Keliko / Kaliko

Language name and locationː Keliko, South Sudan, Uganda, DRC [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 克利科语 (卡利科语 Kaliko), 南苏丹, 乌干达及刚果人民共和国

1. àlō	21. kàlîrì drǐfa àlō
2. ìrì	22. kàlîrì drǐfa ìrì
3. nā	23. kàlîrì drǐfa nā
4. sū	24. kàlîrì drǐfa sū
5. tàu	25. kàlîrì drǐfa tàu
6. ázyá	26. kàlîrì drǐfa ázyá
7. ázîrí	27. kàlîrì drǐfa ázîrí
8. àrò	28. kàlîrì drǐfa àrò
9. órōmè	29. kàlîrì drǐfa órōmè
10. mūdrí (lit: 'hands joined')	30. kàlînā
11. mūdri drǐfà àlō	40. kàlîsū
12. mūdri drǐfà ìrì	50. kàlîtàu
13. mūdri drǐfà nā	60. kàlîázyá
14. mūdri drǐfà sū	70. kàlîázîrí
15. mūdri drǐfà tàu	80. kàlîàrò
16. mūdri drǐfà ázyá	90. kàlîórōmè
17. mūdri drǐfà ázîrí	100. kàlîmūdrí
18. mūdri drǐfà àrò	200. kama-ìrì ('kama' < Lingala)
19. mūdri drǐfà órōmè
20. kàlîrì (litː 'stick 2')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Didier L. Goyvaerts, University of Antwerp, Belgium, June 6, 1993.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Didier L. Goyvaerts, 1993 年 6 月 6 日.

Other comments: Keliko or Kaliko is spoken by approximately 40,000 speakers in Central Equatoria state in South Sudan, and in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Kaliko has a decimal system. The word 'kàlî' in twenty and other tens means ' stick 'There is an loanword from the Lingala, a Bantu language, for the number '100 kamá'. Kaliko has five tonesː à=low, á=high, ā=mid, â=high-low, and ǎ=low-high.

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