Language name and location: Kouya, Kouya canton, Côte d'Ivoire [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区库亚语, 科特迪瓦中部萨桑德拉-马拉韦区库亚小行政区

 

1. ɓlò

21.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá ɓlò

2. sɔ́

22.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá sɔ́

3. tā

23.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá tā

4. mnʊ̀à

24.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá mnʊ̀à

5. ɡ͡bu

25.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá ɡ͡bu

6. ɡ͡beliɓlò   (5+1)

26.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá ɡ͡beliɓlò

7. ɡ͡besɔ́       (5+2)

27.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá ɡ͡besɔ́ 

8. ɡ͡betā       (5+3)

28.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá ɡ͡betā  

9. ɡ͡bomnʊ̀à  (5+4)

29.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá ɡ͡bomnʊ̀à

10. kuɡ͡bua

30.  ɡlʊ ɓlò yá kuɡ͡bua (20+10)

11. kuɡ͡bua ɓlò

40.  ɡlʊ sɔ́ (20 x 2)

12. kuɡ͡bua lɛ sɔ́

50.  ɡlʊ sɔ́ kuɡ͡bua

13. kuɡ͡bua lɛ tā

60.  ɡlʊ tā (20 x 3)

14. kuɡ͡bua mnʊ̀à

70.  ɡlʊ tā kuɡ͡bua

15. kuɡ͡bua ɡ͡bu

80.  ɡlʊ mnʊ̀à (20 x 4)

16. kuɡ͡bua ɡ͡beliɓlò

90.  ɡlʊ mnʊ̀à kuɡ͡bua

17. kuɡ͡bua ɡ͡besɔ́ 

100. ɡlʊ ɡ͡bu (20 x 5)

18. kuɡ͡bua ɡ͡betā   

200. wlú  *

19. kuɡ͡bua ɡ͡bomnʊ̀à

1000. wlú ɡ͡bu

20. ɡlʊ (ɓlò)

2000. wlú kuɡ͡bua

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Philip Saunders, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Côte d'Ivoire, November 3, 2007.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Philip Saunders, 2007 年 11 月 3 日.

 

Other comments: Kouya has a quinary, vigesimal system. Numbers 200, 1000 and 2000 are used for counting money. Kouya has 4 register (level) tonesː  High tone is marked as [á], Mid-high tone unmarked, Mid-low tone [ā] and Low tone [à].

Kouya or Kowya, Kuya, Sokuya is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers in Kouya canton, small area west of Bonefla, Sassandra-Marahoué district, Côte d'Ivoire.


 

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