Language name and location: Langbashe, CAR, DR of the Congo [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 兰巴舍语 (兰巴斯语 Langbasi), 中非共和国和刚果民主共和国

1. bɑ̀lē

21.  ɑ̀zū bɑ̀lē dɑ̀ cépɑ́ bɑ̀lē

2. bīʃì

22.  ɑ̀zū bɑ̀lē dɑ̀ cépɑ́ bīʃì

3. vòtɑ̀

23.  ɑ̀zū bɑ̀lē dɑ̀ cépɑ́ vòtɑ̀

4. vɔ̀ɑ̀nō

24.  ɑ̀zū bɑ̀lē dɑ̀ cépɑ́ vɔ̀ɑ̀nō

5. mīndû

25. 

6. mīndû mɑ̀nə̄ bɑ̀le   ( 5 + 1 )̄

26.  

7. mīndû mɑ̀nə̄ bīʃì    ( 5 + 2 )

27.

8. mīndû mɑ̀nə̄ vòtɑ̀   ( 5 + 3 )

28.  

9. mīndû mɑ̀nə̄ vɔ̀ɑ̀nō ( 5 + 4 )

29.  

10. kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́  (litː 'two hands')

30.  ɑ̀zū bɑ̀lē dɑ̀ cépɑ́ kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́

11. kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́ mɑ̀nə̄ bɑ̀lē

40.  ɑ̀zu bīʃì  ('two persons')

12. kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́ mɑ̀nə̄ bīʃì 

50.  ɑ̀zu bīʃì dɑ̀ cépɑ́ kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́

13. kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́ mɑ̀nə̄ vòtɑ̀

60.  ɑ̀zu vòtɑ̀  ('three persons')

14. kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́ mɑ̀nə̄ vɔ̀ɑ̀nō

70.  ɑ̀zu vòtɑ̀ dɑ̀ cépɑ́ kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́

15. kpɔ́lɔ́ nɡɑ́dɑ̀ ('two hands '+ 'leg')

80.  ɑ̀zu vɔ̀ɑ̀nō ('four persons' )

16. kpɔ́lɔ́ nɡɑ́dɑ̀ mɑ̀nə̄ bɑ̀lē

90.  ɑ̀zu vɔ̀ɑ̀nō dɑ̀ cépɑ́ kpɔ́lɔ́ kɔ̄nɔ́

17. kpɔ́lɔ́ nɡɑ́dɑ̀ mɑ̀nə̄ bīʃì

100. nɡàmbɔ̀

18. kpɔ́lɔ́ nɡɑ́dɑ̀ mɑ̀nə̄ vòtɑ̀

200. 

19. kpɔ́lɔ́ nɡɑ́dɑ̀ mɑ̀nə̄ vɔ̀ɑ̀nō

1000. 

20. ɑ̀zū bɑ̀lē 

2000. 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. France Cloarec-Heiss, CNRS-LACITO, Paris, France, September 26, 1988.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. France Cloarec-Heiss, 1988 年 9 月 26 日.

Other comments: Langbashe or Langbasi has a quinary-vigesimal system. The word for 'ten' means 'two hands', 'fifteen is expressed by 'two hands plus leg'. The word for 'twenty' ɑ̀zū means 'person'. The original meaning for hundred nɡàmbɔ̀ is unknown.

Langbashe or Langbasi is spoken by approximately 43,000 speakers in Kémo prefecture and Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic as well as Democratic Republic of the Congo.