Limassa

Language name and location: Limassa, Congo, CAR [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 利马萨语, 刚果, 中非共和国西南部桑加-姆巴埃雷省

1. kpóde	21. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ kpóde
2. bíde	22. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ bíde
3. báíde	23. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ báíde
4. bàna	24. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ bàna
5. vue	25. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ vue
6. síta	26. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ síta
7. támbali	27. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ támbali
8. séna	28. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ séna
9. vue lɛ bàna (5+4)	29. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ vue lɛ bàna
10. kpa bo pɛ (lit. all/both hands of person)	30. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) lɛ kpa bo pɛ
11. kpa bo pɛ lɛ kpóde	40. bo lɛ kòò bíde ( 20 x 2 )
12. kpa bo pɛ lɛ bíde	50. bo lɛ kòò bíde lɛ kpa bo pɛ
13. kpa bo pɛ lɛ báíde	60. bo lɛ kòò báíde ( 20 x 3 )
14. kpa bo pɛ lɛ bàna	70. bo lɛ kòò báíde lɛ kpa bo pɛ
15. kpa bo pɛ lɛ vue	80. bo lɛ kòò bàna ( 20 x 4 )
16. kpa bo pɛ lɛ síta	90. bo lɛ kòò bàna lɛ kpa bo pɛ
17. kpa bo pɛ lɛ támbali	100. mbúnde nú (lit. wing of bird )
18. kpa bo pɛ lɛ séna	200.
19. kpa bo pɛ lɛ vue lɛ bàna	1000.
20. bo lɛ kòò (kpóde) (lit. person with entirely)	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Benedikt Winkhart, Doktorand, Department of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, April 17, 2018.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Benedikt Winkhart, 2018 年 4 月 17 日.

Other comments: Limassa has a vigesimal numeral system with special formation for number 9. Limassa is a language of the Baka-Gundi branch of the Mundu-Baka family and currently classified as Ubangi. In being the only securely known non-pygmy variety in the Baka-Gundi branch, Limassa may be the direct source of the Baka pygmy language complex. Limassa is spoken mainly in Bomassa on the Sangha River in the north of the Republic of the Congo. It is the traditional settlement of the Bomassa, who are accepted as the founders of this village. The village exists since 1920 and was originally called Ngolio (‘eagel’). Today it has ca. 400 inhabitants. The population of the village is multi-ethnic as well as multi-linguistic Further languages spoken in the village are the closely related Ngombe-Baka as well as the Bantu languages Ngundi and Mabenjele-Aka. According to several accounts, speakers may also be located outside Bomassa In the first half of the 20th century some Bomassa founded smaller settlements and fishing camps on the Sangha between Ouesso and Bayanga - Some of these settlements still exist today, e.g. Mombongo, Bounda and Molongodi. Furthermore, there is evidence of occasional encounters with speakers on the Cameroonian side of the Sangha.

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