Language name and locationː Kuwaa, Gbarpolu county, Liberia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区库瓦亚 (贝勒赫语 Belleh), 利比里亚西部巴波卢县

 

1. dee

21.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai kɔ̀rlɛ̃h

2. sɔ̃r

22.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai sɔ̃r

3. tãã̀

23.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai tãã̀

4. ɲìjɛ̀hɛ

24.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai ɲìjɛ̀hɛ

5. wàyɔ̀ɔ

25.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai wàyɔ̀ɔ

6. wɔ̀rfɔlɛ̀   (5+1)

26.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai wɔ̀rfɔlɛ̀ 

7. kɔrlɔrɔ̃r   (5+2)

27.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai kɔrlɔrɔ̃r

8. kwatãã̀   (5+3)

28.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai kwatãã̀

9. kɔ̃yĩ̀yɛ̀hɛ (5+4)

29.  kowaa sɔ̃r kwai kɔ̃yĩ̀yɛ̀hɛ

10. kowaa

30.  kowaa tãã̀ 

11. kowaa kwai kɔ̀rlɛ̃h

40.  kowaa ɲìjɛ̀hɛ

12. kowaa kwai sɔ̃r

50.  kowaa wàyɔ̀ɔ

13. kowaa kwai tãã̀

60.  kowaa wɔ̀rfɔlɛ̀ 

14. kowaa kwai ɲìjɛ̀hɛ

70.  kowaa kɔrlɔrɔ̃r

15. kowaa kwai wàyɔ̀ɔ

80.  kowaa kwatãã̀

16. kowaa kwai wɔ̀rfɔlɛ̀ 

90.  kowaa kɔ̃yĩ̀yɛ̀hɛ

17. kowaa kwai kɔrlɔrɔ̃r

100. kɔ̀lɛh wúlú kɔ̀rlɛ̃h

18. kowaa kwai kwatãã̀

200. kɔ̀lɛh wúlú sɔ̃r

19. kowaa kwai kɔ̃yĩ̀yɛ̀hɛ

1000. kɔ̀lɛh wúlú kowaa

20. kowaa sɔ̃r

2000. kɔ̀lɛh wúlu kowaa sɔ̃r

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Dale & Alvina Federwitz, LBT (Lutheran Bible Translators), Liberia, January 29, 1999.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. Dale & Alvina Federwitz, 1999 年 1 月 20 日. 

 

Other comments: Kuwaa has a quinary, decimal system. 100 'wúlú' is a loanword from Mande language. Kuwaa or Belle is spoken by approximately 27,000 speakers in Gbarpolu county: Belleh and Bokomo districts; Lofa county: Zorzor district, Liberia.


 

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