Bouna Kulango / Northern Kulango

Language name and location: Bouna Kulango, Côte d'Ivoire [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 布纳-库兰戈语, 科特迪瓦东北部赞赞区及加纳境内

1. taà, tãã̀	21. yipìlo lesì taà
2. bɪlà, nyʊʊ̀	22. yipìlo lesì bɪla
3. sãã̀	23. yipìlo lesì sãã̀
4. naʔ	24. yipìlo lesì na
5. tɔ	25. yipìlo lesì tɔ
6. tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn taà, tɔrɔ fɪ(rɪ) nyʊʊ̀ (5 + 1)	26. yipìlo lesì tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn taà
7. tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn bɪla (5 + 2)	27. yipìlo lesì tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn bɪla, nyʊʊ̀
8. tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn sãã̀ (5 + 3)	28. yipìlo lesì tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn sãã̀
9. tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn na (5 + 4)	29. yipìlo lesì tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn na
10. nuùnu, nûnu, tɔtɔ bɪla, tɔtɔ nyʊʊ̀	30. yipìlo lesì nûnu
11. nûnu lèsi taà	40. yipìlo nyʊʊ (20 x 2)
12. nûnu lèsi bɪla	50. yipìlo bɪlà lɛ̀ nûnu
13. nûnu lèsi sãã̀	60. yipìlo sãã̀ (20 x 3)
14. nûnu lèsi na	70. yipìlo sãã̀ lɛ̀ nûnu
15. nûnu lèsi tɔ, yɛvìyɛ	80. yipìlo na (20 x 4)
16. nûnu lèsi tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn taà	90. yipìlo na lɛ̀ nûnu
17. nûnu lèsi tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn bɪla, nyʊʊ̀	100. kɛmɛ̀ < Bambara
18. nûnu lèsi tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn sãã̀	200. kɛmɛ̀ bɪla
19. nûnu lèsi tɔ̀rɔ̀ fɪn na	1000. wulò
20. yipìlo	2000. wulò bɪla

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Mary Esther Kropp Dakabu, University of Ghana, May 5, 2010. Extracted from Stefan Elders†: Grammaire kulango, (parler de Bouna, Côte d’Ivoire edited by Gudrun Miehe and Pascal Boyeldieu. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag (2008). Pp. 178-182.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Mary Esther Kropp Dakabu, 2010 年 5 月 5 日.

Other comments: Bouna Kulango or Northern Kulango has a quinary-vigesimal system, not very different from the dialect of the south. The additional 15 is used only for arithmetical operation. Bouna Kulango or Northern Kulango is spoken by approximately 291,000 speakers in Zanzan district: Nassian subprefecture, Côte d’Ivoire as well as Burkina Faso.

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