ́

10. ʔamɛ́ɕī

30.  shōɕí

11. ɕīdɛmɛ́

40.  lwīɕí

12. ɕīgīmɛ́

50.  jɛ̀ɕí

13. ɕīθómɛ́

60.  ʔamɛ́θáθʊ̄ɕí

14. ɕīlwīmɛ́

70.  θáθʊ̄dɛmɛ́ɕí

15. ɕījɛ̀mɛ́

80.  ʔamɛ́lwīθʊ̄ɕí

16. ɕīʔamɛ́θáθʊ̄

90.  lwīθʊ̄dɛmɛ́ɕí

17. ɕīθáθʊ̄dɛmɛ́

100. dɛgɛjɛ̄

18. ɕīʔamɛ́lwīθʊ̄

200. gīgɛjɛ̄

19. ɕīlwīθʊ̄dɛmɛ́

1000. dɔthɔ̄

20. gīɕí

2000. gīthɔ̄

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Atsuhiko Kato, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Osaka, Japan, January 20, 2006.

提供资料的语言学家: 加藤昌彦博士 (日本大阪外国语大学), 2006 年 1 月20 日

Other comments: Geba Karen has a decimal system with special forms for 6 to 9. The data was based on Leiktho dialect. Geba numerals cannot be used isolatedly. They need to be combined with numeral classifies when they occur. The 'mɛ́' is the most common classifier used in counting, which means 'kind, sort'. The /θʊ̄/ in number 6 means 'pair' and six is formed by ' three pairs', eight is formed by 'four pairs', seven is formed by /three pairs and one (kinds)'. Geba Karen has three tones: v́ [55], v̄ [33] and v̀ [11], v is atonic. Geba Karen or Northern Bwe or White Karen is spoken by approximately by approximately 40,000 speakers in Kayah state, Kayin state and Shan state in Eastern Central Myanmar.